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The Organization of American States (OAS) today repudiated the latest report by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield fabricating a `win’ for the incumbent APNU+AFC and it warned that in the coming days a report will be issued to the body’s Permanent Council on this and other matters.

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles today called for the recount result from Guyana’s March 2nd general elections to be declared stating that `There is no other option that will be acceptable to the region and wider world’.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best known movie stars, has tested positive for COVID-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan, and both been moved to a private hospital, the actors said late today.

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that Guyana recorded its 17th COVID-19 related death.

Britain’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development today urged GECOM to declare a final result on the basis of the recount of votes.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has disregarded a directive by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh that he use the results of the national recount to submit a final report on the March 2 polls.

While not naming Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield, the OAS today said that one of the principal obstacles to the declaration of a result here is “a person whose duty it is to defend Guyana’s democracy through ensuring respect for the results of elections”.

Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, today reiterated the apolitical nature and posture of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), when he met with senior diplomats of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union, this afternoon, in the Conference Room, Defence Headquarters, Base Camp Ayanganna.

GECOM Chair Claudette Singh today reiterated her instruction to the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to present the results of the recount of the March 2nd general elections to her and he has up to 11 tomorrow to do so.

Adverting to Wednesday’s decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today called for an announcing of the final result.

GECOM Chair  Claudette Singh today repudiated what purports to be a recording between her and a staff member.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong police searched the office of an independent political pollster today, 10 days after Beijing imposed sweeping national security legislation that has sent a chill across the former British colony.

The Head of the OAS election observer mission to Guyana, Bruce Golding says that the big question now is whether the incumbent government will accept the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday throwing out a Court of Appeal decision which inspired the Chief Election Officer (CEO) to slash over 115,000 votes.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – An advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus which sparked the global pandemic, a spokeswoman said today.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian firefighters have been seeding clouds to bring down rain over wildfires raging in Siberia, the authorities said today.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian ambassador, superstar and entrepreneur Robyn ‘Rihanna’ Fenty’ took to Instagram today to express admiration for Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and to say thank you for her kind words.

By way of letter, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh today instructed Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to prepare a report for the declaration of the result from the March 2 general elections using the figures from the recount of the votes which show a victory for the PPP/C.

New CARICOM Chair Ralph Gonsalves today urged respect of yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling by all stakeholders and he said he expected an early declaration by GECOM of the result of the March 2nd general elections.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court today firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s argument for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented – at least for now – Democratic-led House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents.

A proposed meeting today of GECOM on the way forward following yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision has been postponed to tomorrow as government-appointed commissioners have requested time to study the ruling.