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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Japan has raised its travel alert to level three for 18 more countries and has included Haiti among destinations to be avoided by its citizens, as a result of its increased cases of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Granger assures commitment to US ties
Amidst growing calls by western allies for him to concede defeat at the March 2 polls, caretaker president David Granger has reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to western hemispheric
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Allow return of Carter Center - Canadian gov't official urges President
Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas of Global Affairs today reiterated Ottawa’s call for the return of Carter Center observers to observe the recount of votes currently
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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GECOM must act only on `valid’ votes cast – APNU+AFC
The governing APNU+AFC coalition today insisted that GECOM must act only on “valid” votes cast at the March 2nd general elections even though there is no basis for discarding votes which were counted on the night of the polls and during an exhaustive
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
The Lady Jaguars, Guyana’s fact or fiction
The article “Guyana reaps rich rewards for investment,” which was published on the website of the world governing body, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Thursday May 21st, has ignited a fierce debate on the actualities of an often contentious programme – the Lady
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Carter Center welcomes CARICOM Report on recount
The Carter Center today commended the Guyana Elections Commission on the completion of the recount process and welcomed the CARICOM observer report, which indicates that despite minor flaws in the process, the recount results are acceptable and provide the basis for a declaration of results from
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
These decisions by the ministry on exams are reckless given our realities
In some of the wealthiest industrialised countries (Germany, China, and Taiwan) the reopening of schools has been followed by an increased number of COVID-19 cases among the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Earth Today | UNEP partners to reduce freshwater stress
IN A move to reduce the stress on freshwater resources in the Caribbean, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are to implement a new multimillion-US-dollar project with a focus on wastewater management in the
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St Vincent PM says expects GECOM will honour results of recount
St Vincent PM says expects GECOM will honour results of recount -says CARICOM will not `tolerate anybody stealing an
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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We have an opportunity to re-imagine and improve Grade Six assessment
Recent revelations regarding the Ministry of Education’s plan to stage the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in about two months, have caused concern among parents and
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Norway calls for recount to be used for declaration of elections result
Norway’s Ambassador to Guyana, Nils Martin Gunneng yesterday joined the call for the national recount of votes to be used for the declaration of the result from the controversy-laden March 2nd general
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Owen Arthur calls Harmon ‘out of order’ for attack on Gonsalves
Owen Arthur calls Harmon ‘out of order’ for attack on Gonsalves -warns that Guyana could face suspension from CARICOM if results not accepted
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Sunday Brew — May 31, 2020
If information which surfaced over last weekend that there could have been manipulation of Leon Bailey to openly criticise the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is true, then it would be most
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
US group disappointed in Mottley's position on Guyana elections
(CMC): A group based in the United States has expressed disappointment with what it says is Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s “misguided” position on Guyana’s March 2 elections
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Guyanese Fr John Persaud appointed Catholic Bishop of Mandeville
Father (Fr) John Persaud from Guyana, has been appointed Bishop of the Catholic Church in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Western envoys: `Important for all stakeholders to uphold integrity of recount process and peacefully accept wishes of Guyanese'
Western envoys: `Important for all stakeholders to uphold integrity of recount process and peacefully accept wishes of
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
A movement once famous for its values and Rodneyite principles is now deeply involved in attempt to rig 2020 elections
I was the WPA’s Counsel along with Moses Bhagwan (in absentia) and took my instructions from Tacuma Ogunseye, Jocelyn Dow, Dr. David Hinds, Desmond Trotman, Eusi Kwayana and to a lesser extent Dr. Rupert
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Childcare director links fall in abuse reports to closure of schools
Although reports of child abuse in Guyana have decreased during the first five months of the year, Childcare and Protection Agency (C&PA) Director Ann Greene says that reporting has been affected by the closure of schools, which are key allies of the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Thomas, Gerald E. (1929- )
Former Naval officer Gerald Eustis Thomas served as United States Ambassador to Guyana and Kenya. Born in Natick, Massachusetts on June 23, 1929 to Walter and Leila Thomas, President Ronald W. Reagan appointed Gerald E. Thomas to both
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More British travellers stranded in Jamaica to fly out next week
ABOUT 310 more British travellers will be able to return home from Jamaica on a second charter flight organised by the Government of the United
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`The truth hurts’ – Mottley says in reply to Guyanese critics
“…we must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine that he should invalidate 1 vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the Guyana Elections Commission in the presence of the political
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Rupununi Chamber wants Brazil border to remain closed for next three months
The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) today called on the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to ensure that the Guyana Brazil border remains closed at least for the next three  months or until such time as it is safe to reopen to regular
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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This day markst the 26th anniversary of the Treaty of Chaguramas which was signed in Trinidad, July 4, 1973 to establish the Caribbean Community and Common Market - CARICOM. It was the result of a 15 year effort to fulfil the hope of regional integration which began with the establishment of the
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Dire conditions at the Diamond Hospital isolation facility
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle in the COVID-19 Daily Update of May 14 described the conditions at the quarantine and isolation
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Guyana unfazed by COVID-19–driven global food crisis concerns
Even as several reputable international organizations including the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) assert that the ongoing coronavirus ‘plague’ could precipitate a global food crisis, Guyana, up until now, continues to flaunt its reputation as the ‘bread basket’ of the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO
Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Congrats for upholding democracy
Congrats all who maintained vigilance and security over the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Aide Memoire binds Claudette Singh and GECOM to a declaration based solely on the recount
I refer to a letter of Monday, May 25 by Kit Nascimento (`If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame’) in the Stabroek
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Election results are validated through a series of processes on polling day
The processes, carried out in accordance with the Representation of the People Act Cap 1:03 , up to the point of the signing of the Statement of Poll, would have ensured the validity of each vote contained in the totals
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Georgetown Chamber calls on Lowenfield to withdraw report that dumps 115,000 votes
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield calling on him to withdraw his report to GECOM which discards over 115,000 votes and purports to award victory to
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