THURSDAY 8th December, 2022
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Home ownership within reach for 700 Region Three families
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- among beneficiaries is mother with health complications who had her house lot fees waived
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Explosive revelations…
GECOM staff was forced to use ‘Mingo Spreadsheet’ for tabulation
THE unraveling of the plot to rig the 2020 elections, that included the use of a pre-populated spreadsheet for the verification of votes in District Four, has taken
an explosive turn. Assistant Registration Officer at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Alexandra Bowman testified on Tuesday
before the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2, 2020 elections. She implicated the embattled Returning Officer for
‘Keep my name out your mouth’ - National boxer tells PNC in challenge to party’s ‘false claims’ SEE PAGE
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the District, Clairmont Mingo and his assistant Michelle Miller in providing the instruction to substitute the Statements of Poll (SoPs) with what is now known as
the “Mingo spreadsheet,” during the verification process. Bowman faced several questions pertaining to the introduction of the spread-
sheet, which she admitted is uncommon for electoral purposes, since it does not carry the same safeguards as the SOPs. FULL STORY ON PAGE 2
New high-yielding coconut variety a game-changer for industry THE Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited, in collaboration with the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) hosted an exercise to launch the Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut variety in Guyana.
The first shipment comprising 1,000 seed nuts arrived in Guyana from Brazil last October, paving the way for intensive research and product development intended to become a game changer for the local coconut industry.
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New commercial, medical zone unlocked through Sophia-Eccles housing project
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