2020 – Page 5 – Guyana Times International

World Court postpones hearing of Guyana-Venezuela border case

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 TIMES INT'L

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has postponed the long-anticipated hearing of the Guyana/Venezuela border dispute case that was scheduled for March 23, 2020, citing the worldwide crisis of the coronavirus. According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ICJ has communicated to Guyana that the oral proceedings that were scheduled to begin on March 23 have been postponed until a new date can be set. “In the case concerning the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana V. Venezuela), the International Court of Justice has informed…

Former Army Chief urges President Granger to ‘call off Dogs of War’

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Following is an open letter by former Army Major General Joe Singh to President David Granger: Dear Mr President I respectfully pen this open letter to you via the media in the hope that you will realise the national importance I have attached to taking this step. I am placing my neck on the line that you are being manipulated by persons who do not have the best interests of our beloved Guyana at heart and who are prepared to hold you hostage to their own evil intentions and to…

Sanctions will affect all of Guyana

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, A lot of good people are watching in silence, the collusion between APNU/AFC, GECOM and the police in what seems to be a never-ending series of attempts to rig the elections. Everyone has seen with their own eyes the duplicitous behaviour of GECOM staffers and Granger’s silly pretence of non-intervention in the operations of the said organisation. Everyone knows Granger does not have to intervene personally. All he has to do is pass instructions or stay silent if he approves of what GECOM is doing. The entire world…

My observations on the nexus between APNU and GECOM

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, I am a local election observer accredited by GECOM. On election day, I visited 59 Polling Stations, morning and afternoon, and observed the voting process in more than 40 of them. I found order and peace in all except in Sophia Primary School, where there were people not voting hanging out outside the gates, especially around the food vendors. They were tolerated by the police. There were even persons in the compound, who when I asked who they were, replied they were “helpers”. When I asked to what…

Defiant Mingo flouts Court order

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

…bent on using ‘fake’ spreadsheet instead of SOPs …CARICOM Chair says attempts to stall process against the spirit of CJ’s ruling More drama unfolded on Thursday at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Command Centre in Georgetown, resulting in Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh, suspending the tabulation of the Statements of Poll (SOPs) for District Four (Demerara-Mahaica), not long after it had restarted, to seek clarity on Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling. In a clear act of defiance, Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, started the process after 11:00 hrs as ordered by Justice…

President Granger’s shielding of Jordan from facing jail time unlawful – High Court Judge

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

High Court Judge, Justice Naresh Harnanan on Tuesday ruled that President David Granger’s intervention to save Finance Minister Winston Jordan from serving jailtime over an unpaid court judgement was unlawful and arbitrary. In June 2019, Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry had granted a judgement of US$2.2 million to Trinidad-based construction company Dipcon, but Jordan refused to pay the sum and as such was found in contempt. However, as jailtime hung over his head, he was pardoned by the President who intervened. On Tuesday, Justice Harnanan stated that the President’s intervention enabled and…

Global oil price plunges

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

…falls below break-even price It has only been a few months since Guyana started producing oil, and already global events have sent the price for oil plummeting to unprecedented depths on the world stage, although a Norwegian research company expects Guyana to remain untouched by production restrictions. As of Monday, oil was trading at US$34 per barrel – a steep drop as it was only a day ago being traded at US$48. Brent crude was being traded at US$66 per barrel when Guyana first started oil production in December 2019.…

Guyana’s Indigenous people roast APNU/AFC reps over ‘ungrateful’ claims

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

08Guyana’s Indigenous representatives have lashed out at Government emissaries that recently castigated hinterland communities that voted in favour of the political Opposition – People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) – as ‘ungrateful’, saying, “provisions by the State should be seen as its fulfilment of an obligation to one section of its citizenry in the same way it provides for others under different circumstances.” The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA)—in lashing out at the derogatory outbursts—over the weekend said, “historically, Indigenous peoples have been among the most under-represented and under-served peoples with respect to…

Single mom appeals for assistance to fund son’s heart surgery

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

A single mother of three is desperately longing to see her four-year-old child lead a vibrant, illness-free life, like he once did before being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease almost two years ago. Rewinna David of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is making all efforts to raise G$10 million to facilitate her son, Junior Kentolall undergoing a much-needed surgery in Colombia. David told Guyana Times International that “the doctors discovered it about two years now. He recently came out of the hospital. Last week Thursday, he was discharged and…

PPP says Granger’s plan will not succeed

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 TIMES INT'L

The Peoples Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) last evening praised the work the political parties, local and international observers and members of the local diplomatic corps in helping to uncover blatant attempts to tamper with the Region 4 results of last Monday’s polls, stating that “no attempt by APNU/AFC coalition’s David Granger to whitewash what occurred will succeed”. See full People’s Progressive Party statement below: The statement made by the APNU/AFC coalition’s David Granger is unsurprisingly typical of what Guyanese have come to expect from him – claims about upholding the…