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Guyana Elections: Over 17,000 persons yet to collect ID cards—GECOM Commissioners

December 5, 2019 – 12:30 am

 Dec 04, 2019  News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has extended the time, indefinitely, for the collection of National identification (ID) Cards. This is according to GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj.
Gunraj spoke to reporters about the ID card collection process following a lengthy statutory meeting held at GECOM headquarters in Kingston, yesterday.

He revealed that just about 800 persons have collected their ID card, so far. The figure which points to persons from Parika, Whim and Georgetown represents a small number of registrants who have collected their ID cards. According to GECOM’s calculation, 18,409 persons have been processed for new ID cards.                        Continue reading →

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Unrest Intensifies in Dominica Ahead of Elections on December 6, 2019

December 4, 2019 – 5:26 pm

—  Airline Cancels Flights and Regional Security Troops Prepare to go in

The main road in Marigot has been blocked with burning debris. (Photo Credit: Dominica News Online)

ROSEAU, Dominica, Wednesday December 4, 2019 – Dominicans demanding electoral reform, including a clean-up of the voters’ list and the issuing of voter ID cards, have staged fierce protests, prompting Seaborne Airlines to cancel flights until at least tomorrow. And members of the Regional Security System (RSS) are to be deployed to maintain law and order.

The protests, which have attracted international media attention, saw demonstrators blocking the two main roads leading to the Douglas-Charles Airport.          Continue reading →

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Bombs VS Bridges – The USA competing with China – By Brandon Turbeville

December 4, 2019 – 12:30 am

 – How Two Empires Are Competing For Their Version Of The New World Order

 — Bombs VS Bridges – By Brandon Turbeville

There is a crisis in the Western world. Both in terms of domestic affairs and foreign policy, Western nations are showing all signs of impending collapse. This is despite the fact that the flagship of the Western world, the United States, continues to expand its empire across the globe. At the same time, the world is witnessing the “rise of China,” an empire in its own right though no one seems to have any interest in calling it what it is.

The American empire has come to terms with itself to some extent. Through all the claims of support for “democracy” and “freedom,” the United States has transitioned to an authoritarian state at home and a rampaging military of conquest abroad.        Continue reading →

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Guyana: ExxonMobil targets US$10B from Stabroek Block by 2025

December 3, 2019 – 11:25 pm

 Dec 03, 2019  News

EXXON-Mobil Drillship

Analysts believe that Guyana is currently the King of ExxonMobil’s portfolio and that the sulphur finds recently reported by Tullow which caused its shares to plummet were overblown and that the more recent hammerhead find by ExxonMobil is in fact profitable.

In fact, the company is looking to extract at least US$10B from its planned production at the Liza I, II and Payara developments.

According to market reports, analysts yesterday reported that despite the geopolitical risks involved in developing Guyana’s offshore potential considering nearby’s Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo region, the region will be a long-term cash cow.    Continue reading →

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Iwokrama will be the home of an International Institute for Biodiversity – President Granger

December 3, 2019 – 11:20 pm

Dec 02, 2019  News 

President David Granger on November 30 said Iwokrama must change to survive while assuring that the area will be the home of an International Institute for Biodiversity to support its educational efforts.

Iwokrama International Centre.  Click here for more images of Iwokrama

“The Institute will allow students and researchers from the Continent, the Caribbean and the rest of the world to come to Iwokrama to study its biodiversity and to increase knowledge and understanding of our vital ecosystems,” President Granger said at the 30th anniversary of the Pledge of the one million acres of Iwokrama forests to the international community held at the Umana Yana.            Continue reading →

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Chinese city with 2.6m cameras is world’s most heavily surveilled

December 3, 2019 – 9:35 pm

Big Brother is watching:

Cities around the world are scaling up their use of surveillance cameras and facial recognition systems – but which ones are watching their citizens most closely?

Commuters walk by surveillance cameras at a walkway between two subway stations in Beijing.
 Commuters walk by surveillance cameras at a walkway in Beijing. Photo: Andy Wong/AP

Qiu Rui, a policeman in Chongqing, was on duty this summer when he received an alert from a facial recognition system at a local square. There was a high probability a man caught on camera was a suspect in a 2002 murder case, the system told him.

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Guyana Politics: OPINION: Manifestos: exhibitions in political pornography

December 2, 2019 – 7:28 pm

 — by GHK Lall

What is a manifesto, other than a collection of words and a rush of marketing messages?

What is a manifesto, besides being a piece of paper made to mean something, especially that which the circumstances demand? Give the people what they want to hear, what sells, and the rest usually takes care of itself.

As I see it, a manifesto – and I do not care anymore from whom and where it originates – is a pack of pages, which has made jokers of the entire Guyanese population. It will continue to do this time again.              Continue reading →

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POLICING: Taking stock of the number of suicides in the lock-ups – By Yvonne Sam

December 1, 2019 – 12:17 am

“Something is rotten in the Police Force of Guyana”– Would lawsuits be the ultimate path to custodial reform?

— By Yvonne Sam

Once again the ranks have found themselves in a mire, or ( more aptly put) hell fire due to the recent death in Blairmont Police Station lockups of Chandatt Yodha, a 49 year old West Berbice fisherman. The deceased had been arrested earlier that day, and detained on a charge of alleged mistreatment of his wife and unruly behavior.

According to police report, the victim was alone in his cell and his underwear was used to bring about the untimely demise. Premature deaths of individuals in police custody are without doubt tragic occurrences.  From a moral stance, it is utterly heartbreaking to the family of the victim(s), and concomitantly heightens suspicion as to the conduct of police, operating in an already -existing climate of public mistrust.    Continue reading →

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Guyana Christian Charities Canada (GCC): Valentine Dinner/ Dance – Toronto – February 15. 2020

November 30, 2019 – 12:11 am

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Guyana Politics: PPP’s Irfan Ali appeals to PNCR-led coalition supporters for a hearing

November 30, 2019 – 12:09 am

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – November 29, 2019

PPP Presidential candidate, Irfan Ali speaking at a press launch of its mini manifesto for the 2020 general elections.

Presidential candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), Irfaan Ali on Friday appealed to non-traditional supporters to give him and his party a hearing and eventually cast their ballots for the PPP/C. that last ruled Guyana for 23 unbroken years.              Continue reading →

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