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Vol. 31, Issue 11 BROOKLYN EDITION March 13-19, 2020
CARICOM
RESCUE
MISSION
Caribbean trade bloc rushes
prime ministers to Guyana
By Bert Wilkinson
The 15-nation Caribbean
Community trade bloc Wednesday
said it was rushing a group
of its longest serving prime ministers
to Guyana to help it resolve
a simmering crisis involving the
country’s undeclared elections
results, a full 10 days after locals
voted in general elections.
CARICOM in a statement said
the group that includes current
chair and Barbados Prime Minister,
Mia Mottley, Keith Mitchell
of Grenada, Roosevelt Skerrit of
Dominica, PM Keith Rowley of
Trinidad and Ralph Gonsalves
of St. Vincent for emergency
talks with the governing coalition
and the main opposition
People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
The talks are scheduled for later
Wednesday.
Both sides have claimed victory
in elections held on March,
2. The Indo-dominated PPP said
it has won the elections by about
three seats, while the multiparty
coalition of retired army general
David Granger said it breasted
the tape by two of the 65-parliamentary
seats.
The dispute had led to street
protests mostly by PPP supporters
in the past week. Police shot
and killed an eastern coastal village
teenager who they said had
attacked officers with a machete.
Several others were injured by
shotgun pellets. Other protesters
burned tires, blocked east
west highways and threw stones
at school buses injuring several
students. Both sides have
appealed for calm. The protests
have died down for now.
CARICOM said in a statement
that it is intervening “in an effort
to ease tensions in the country
and assist in arriving at a resolution
to the impasse that resulted
from last Monday’s general elections.
The delegation will meet
with the leadership of all parties
that contested the poll.”
All this comes as western
nations, including the United
States have not only appealed for
calm but have warned against
the swearing in of any president
until court challenges and
verification of ballots have been
completed. Counting and verification
of ballots have stopped
since last Thursday.
New York Attorney General, Letitia James. Associated Press / Richard Drew
Sellers of fake coronavirus treatments warned
By Nelson A. King
New York Attorney General,
Letitia James on Wednesday
ordered two companies to
immediately cease and desist
selling and marketing products
as a treatment or cure for
the coronavirus.
James said the first notice
was sent to The Silver Edge
company, which claims its
Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver
Generator “beats coronavirus”
and that there is “clinical
documentation” to prove
it.
The second notice was sent
to Dr. Sherrill Sellman, who
has been marketing colloidal
silver products as a cure for
coronavirus and selling them
on her website and on the Jim
Bakker Show, James said.
“There is currently no Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA)-approved vaccine to
prevent the disease or treatment
to cure it, and the World
Health Organization has also
said that there is no specific
medicine to prevent or treat
this disease,” the New York
attorney general said.
“Falsely marketing products
as a treatment for a
serious disease and charging
steep prices is deeply unethical
and unlawful,” she added.
“We will continue to go after
any company that attempts to
deceive the public, especially
during this public health crisis.”
James recently ordered
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