Last Updated on Thursday, 1 June 2023, 4:57 by Denis Chabrol Police said they found suspected poison and a note near the bodies of a decomposed woman and her 13-year old daughter in their home at New Providence, East Bank Demerara. “Three plastic bottles, one glass bottle containing liquid substances and two cups were found next to the bodies while ...
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Civil society activists push back against EPA, ExxonMobil’s efforts to block High Court decision
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 21:28 by Denis Chabrol Two civil society activists on Wednesday fought desperately to convince Guyana’s Court of Appeal that ExxonMobil’s Liza 1 well should be suspended if the company could not fork out more money for an unlimited financial guarantee to clean up the environment if there is an oil spill. Though lawyers ...
Read More »High Court dismisses APNU’s Local Govt constituency boundaries case
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 16:27 by Denis Chabrol Efforts by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to convince the High Court to postpone or cancel the June 12 Local Government Elections (LGE) because a number of constituency boundaries would be to that party’s electoral disadvantage on Wednesday failed after the High Court dismissed the case. Chief Justice ...
Read More »Govt pledges to ‘uphold dignity’ of Afro-descendants; several options to seek legal redress against racial hostility
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 0:25 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Tuesday told the United Nations (UN) permanent forum for people of African descent that no effort was being spared to ensure descendants of enslaved Africans are not discriminated against, and that already there are legal and constitutional mechanisms to punish people engaged in racial discrimination. ...
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