The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday said it would hold public hearings on November 14 on Guyana’s efforts to block Venezuela’s referendum on December 3 that seeks a popular vote on annexing the county of Essequibo. Guyana’s lawyers will make their arguments in the morning and Venezuela’s will do so in the afternoon. Already, Venezuela has scoffed at ...
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Govt to address opposition concerns about preparation for united parliamentary resolution against Venezuela
The opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Tuesday expressed concerns about preparation for a unanimous parliamentary resolution on Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s Essequibo county, prompting government to say it was ready to meet Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and that statistics on the number and location of Venezuelans here would be provided very soon. ...
Read More »Guyana asks World Court to block questions in Venezuela’s referendum
Amid concerns by Guyana and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that Venezuela is about to use the December 3 referendum to seize Guyana’s County of Essequibo, the International Court (ICJ) has been asked to block certain questions from being put to a popular vote. The ICJ has already determined that it has jurisdiction in Guyana’s substantive case that the 1899 Arbitral ...
Read More »City Mayor threatens legal action against government for blocking amnesty
Georgetown Mayor, Alfred Mentore on Saturday threatened to take Central government to court for blocking an amnesty that the municipality had hoped to use to raise funds to pay off income tax debts to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). He said the City Council would first discuss the matter before deciding whether to challenge Local Government Minister, Anand Persaud’s decision ...
Read More »Guyana asks Inter-Parliamentary Union to condemn Venezuela’s planned seizure of Essequibo
Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday called on the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to condemn Venezuela’s moves to annex Essequibo through a referendum on December 3 Addressing the 147th meeting of the IPU General Assembly in Luanda, Angola under the theme “Parliamentary Action for Peace, Justice and Strongs Institutions” pursuant to Sustainable Development Goal 16 of the United Nations., he demanded ...
Read More »MP Patterson demands GY$25 million for immigration blocking his departure from Guyana
Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, David Patterson is demanding that the State pays him GY$25 million as compensation for breach of his constitutional rights because he was blocked by the immigration department from leaving Guyana to travel to the United States (US). Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes told Attorney General Anil Nandlall on October 10, 2023 that ...
Read More »Court dismisses charges against PNC supporters in Lethem
Two members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), who resisted the eviction and demolition of a building housing their party’s office in Lethem, had charges against them dismissed because the prosecution could prove that the building was in possession of the State. Their Attorney-at-Law, Darren Wade, who is also a PNCR member, described the charges as “politically motivated” against ...
Read More »Guyana beefing up forensic investigation capacity; application of new forfeiture legislation
Several foreign forensic experts have been hired to boost the capacity of the Guyana Forensic Laboratory and they have also been tasked with collaborating with the University of Guyana (UG) to formulate course to assist with the science-based solving of crimes, Attorney General Anil Nandlall announced on Monday. “To add to what is there already, we have imported four highly ...
Read More »Forgery case against purchaser of C-Island Hotel dismissed
A case of forgery of agreement of sale for the GY$50 million purchase of a hotel in Georgetown has been dismissed because of inconsistent evidence by police fingerprint experts. Police had alleged that Marlus Hendricks, the purchaser of C-Island Hotel, High and Princes Street, Georgetown forged the signature of the then owner, Antoine Charles on the Agreement of Sale July ...
Read More »GUYSUCO says Central Housing & Planning Authority does not own Mocha lands from which residents were evicted
The State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) says it owns the lands at Cane View, Mocha, East Bank Demerara from which more than 30 households were evicted earlier this year and never gave the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) any authority there. GUYSUCO’s Company Secretary/Legal Officer, Khawn Rodney states in an affidavit that the corporation admits that it is the ...
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