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Four High Court judges were Tuesday confirmed in their positions of Puisne Judges, Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced. He said on his weekly Facebook Live engagement, “Issues In The News” that President Irfaan Ali, acting on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), confirmed the appointments of Justices Damon Younge, Sandil Kissoon, Simone Morris-Ramlall and Gino Persaud. “These judges ...

A Venezuelan woman was Monday arraigned on three charges of Trafficking In Persons and one count of withholding identification documents, and granted a total of GY$1 million bail. Investigators said the charges stemmed from a probe into the alleged Trafficking in Persons committed against four females between 1st May 2024 and August 2024 by 27-year-old Andreina Jimenez. Police said Ms ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday filed a more than GY$100 million lawsuit against New York-based Guyanese social media political activist, Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell for allegedly defaming him in several Facebook posts. The court documents, which were released to the media states that the several posts were made on November 21-22 with a number ...

The Guyana High Court is next month expected to rule on whether political parties perform State action because they internally select candidates for elections in the country. “Because the State has outsourced the process of nominating candidates for elections solely to political parties, the process by which the PNC (People’s National Congress) and PPP (People’s Progressive Party) nominate and determine ...

Two former employees of the Ministry of Health’s Material Management Unit (MMU) Bond were Friday charged with three counts of money laundering that police said was linked to their alleged theft and sale of COVID-19 test kits. Chief Magistrate, Faith McGusty granted GY$100,000 bail to 29-year-old Kerron Webster of 344 Middle Street, North Cummingsburg after he was arraigned on one ...

The High Court on Friday awarded Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), David Patterson GY$1.2 million in damages for the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) blocking him from leaving Guyana more than one year ago. Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire also ordered the State to pay Mr Patterson GY$250,000 in legal costs, according to Mr Patterson’s lawyer, Nigel Hughes. Mr Hughes ...

High Court Judge, Nigel Niles on Wednesday awarded GY$24 million in damages and expenses concerning the police shooting death of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara villager, Quindon Bacchus. Bacchus, 25, was shot multiple times by a policeman on June 10, 2022, at Haslington, East Coast Demerara. While the State has charged police Lance Corporal Kristoff De Nobrega with Bacchus’ murder—he ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday ruled that two parliamentary secretaries who were appointed by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration after the March 2020 general elections could now sit and participate in the National Assembly. CCJ Judge, Winston Anderson said the decision, which was prepared by the President of the Court, Adrian Saunders, was unanimous. Ms ...

Anti-corruption activist and former House Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran on Sunday recommended that there be a policy or law governing gifts to government employees, in the wake of revelations that an assistant police commissioner had received millions of dollars in wedding gifts from businessmen. He said Guyana should follow in the footsteps of most developed countries in developing a policy or ...

The Head of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Fazil Karimbaksh and Minister of Local Government, Anand Persaud filed two separate libel suits against reporter and owner of The Big Smith News Watch, Leroy Smith for a total of GY$605 million plus aggravated or exemplary damages. When contacted Friday evening, Mr Smith said he was not ...