PPP/C leads APNU+AFC by 13,050 with 84% of boxes tabulated
By Stabroek News – June 4, 2020
GECOM has so far tabulated the votes cast in 1,968 boxes, which is 84.14% of the 2,339 boxes generated at the General Elections.
With 84% of the ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections tabulated as of yesterday, the PPP/C had tallied 187,549 votes compared to 174,499 for APNU+AFC, a lead of 13,050 votes.
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US Protests Are NOT as Bad as in 1968 – But it is Heading That Way – Max Hastings | The Times UK
Like Nixon before him, Trump may benefit from urban disorder
Max Hastings | The Times UK
1968: Roosevelt Street, in a black Chicago neighbourhood, early on a Saturday morning: first I saw the scorched buildings, then the wrecked cars, finally the places being looted. Above a furniture store hung a mocking sign: “Spring has Sprung!”, with a handful of figures scavenging for anything that might have been overlooked by earlier waves of pillagers. . Continue reading
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Video: Covid-19: why the economy could fare worse than you think | The Economist
Covid-19: why the economy could fare worse than you think | The Economist
Three months after lockdown was relaxed in China, its economy is now running at around 90% of normal levels. Although 90% may sound fine, for many it could be catastrophic.
Read more here: https://econ.st/2AeZ86k
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
From Three Worlds One Vision – ~ Guyana – Brazil – USA
31 May 2020 -Posted by Rosaliene Bacchus in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption, Recommended Reading
Based on NOAA’s 140-year climate record, 2019 is the second-hottest year on Earth, after 2016. In their book, The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Knopf 2020), Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, architects of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, remind us that we live in a critical decade..... ... READ MORE