“The people of Guyana deserve a credible
election and transfer of power that
reflects their will. Vote tabulation irregularities
marred Guyana’s March 2 elections.
Our ambassador and many observers
saw flawed tabulation. Irrespective
of today’s legal proceedings, any government
sworn in on the basis of that result
would not be legitimate,” said Ambassador
Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary
of State for Western Hemisphere
Affairs of the U.S. Department of State
in a recent tweet. The coalition is maintaining
that it won the elections and is
likely to call for a total recount, contending
that it will expose ballot stuffing and
other forms of fraud by the PPP.
The 2020 elections are being widely
seen as the most crucial since independence
from Britain in 1966, especially
because the country as of late December
became one of the world’s newest producers
of oil. Guyana recently sold its
first million barrels to markets in the Far
East and southern US states. It will get
four more similar sized shipments this
year worth about $300 million as part
of its production sharing arrangement
with a consortium led by ExxonMobil
Caribbean L 12 ife, March 13-19, 2020
along with Hess Oil of the US and Nexen
of China.
Revenues by 2025 when three oilfields
would be on stream have been pegged at
$5 billion setting the stage for the country
to be one of the richest per capita in
the hemisphere.
CARICOM had undertaken a similar
mission in 1997 when the then opposition,
now in government, had disputed
the results of a poll that was widely
seen as flawed and corrupted. Then Justice
Claudette Singh, now ironically the
embattled chair of the elections commission,
had vitiated those results, deeming
them null and void but she did not order
a rerun of the elections. PM Mitchell
was part of the regional delegation back
in 1997, a point he mad to local media
before heading to regional group headquarters,
Guyana.
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the Jim Bakker Show to stop marketing
Dr. Sellman’s Silver Solution
products as a treatment for coronavirus
after claiming on television that
they were proven to treat strains of
the virus.
The Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver
Generator — which retails for
$249.95 — is currently sold out, suggesting
that many individuals might
believe the company’s deceptive marketing,
she said.
“Beyond this fraud, both companies
also tout the use of colloidal
silver as the main ingredient in their
products,” James said. “According to
the National Institutes of Health, colloidal
silver can actually be dangerous
to a person’s health, and the FDA has
warned that colloidal silver is not safe
or effective for treating any disease or
condition.”
She said countless scientific studies
have also determined that there
is no evidence to support the use of
colloidal silver as a treatment for any
disease or condition.
In addition to ordering the companies
to immediately cease and desist
these activities, the Office of the
Attorney General (OAG) also ordered
Dr. Sellman to immediately affix a
disclaimer on her website to make
clear that her products have not been
evaluated by the FDA and that none of
her products are intended to diagnose,
treat, cure or prevent any disease.
James has also issued cease and
desist notifications to multiple businesses
in New York for charging
excessive prices for hand sanitizers,
disinfectant sprays and rubbing alcohol
— “a violation of New York’s price
gouging statute.”
“That statute prohibits the sale of
goods and services necessary for the
health, safety, and welfare of consumers
at unconscionably excessive prices
during any abnormal disruption of
the market,” she said.
James said the OAG continues to
surveil and monitor businesses across
the state for potential scams and
price gouging schemes designed to
exploit public concern related to the
spread of the coronavirus.
“Scammers commonly exploit
real public health concerns and use
heightened public fear to prey on consumers
and profit from frauds related
to those health fears,” she said. “If
you believe you have been the victim
of a scam or have witnessed potential
price gouging, please report these
incidents to the OAG.”
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Guyana President, David Arthur
Granger.
CARICOM prime
ministers make
intervention
New York attorney general
warns sellers of fake drugs