Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 17:12 by Denis Chabrol Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On Wednesday, 21 June 2023, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), sitting in Guyana, delivered its judgment for the special leave application, AB v The Director of Public Prosecutions [2023] CCJ 8 (AJ) GY. The CCJ denied the Applicant special leave to appeal to the CCJ ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 16:24 by Denis Chabrol The 16-year old girl, who has accused Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall of raping her, has been denied access to a private lawyer who plans to challenge that decision in the High Court. “Nothing is stopping the representatives of the State from being there to protect the interest of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 14:35 by Denis Chabrol GROS ISLET, St Lucia, June 21 (DW).- The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, Simon Stiell has been touting the long-term environmental and financial benefits of the Caribbean fast-tracking its shift from from oil and gas to solar and wind as energy ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 13:27 by Denis Chabrol A Venezuelan woman, who has been convicted and jailed for operating a brothel, is now facing nine charges of Trafficking In Persons from her homeland, police said in a statement. The woman has been identified as Mayelin Cordova,51, of Byderabo Road, Bartica, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Police said the woman ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 12:12 by Denis Chabrol GROS ISLET, St Lucia, June 21 (DW).- President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon on Wednesday said the international community should provide increased climate finance as well as the private sector should play a major role in investment and finance in the region. “We must unlock ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 6:44 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) on Wednesday urged the Guyana Police Force to conduct an “unbiased” investigation into the rape allegation that has been levelled against Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall by a 16-year old girl. “We call on the Guyana Police Force and all the relevant ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 18:44 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York pleaded guilty on June 20 to murder and other charges in the heinous attack of a 92-year-old woman who was walking near her Richmond Hill home on a frigid night in January 2020, QNS reported. Reeaz Khan, 24, a Guyanese ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 14:12 by Denis Chabrol CASTRIES, ST Lucia, June 20 (DW).-Regional non-borrowing members of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Tuesday backed Barbados’ plan for rich countries to fork out billions of dollars in grants and cheap loans to poor nations like those in the Caribbean to help them grapple with the impacts of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 13:27 by Denis Chabrol CASTRIES, St Lucia, Jul 20 (DW).- The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon on Tuesday said the regional financial institution was implementing a “trilogy” to deliver concessional financing to Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs), in what appears to be a major shift away from the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10:43 by Denis Chabrol Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall was Tuesday morning questioned about his alleged rape of a 16-year old schoolgirl, as police ramps up its probe, a senior police investigator said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum indicated that the accused responded to investigators ...