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I've heard of people getting heavy extorted for newly valuable real estate there
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The World’s Newest Petrostate Isn’t Ready For a Tsumani Of Cash
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visa restrictions can't possibly hit the same way these days. like really who wants to come here anyway.
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Guyana's new President.
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Veteran
Is this breh, black, indian, or kamala?
i'd be shocked if he wasn't indian.
He's Indian and Muslim. People's Progressive Party is dominated by the Indo-Guyanese. Remember, that's Cheddi Jaggan's party
Opposition leader Irfaan Ali sworn in as president of Guyana after drawn-out dispute
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article244672782.html
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
AUGUST 02, 2020 05:16 PM
Former Guyanese Member of Parliament Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president of Guyana on Sunday, Aug. 2, five months after the country’s disputed March 2 presidential and regional vote.. MOHAMED IRFAAN ALI
Mohamed Irfaan Ali, leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) coalition, was declared president of the English-speaking nation earlier Sunday by the Guyana Elections Commission, or GECOM. In its declaration, GECOM said the PPP/C had won the disputed March 2 presidential and regional election.
The long-awaited announcement came after chief elections officer, Keith Lowenfield, finally submitted an elections report based on the results of a 33-day national recount that was conducted by GECOM and observed by the 15-member Caribbean Community bloc, CARICOM. The submission cleared the way for GECOM Chairwoman, retired justice, Claudette Singh to make the official elections declaration.
The report shows that the PPP/C won 33 seats in Parliament to the outgoing government’s A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition’s 31.
Calling for his supporters to remain calm, outgoing President David Granger said his coalition will respect the elections declaration, but “will challenge the declared results lawfully, peacefully and purposefully.”
“I have stated, repeatedly, from the start of the electoral process, that the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition would respect the lawful ‘declaration’ of the Elections Commission,” Granger said in a statement. “The APNU+AFC Coalition cannot endorse a flawed Report and will continue its campaign to ensure that the votes of all Guyanese are accurately recorded, tallied and reported.”
Coalition members, supporters and friends, who had been patient throughout the prolonged legal process in the courts, should continue to conduct themselves in a lawful and peaceful manner, Granger added.
For weeks, Lowenfield had argued that the March 2 vote was tainted by fraud and invalid votes, and the election should be annulled. As a result, he repeatedly defied requests from Singh to submit his final report based on the recount’s results, which showed the PPP/C winning.
Instead, Lowenfield chose to submit a report that ruled out more than 100,000 and gave Granger and his A Partnership for National Unity coalition a narrow victory.
With Granger and his ruling government also maintaining that the election should be thrown out, several legal challenges ensued with one reaching all the way to the country’s final court of appeals, the Caribbean Court of Justice.
All ruled against Granger and Lowenfield’s positions. The latest ruling came on Thursday when the Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a decision by Chief Justice Roxane George that affirmed the national vote recount and said Lowenfield must do as he is told. The challenge had been brought by Granger’s APNU+AFC coalition.
The ongoing post-electoral crisis involving allegations of fraud had threatened to derail Guyana’s oil-driven economic boom and deepen already simmering ethnic tensions. The disputed lead to the Trump administration announcing visa suspensions last month for members of Granger’s government. The Organization of American States and the United Nations also called for an end to the impasse.
In congratulating Ali, 40, the OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said democracy was put to the test during this process.
“Although it ultimately prevailed, it is clear there are weaknesses in Guyana’s electoral system that must be addressed,” the hemispheric body said in a statement. “In the coming months we will issue our final report on the 2020 process with recommendations that can assist in addressing these weaknesses and avoiding a similar situation in the future.”
The OAS also congratulated Singh “for remaining true to her convictions and standing firm against the many efforts to undermine the will of the people.”
Following Thursday’s unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal, the elections commission met on Sunday. Singh spoke with Granger and opposition leader and former president Bharrat Jagdeo about meeting to discuss the way forward. Jagdeo opted not engage in any talks with Granger prior to a declaration by the Guyana Elections Commission, the commission said in a statement. Jagdeo will serve as vice president and lead the transition.
In a statement shared with journalists prior to the swearing-in via WhatsApp Sunday, Granger’s coalition said he had no problems speaking with Jagdeo, but as far as a proposed declaration is concerned, he recognized that the commission has a legal obligation as a result of the Court of Appeal ruling to proceed with a declaration.
The APNU+AFC coalition, the statement said, “maintains that the anomalies and irregularities, which have been uncovered during the recount process cannot be accepted and will form the grounds for an election petition.”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article244672782.html
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
AUGUST 02, 2020 05:16 PM
Former Guyanese Member of Parliament Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president of Guyana on Sunday, Aug. 2, five months after the country’s disputed March 2 presidential and regional vote.. MOHAMED IRFAAN ALI
Mohamed Irfaan Ali, leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) coalition, was declared president of the English-speaking nation earlier Sunday by the Guyana Elections Commission, or GECOM. In its declaration, GECOM said the PPP/C had won the disputed March 2 presidential and regional election.
The long-awaited announcement came after chief elections officer, Keith Lowenfield, finally submitted an elections report based on the results of a 33-day national recount that was conducted by GECOM and observed by the 15-member Caribbean Community bloc, CARICOM. The submission cleared the way for GECOM Chairwoman, retired justice, Claudette Singh to make the official elections declaration.
The report shows that the PPP/C won 33 seats in Parliament to the outgoing government’s A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition’s 31.
Calling for his supporters to remain calm, outgoing President David Granger said his coalition will respect the elections declaration, but “will challenge the declared results lawfully, peacefully and purposefully.”
“I have stated, repeatedly, from the start of the electoral process, that the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition would respect the lawful ‘declaration’ of the Elections Commission,” Granger said in a statement. “The APNU+AFC Coalition cannot endorse a flawed Report and will continue its campaign to ensure that the votes of all Guyanese are accurately recorded, tallied and reported.”
Coalition members, supporters and friends, who had been patient throughout the prolonged legal process in the courts, should continue to conduct themselves in a lawful and peaceful manner, Granger added.
For weeks, Lowenfield had argued that the March 2 vote was tainted by fraud and invalid votes, and the election should be annulled. As a result, he repeatedly defied requests from Singh to submit his final report based on the recount’s results, which showed the PPP/C winning.
Instead, Lowenfield chose to submit a report that ruled out more than 100,000 and gave Granger and his A Partnership for National Unity coalition a narrow victory.
With Granger and his ruling government also maintaining that the election should be thrown out, several legal challenges ensued with one reaching all the way to the country’s final court of appeals, the Caribbean Court of Justice.
All ruled against Granger and Lowenfield’s positions. The latest ruling came on Thursday when the Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a decision by Chief Justice Roxane George that affirmed the national vote recount and said Lowenfield must do as he is told. The challenge had been brought by Granger’s APNU+AFC coalition.
The ongoing post-electoral crisis involving allegations of fraud had threatened to derail Guyana’s oil-driven economic boom and deepen already simmering ethnic tensions. The disputed lead to the Trump administration announcing visa suspensions last month for members of Granger’s government. The Organization of American States and the United Nations also called for an end to the impasse.
In congratulating Ali, 40, the OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said democracy was put to the test during this process.
“Although it ultimately prevailed, it is clear there are weaknesses in Guyana’s electoral system that must be addressed,” the hemispheric body said in a statement. “In the coming months we will issue our final report on the 2020 process with recommendations that can assist in addressing these weaknesses and avoiding a similar situation in the future.”
The OAS also congratulated Singh “for remaining true to her convictions and standing firm against the many efforts to undermine the will of the people.”
Following Thursday’s unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal, the elections commission met on Sunday. Singh spoke with Granger and opposition leader and former president Bharrat Jagdeo about meeting to discuss the way forward. Jagdeo opted not engage in any talks with Granger prior to a declaration by the Guyana Elections Commission, the commission said in a statement. Jagdeo will serve as vice president and lead the transition.
In a statement shared with journalists prior to the swearing-in via WhatsApp Sunday, Granger’s coalition said he had no problems speaking with Jagdeo, but as far as a proposed declaration is concerned, he recognized that the commission has a legal obligation as a result of the Court of Appeal ruling to proceed with a declaration.
The APNU+AFC coalition, the statement said, “maintains that the anomalies and irregularities, which have been uncovered during the recount process cannot be accepted and will form the grounds for an election petition.”
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Veteran
He was the first Chief Minister of British Guyana. The British got spooked of him because he was a Marxist-Leninist and thought he'd invite the Soviets into South America. He had no connections with the Eastern Bloc though. Churchill did a military intervention to get him out anyway. Then in 1961, his PPP party won the most seats and he became Chief Minister again. He's first person of Indian/South Asian heritage to lead a country outside of South Asia. He became Guyana's President in the 1990s.
So, when you go to Guyana, the airport and some other places are named after him as sort of the Father of the Nation. The PPP has ruled Guyana for most of its history.
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Jagdeo says to sue Mr Su over VICE bribe-taking claims - Stabroek News
A VICE News programme yesterday maintained that there were serious grounds for concern about inducements offered by Chinese companies here and Vice
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Jagdeo accused of bribery, corruption after terminating contract with Chinese firm
Kaieteur News – Days after it was revealed that the contract between China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC) and Guyana, to build the $53.7B New Demerara River Bridge…
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"Government has hired Indian policy advisor and labour economics researcher Dr Anil Yadav to conduct an assessment of Guyana’s short and long-term cross-sectoral labour capacity needs and design a strategy to guide government-planned immigration and labour policies, President Irfaan Ali says.
The announcement follows complaints made by local contractors, who told Ali of their difficulties finding workers, including daily and weekly labourers, with the skillsets needed to undertake infrastructural projects currently being executed. When Ali addressed the virtual Global Business Leadership Forum earlier this month, he highlighted the nature of the complaints from contractors about labour shortage-and government’s planned recruitment of an expert to conduct a labour analysis."
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/0...an-researcher-to-assess-guyanas-labour-needs/
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Guyanese can now travel visa-free to the United Kingdom (UK) from November 09, 2022, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller announced on Tuesday.
The high commissioner made this announcement at a press conference at her residence, alongside His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali.
“Today is a historic day for the Guyana-UK relation and I am delighted to inform you that those with a valid Guyanese passport can visit the UK visa-free,” she said.
The visa waiver, the high commissioner said, “is a real sign of the confidence that the UK has in the growth of our relationship.”
Together with the direct flight with British Airways that will commence by the end of March 2023, Miller said she anticipates a transformative change to the already strong relationship between Guyana and the UK.
The visa-free travel caters for persons visiting the UK for up to six months, however, those seeking long-term stay for more than 180 days or want to work or study in the UK will still require visas.
She said there will be no ‘additional screening for Guyanese’, however, persons will have to give reasons for entering the UK.
President Ali said the idea of the visitor’s visa waiver is not only about strengthening the Guyana-UK relations and expanding the economic opportunities between the two countries, but is also important for people-to-people exchange as Guyana is working to expand its tourism market.
To this end, President Ali said Guyana will be working closely with the UK in strengthening the systems to ensure there is proper monitoring.
Further, he stated that given the increased demand for Guyanese citizenship, the Government of Guyana is working on strengthening the structures here to ensure persons are not abusing the system.
President Ali reiterated that this move has positioned Guyana in several areas, as it not only strengthens Guyana’s case for visa waivers from other developed states.
Guyana is UK’s largest trading partner in the Caribbean, trade between the two nations in 2021 amounted to 516 million pounds, and accounted for 21.6 per cent of all the UK’s trade with the Caribbean.
Recently, there were exchanges between the two states in the mainstream private sector and individual private sector groups. A UK trade mission is expected to visit Guyana in mid-November.
dpi.gov.gy
The high commissioner made this announcement at a press conference at her residence, alongside His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali.
“Today is a historic day for the Guyana-UK relation and I am delighted to inform you that those with a valid Guyanese passport can visit the UK visa-free,” she said.
The visa waiver, the high commissioner said, “is a real sign of the confidence that the UK has in the growth of our relationship.”
Together with the direct flight with British Airways that will commence by the end of March 2023, Miller said she anticipates a transformative change to the already strong relationship between Guyana and the UK.
The visa-free travel caters for persons visiting the UK for up to six months, however, those seeking long-term stay for more than 180 days or want to work or study in the UK will still require visas.
She said there will be no ‘additional screening for Guyanese’, however, persons will have to give reasons for entering the UK.
President Ali said the idea of the visitor’s visa waiver is not only about strengthening the Guyana-UK relations and expanding the economic opportunities between the two countries, but is also important for people-to-people exchange as Guyana is working to expand its tourism market.
To this end, President Ali said Guyana will be working closely with the UK in strengthening the systems to ensure there is proper monitoring.
Further, he stated that given the increased demand for Guyanese citizenship, the Government of Guyana is working on strengthening the structures here to ensure persons are not abusing the system.
President Ali reiterated that this move has positioned Guyana in several areas, as it not only strengthens Guyana’s case for visa waivers from other developed states.
Guyana is UK’s largest trading partner in the Caribbean, trade between the two nations in 2021 amounted to 516 million pounds, and accounted for 21.6 per cent of all the UK’s trade with the Caribbean.
Recently, there were exchanges between the two states in the mainstream private sector and individual private sector groups. A UK trade mission is expected to visit Guyana in mid-November.
Guyanese can now travel to UK without a visa
Guyanese can now travel visa-free to the United Kingdom (UK) from November 09, 2022, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller announced on Tuesday. The high commissioner made this announcem…
dpi.gov.gy
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"HOW EXXON CAPTURED A COUNTRY WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT
Guyana is poised to become Exxon’s top global oil producer. Where the company ends and the government begins is increasingly unclear."
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Guyana is poised to become Exxon’s top global oil producer. Where the company ends and the government begins is increasingly unclear."
How Exxon Captured a Country Without Firing a Shot
Exxon’s drilling project in Guyana is the riskiest kind: deep-water offshore drilling.
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