A video has surfaced showing prominent businessman Nazar “Shell” Mohamed leaving the Venezuelan Embassy in Georgetown, reigniting controversy over his ties with Venezuela.
When reports of such visits first emerged, the Mohameds, sanctioned by the United States Government, flatly denied them, with Mohamed even daring Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to produce proof.
Now, in the wake of recent tweets by U.S. Congressmen and Washington’s broader confrontation with narco-traffickers linked to Venezuela, questions are intensifying over the true purpose of Mohamed’s embassy visit.
United States Congress members had said they are alarmed about businessman Azruddin Mohamed’s candidacy in the upcoming elections, calling him a “pro-Maduro puppet”.
As a result, questions are being raised about the real reason for the visit of the Mohameds to the Venezuelan embassy.
Venezuela has been designated a narco state and the United States Government has a naval buildup in the Southern Caribbean and nearby waters, which U.S. officials say aims to address threats from Latin American drug cartels.
Seven U.S. warships, along with one nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, were either in the region or were expected to be there in the coming week.
By way of communication dated 9 April 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana advised Member States that Guyana’s General and Regional Elections would be held in 2025. An invitation was extended to the CARICOM Secretariat to mount an Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to Guyana. Subsequently, on 25 May 2025, His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, announced that the General and Regional Elections will be held on 1 September 2025.
In response to the invitation, the Caribbean Community mounted a ten-member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the electoral processes for the General and Regional Elections, from 26th August to 3 September 2025. The Mission comprises Electoral Officials from eight CARICOM Member States.
The CEOM is headed by the Chief of Mission, Ms. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer of the Elections and Boundaries Department of Belize. The other Members of the Observation Mission are as follows:
Antigua and Barbuda – Mr. Ian Hughes, Supervisor of Elections (Deputy Chief of Mission);
The Bahamas – Mr. Harrison L. Thompson, Parliamentary Commissioner;
Belize – Ms. Fatima Gordon, Supervisor of Registering Officers, Elections and Boundaries Department;
Dominica – Ambassador Felix Gregoire, Chairman, Public Service Commission;
Grenada – Mr. Michael Paul Millette, Information Systems Administrator, Grenada Parliamentary Elections Office;
Saint Lucia – Mr. Herman St. Helen, Chief Election Officer;
Suriname – Ms. Sonja Galimo, Member, Independent Electoral Council; and
Trinidad and Tobago – Ms. Lena Champa Sahadeo, Deputy Chief Elections Officer.
The CEOM is supported by the following CARICOM Secretariat staff:
Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations;
Ambassador David Prendergast, Director, Sectoral Programmes;
Ms. Angella Prendergast, Director, Foreign and Community Relations;
Mr. Dike Noel, Manager, Communications;
Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis, Programme Manager, Community Relations;
Mr. Jhonson Alexandre, Deputy Programme Manager, Foreign and Community Relations;
Ms. Anna Lisa Jones-Reis, Senior Project Officer (Ag.), Foreign and Community Relations; and
Mr. Irvin Brown, Project Officer, Foreign and Community Relations.
The Deputy Chief of Mission arrived on 26 August 2025, and the Chief of Mission and one Observer arrived on 27 August 2025. Other Observers arrived on 28 August 2025. Since arrival, meetings have been held with the Chairman and Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the Guyana Integrity Commission, the Commissioner of Police, the Ethnic Relations Commission, and the Women and Gender Equality Commission, the media, and various civil society groups.
Over the next days, the Mission will meet with H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Representatives of the Leader of the Opposition – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), Alliance for Change (AFC), Assembly of Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) and Forward Guyana Movement (FGM). The team will also engage with additional civil society institutions and stakeholders, including local and international observers. These meetings are expected to provide the CEOM with a general idea of the atmosphere and level of preparedness for the elections. The CEOM will continue to observe the pre-elections period, elections day and post-election activities.
The role of the CEOM Observers on election day is to observe the electoral process, including preparations for the start of the poll, the casting of votes, the closure of the polling stations, the counting of the ballots, the preparation of the statement of polls and the tabulation of results. Qualitative and quantitative information regarding the voting process and the results will be collected to facilitate the preparation of an Independent Final Report on the General and Regional Elections to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
Following the conclusion of the Election Day activities on 1 September 2025, and prior to the Mission’s departure on 3 September 2025, a Preliminary Statement will be issued, outlining the Mission’s initial assessment of the electoral process. The Mission will, thereafter, prepare a detailed Independent Final Report on the elections for submission to Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community.
The CEOM is pleased to accept the invitation and appreciates the warm welcome given to the team by the people of Guyana. The CEOM looks forward to supporting the democratic processes of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and extends best wishes to the Guyanese people as they prepare to go to the polls with pride and unity on Monday, 1 September 2025.
Forty-year-old boat operator Ryan Fredericks was on Thursday night found dead in a room of the Safari Inn Hotel at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, after he was allegedly robbed.
Police Headquarters said Fredericks, a resident of Mongrippa Hill, Bartica had reportedly checked into the hotel around 17:45 hrs with an unidentified woman.
Fredericks and the woman were accompanied by another boat operator, 38-year-old Navindra Kanhai of Second Avenue, Bartica. Police said Fredericks had hired Kanhai to take him to Parika earlier that day.
According to a Police report, investigations revealed that Kanhai and Fredericks met up with the woman who was waiting in a black motorcar at Parika.
They then travelled to the Safari Inn, where two rooms were booked- one for Kanhai and another for Fredericks and the woman.
Kanhai reportedly told Police that sometime between 23:00 hrs and 23:30 hrs, Fredericks knocked on his room door, bleeding heavily from a wound to his left arm. Fredericks reportedly told Kanhai that he had been “robbed and chopped.”
Emergency Medical Technicians were summoned, but by the time they arrived at the scene, Fredericks had succumbed to his injuries.
Fredericks body was examined and Police said there was a deep wound on the inner side of his upper left arm. His body was later taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Police said Kanhai was taken into custody and is assisting with the investigation.
Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh has ruled that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) acted entirely within the law when it excluded the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) and the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) from the ballot in several electoral districts ahead of the upcoming elections.
The ruling, delivered on Friday in the High Court, ends legal action brought by FGM candidate Krystal Hadassah Fisher, who had challenged the party’s omission from the ballot in Regions 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 – arguing that her right to vote for her party of choice had been violated. But Justice Singh disagreed.
It was not GECOM that excluded the parties, he ruled, but the parties themselves who lawfully chose not to contest in those regions. It would be unlawful for GECOM to put them on the ballot.
Justice Singh emphasised that under Guyana’s electoral laws, a party must submit a list of candidates in each region it wishes to contest. In this case, neither FGM nor ALP submitted lists in the disputed regions – making it legally impossible for GECOM to include them on the ballot.
“You cannot tell voters in Region Seven that they can vote for a party which, by its own lawful choice, opted out of that region,” he said.
The court dismissed Fisher’s Fixed Date Application (FDA) in its entirety, rejecting all claims of constitutional breaches, discrimination, or procedural failure.
GECOM’s legal counsel, Arudranauth Gossai, stressed during the hearings that the commission merely followed the Representation of the People Act (RoPA), which requires the submission of constituency lists before any party can appear on a ballot.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, who appeared in support of GECOM, described the case as legally baseless.
“This was a frivolous and completely meritless application,” Nandlall said after the ruling.
“It is ludicrous.”
The judge also rejected claims that the ballot exclusion violated constitutional rights, including the right to vote and to participate in governance.
Referencing Article 13 of the Constitution, which promotes inclusive democracy, Justice Singh found no evidence that citizens were being denied meaningful participation.
Following the ruling, Gossai asked the court to award full costs to the respondents — totalling $1.6 million.
But Nandlall went further, requesting $2 million in legal costs, saying the case lacked “any serious grievance of an appalling nature” and had unfairly disrupted national election preparations.
“This application was filed just days before elections,” Nandlall said.
“It created uncertainty and cast unnecessary doubt over a process that is, by all accounts, being carried out in full compliance with the law.”
Attorney Vivian Williams argued that costs should not be used to dissuade persons from approaching the court for interpretation and asked that no costs be awarded.
Justice Singh said the case was filed at a late stage and that the court itself lost time along with all parties involved. He accepted Gossai’s argument for prescribed costs and noted that there were two respondents.
As such, he awarded discretionary costs of $1 million each to be paid by 8 September 2025.
With this decision, GECOM will proceed with elections as scheduled, and ballots for all 10 administrative regions will include only those parties that submitted the required geographic lists.
With just three days before Guyanese head to the polls, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has commenced the transportation of ballot boxes and other critical materials to outlying and hinterland regions, ensuring that all is in place for the smooth conduct of elections on Monday.
Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Aneal Giddings, on Friday assured the nation that the Commission has implemented stringent security measures to safeguard the ballot boxes until polling stations open at 06:00 hrs on E-Day.
“Ever since we received the ballots from Canada and all the other documentation, we commenced the process of packing the ballot boxes for all 2,790 polling stations across the spectrum,” Giddings told the News Room at the GECOM Secretariat on High and Cowan Streets, Georgetown.
He explained that many of the boxes for hinterland regions have already been packed and dispatched. Friday’s activity, he said, represented the “tail end” of the exercise, with materials for Region Four being finalised and those for Berbice in Region Six.
The ballot boxes and election materials are being transported via aircraft through the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle and along the East Bank corridor to staging areas in Linden and other key locations.
Once the boxes arrive in the various regions, they are lodged at designated police stations and staging areas under heavy guard. Giddings explained that these boxes will remain secured until Monday morning, when deputy returning officers will collect them and deliver them to presiding officers at the polling stations.
Inside the ballot boxes are not only the ballots themselves, but also statements of poll, tally sheets, envelopes for packaging materials after the close of polls, as well as polling bags containing stationery, supplies, and voting compartments.
Giddings further assured that all staffing arrangements are in place, including the appointment of presiding officers, deputy returning officers, and supernumerary returning officers for the districts.
“We are prepared. We’re going according to schedule. Today was the day to ship off all these items to the regions. We are very well on top of that, and we should be all set for opening of poll at 6 a.m. on Monday,” he said.
See below full statement issued by Financial Analyst, Joel Bhagwandin:
Imagine the leader of a political party, Nigel Hughes, pleading for you to vote for a minority government—so that he can claim to “hold the PPP/C government accountable” and disapprove national budgets brought before the National Assembly.
In other words, he is asking voters to give him the power to stymie development, to block progress, and to reverse the prosperity gains achieved over the last five years.
That is what he is essentially demanding. We have already lived through an era of minority government, and we know it was no good for our country, no good for development, and nothing but an impediment to progress.
Moreover, this is the very same political party that already had an opportunity to govern in coalition with the APNU during the period 2015–2020, and yet today has the audacity to speak about accountability. To now promote the farce of “opposition-led accountability through a minority government” is not only a hogwash conceptualization—it is hypocrisy.
And it is coming from a political party with a well-established and damning track record when it comes to accountability:
The very party that attempted to rig the 2020 elections—with Nigel Hughes himself admitting he needed to “study” the AFC’s role in that disgraceful attempt (still waiting on this study).
A party that has existed for nearly two decades yet still has no plan whatsoever for national development.
A party leader whose own spouse, while serving as a minister in the APNU+AFC government, awarded contracts to her own company—signing cheques from her ministry payable to herself.
The same party that shut down sugar estates, putting over 7,000 sugar workers out of jobs—ignoring the advice of its own $50 million Commission of Inquiry into GUYSUCO.
The party that spent more than $400 billion without a budget in the post no-confidence period—blatantly violating the Constitution and the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act.
The same party that hid the US$18 million signing bonus, once again in violation of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act.
The party that presided over the most egregious fiscal and procurement breaches in recent history—over $200 billion in flagged violations by the Auditor General.
A party guilty of flagrant procurement law violations, including the infamous $200 million “feasibility study” for the Demerara River bridge that produced nothing of value.
And Nigel Hughes himself, acting as attorney for Booker Tate, who ensured that once his party came to government in 2015–2020, his client was pardoned from legal action in the Skeldon project fiasco—allowing them to walk away scot-free from their failures, while the PPP/C government had been seeking $4 billion in damages.
I can go on and on. This is the party now begging you for a minority government. Not to lead. Not to develop. Not to serve. But to sabotage. To derail. To cripple Guyana’s future. Guyana cannot afford to go back to that era.
We cannot afford Nigel Hughes’s politics of obstruction and betrayal. We cannot afford a return to corruption, to closure, to chaos.
(Reuters) – Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are rising amid a large U.S. naval buildup in the Southern Caribbean and nearby waters, which U.S. officials say aims to address threats from Latin American drug cartels.
U.S. President Donald Trump has made cracking down on drug cartels a central goal of his administration, part of a wider effort to limit migration and secure the U.S. southern border.
While U.S. Coast Guard and Navy ships regularly operate in the Southern Caribbean, this buildup is significantly larger than usual deployments in the region.
A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said on Thursday that seven U.S. warships, along with one nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, were either in the region or were expected to be there in the coming week.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denounced the moves.
The Pentagon has not indicated publicly what exactly the U.S. mission will be, but the Trump administration has said it can now use the military to go after drug cartels and criminal groups and has directed the Pentagon to prepare options.
Venezuela on Thursday complained to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the U.S. naval buildup, accusing Washington of violating the founding U.N. Charter.
“It’s a massive propaganda operation to justify what the experts call kinetic action – meaning military intervention in a country which is a sovereign and independent country and is no threat to anyone,” Venezuela’s U.N. Ambassador Samuel Moncada told reporters after meeting with Guterres.
On Thursday, the White House said Trump was ready to use “every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country.”
“Many Caribbean nations and many nations in the region have applauded the administration’s counterdrug operations and efforts,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
The Trump administration designated Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and other drug gangs, as well as the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, as global terrorist organizations in February.
Part of the buildup is the USS San Antonio, USS Iwo Jima, and USS Fort Lauderdale. The ships are carrying 4,500 service members, including 2,200 Marines, sources have told Reuters.
The U.S. military has also been flying P-8 spy planes in the region to gather intelligence, officials have said, though they have operated in international waters.
“Our diplomacy isn’t the diplomacy of cannons, of threats, because the world cannot be the world of 100 years ago,” said Maduro, whose government said last week it would send 15,000 troops to states along its western border with Colombia to combat drug trafficking groups.
Maduro has also called for civil defense groups to train each Friday and Saturday.
Maduro’s government regularly accuses the opposition and foreigners of conspiring with U.S. entities such as the CIA to harm Venezuela, accusations the opposition and the U.S. have always denied. It characterizes sanctions as “economic war.”
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Guyana’s 2025 General and Regional Elections on Friday deployed 20 short-term observers to all ten regions of the country.
These stakeholders will observe Election Day proceedings, including the opening of polling stations, voting, counting of ballots, and tabulation of results. Their observations will be vital for the mission’s comprehensive assessment of this important Election Day.
“I welcome the short-term observers and I really put a lot on your shoulders because you will the beating heart of our mission here in Guyana,” Chief Observer of the EU EOM, Robert Biedroń said.
Chief Observer of the EU EOM, Robert Biedroń (Photo: News Room/August 29, 2025)
Prior to deployment, they completed extensive briefings covering Election Day procedures, voting and counting protocols, and relevant national and international standards.
Earlier this month, the EU deployed a 14-member team of long-term observers to all ten regions. These observers are already working in the field and have met with various political parties and stakeholders as well as attended political rallies across the country.
Biedroń said the mission intends to contribute to transparency in the electoral process.
“We are here to observe these elections, we will not interfere in the process and I want to underline it very strong, our goal is to observe not to intervene,” the Chief Observer stated.
He described the team as a well-oiled machinery deployed to deliver the best assessment of the outcome of the pre-election, election and post-election periods.
“With a long-term presence in the field and the deployment of a substantial number of short-term observers, we aim to provide a well-informed, fact-based assessment of the process against Guyana’s national law, as well as regional and international standards to which Guyana is a party,” Biedroń said.
This mission was deployed at the invitation of the Government of Guyana. The Chief Observer will present the EOM’s preliminary findings in a public statement two days after the elections, followed by a final report, including recommendations for improving the electoral process, which will be published after the completion of the entire process.
Horse racing has long been a proud part of Guyana’s sporting and cultural landscape.
From the days of D’Urban Park in Georgetown to today’s prestigious Guyana Cup, the Sport of Kings has captured the imagination of thousands.
Yet while the passion has always been strong, the industry has lacked a structured system for educating the men and women who dedicate their lives to horses.
That is about to change.
Jumbo Jet Events, one of the nation’s leading promoters of Thoroughbred racing, has announced the creation of a Jockey Academy, the first of its kind in Guyana.
This groundbreaking initiative, to be hosted at the Bush Lot United Turf Club, will serve as the foundation for a wider vision: a Horsemen’s School that will offer training in every aspect of the equine industry.
The academy is being established in memory of the young jockey Kishawn Pereira, who recently lost his life while pursuing his passion.
The late jockey, Kishawn Pereira
His passing has underscored the urgent need for greater emphasis on safety, discipline and education in the sport. By launching this academy, the industry is turning tragedy into legacy.
The academy is not just about riding, it is about transforming horse racing into a professional, self-sustaining industry in Guyana.
Its benefits will extend far beyond jockeys to include trainers, grooms, farriers, owners, breeders, and ultimately the wider community.
One of the academy’s primary goals is to ensure that every rider, whether in exercise or competition, understands and follows international safety standards.
Courses will include:
Correct use of helmets, vests, boots, and other protective gear.
Safe mounting, dismounting, and handling techniques.
Emergency procedures in the event of falls or injuries.
By formalising safety education, the academy will protect both jockeys and the horses under their care.
Under the leadership of Robert Pierce, a highly respected instructor who has trained world-class riders across major tracks internationally, the academy will give Guyanese jockeys the tools to compete on the global stage.
Training will cover:
Race riding techniques and strategy.
Physical conditioning, diet, and weight management.
Mental preparation, discipline, and focus.
The vision is to see Guyanese jockeys one day riding and winning at prestigious tracks across the Caribbean, North America, and beyond.
Behind every great racehorse is a skilled groom.
The academy will introduce formal instruction for grooms in:
Feeding and nutritional balance.
Daily care routines and exercise schedules.
Stable hygiene, biosecurity, and disease prevention.
By raising the standard of horse care, the academy will directly improve the health, performance, and longevity of Guyana’s Thoroughbred stock.
A horse is only as strong as its feet. Currently, Guyana lacks enough professionally trained farriers, and many horses suffer from preventable hoof problems.
The Horsemen’s School will eventually include specialised farrier training, teaching:
Proper trimming and shoeing techniques.
Identifying lameness issues early.
Hoof care to maximise performance and prevent injuries.
This will reduce race-day scratches and extend horses’ competitive years.
Not everyone can ride, but many aspire to train.
The expanded Horsemen’s School will provide aspiring trainers with structured education in:
Conditioning programmes and progressive fitness.
Understanding equine nutrition and veterinary basics.
Reading race forms, planning campaigns, and race strategy.
This ensures that the next generation of trainers is knowledgeable, competitive, and capable of raising Guyana’s standard of racing to international levels.
One of the academy’s greatest strengths is inclusivity.
It recognises that not everyone can become a jockey due to weight, height, or physical limitations but everyone can contribute to the industry.
Future courses will prepare participants for careers in:
Breeding operations and stud management.
Equine rehabilitation and therapy.
Racing administration and stewarding.
Bloodstock management and sales preparation.
This ensures the academy and school create jobs, not just riders.
Horse racing is more than a pastime, it is a national industry that supports thousands of families. With the oil economy fuelling Guyana’s rapid growth, the racing industry has a chance to rise with it.
By establishing this academy, Guyana positions itself as the only country in the Caribbean and South America with a structured school dedicated to horsemen and women.
This will create employment pathways for young people.
Keep talented horsemen at home while preparing them for opportunities abroad.
Raise Guyana’s reputation as a serious racing jurisdiction.
Strengthen the push for international recognition of Guyana’s racing industry.
The academy is fully funded by Jumbo Jet Events, Kris Jagdeo Racing Stable, Slingerz Racing Stable and J’s Racing Stable with plans to engage other promoters and stakeholders in its expansion.
By pooling resources, the academy can grow into a national institution, serving as a lasting legacy for the industry.
In time, the Horsemen’s School could partner with regional and international racing authorities, offering certification programs that allow Guyanese horsemen to work across the globe.
The launch of the Jockey Academy is not just a project, it is a promise. A promise that the life of the late jockey will be remembered not with silence, but with opportunity.
A promise that future generations will ride, train, and care for horses with skill, respect, and professionalism.
And a promise that Guyana’s Sport of Kings will finally have the foundation it deserves.
With this academy, Guyana takes a historic step toward transforming horse racing into not only a sport but a world-class industry.
In a major leap for veterinary medicine in Guyana, Dr. Nardeo Bassoodeo, the head of Animal Kingdom Pet Hospital, has introduced the use of advanced U.S. digital and AI technologies that are set to transform animal care across the country. With the new technologies, Dr. Bassoodeo is confident that more lives will be saved as results and diagnoses will be faster, saving time and money.
The Animal Kingdom Pet Hospital has adopted digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to greatly enhance veterinary care in Guyana. Its services now feature “Digi-tail,” an all-in-one veterinary software platform, along with solutions from Zoetis, the world’s leading producer of medicines and vaccines for pets and livestock.
Benjamin Pinsault, Technical Training Officer for Zoetis is currently in Guyana to install two new equipment for the hospital – a cytology scanner and a digital microscope.
Benjamin Pinsault, Technical Training Officer for Zoetis, is currently in Guyana to install two new equipment for the hospital – a cytology scanner and a digital microscope.
“A lot of brand new technology we have been bringing here, like the imaging machines and the brand new one is the cytology scanner, so it’s an AI scanner that works only with the internet, so it allows the scanner and the clinic to be connected to the bigger community and to a lot of data and specialists as well,” Pinsault explained.
He further added that the pathologists over the years trained the scanner to conduct tests such as urinalysis, fecal tests, dermatology, masses and blood tests and produce results in 10 minutes.
The cytology scanner at Animal Kingdom
The second equipment, a Grundium Ocus digital microscope, can produce high-resolution images of tissue samples for diagnosis or research.
It further allows pathologists to view and analyse slides remotely via telemedicine.
The new technologies take telemedicine to another level with a network of over 1400 specialists. The introduction of these tools has not only reduced the time it takes to obtain test results but has also made them more affordable. Record keeping and access to patient history are also now significantly improved.
The Grundium Ocus digital microscope can produce high-resolution images of tissue samples for diagnosis or research
“With these types of interventions and these types of technologies that we have here now in our hands, I can’t really come to grips as to say how happy I am, how joyful I am that now we can have access to a community where over 1400 specialists just by the click of a button,” Dr. Bassoodeo said.
With plans to expand services, the Animal Kingdom Pet Hospital is working towards offering 24-hour care at its Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara location. The clinic’s three other locations, Cornelia Ida, Diamond, and Prashad Nagar, are also equipped with Digitail, ensuring that pet owners can visit any of the hospital’s branches and access their pets’ medical information seamlessly.
A scan from the Grundium Ocus digital microscope
“With the technology we are now bringing, first world technology to Guyana at a very low price because before we had to send these samples overseas, we had to send them to a reference laboratory and those take some time about two weeks or sometimes two months before we get them back, now we can get those results in 10 minutes,” Dr. Bassoodeo stated.
With these advancements in veterinary care, Guyana is poised to see a new era of enhanced animal health and well-being, bringing the best of global veterinary practices to the local community.
Zoetis is the world’s leading producer of medicines and vaccines for pets and livestock.
“Gone are the days where you have a paper clinic card in your hand walking around because sometimes the same dog bite them up, now it is in your email, even if you lose your phone, you can go back to your email and still have all the access.
Dr. Nardeo Bassoodeo, the head of Animal Kingdom Pet Hospital
“This is a new beginning for their patients and their pets, as a nation, we have reached this far, we are taking care of our animals,” Dr. Bassoodeo said.
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