Courts

Guyana’s Solicitor General Nigel Hawke has urged police not to place children on ‘benches’ at police stations and desist from seizing vehicles without first securing a temporary court order. He issued the advice while interacting with police at a session on Human Rights Policing during the recently-held symposium for senior officers. Responding to a question from a former Police Prosecutor ...

A bus driver and his wife, who is a nurse, were Monday charged with stealing 208 ounces of raw gold and were each granted GY$1.5 million, police said. Those charged with the offence of simple larceny of the gold valued GY$76,960,000 were bus driver 25-year old Rohan Mangal  and nurse 22-year old Anjali Singh-Mangal of of 69 Delph Street, Campbellville, ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Monday appeared dissatisfied that little or no action has been taken to prosecute people at Chinese Landing who have been allegedly threatening and harassing Indigenous Caribs there if they are removed from gold-bearing lands, and has urged the Guyana government to take a three-pronged approach to addressing the concerns. On July 21, ...

A lawyer and a public commentator on Wednesday warned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of legal action if it fails to discontinue the practice of handpicking persons to be appointed judges rather than obey Guyana’s Constitution by advertising the vacancies locally, in the Caribbean and the wider Commonwealth. “We are aware of the practice, rooted in the traditions of England, ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Monday confirmed that the surviving families of the 20 children who were burnt to death at Mahdia Secondary School dormitory earlier this year are each receiving GY$5 million. “It is an ongoing process,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. “The Government of Guyana hereby offers to the parent/guardian of the victim the sum of five ...

The conviction and sentencing of Michael Andrew Morgan for cocaine trafficking is being hailed by the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh as yet another major dent in going after the so-called ‘big fish’ drug traffickers. After a year-long trial, Morgan was Friday convicted for being in possession of 7 pounds (3.27 kilogrammes) of cocaine, sentenced to ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that the Public Service Commisssion (PSC) would by this weekend be fully constituted, a move that would pave the way for the activation of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). “Our intention is to have all the members of the Public Service Commission sworn in before the end of this week. This will pave the ...

The High Court has ruled that the police detention of a lawyer because she advised her client to remain silent was unconstitutional and the seizure of her cellular phone was wrongful, Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes said Saturday. Attorney-at-Law Tamieka Clarke last November sued police for in excess of GY$100,000 in damages but the c0urt has pushed back its decision on the ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Saturday said the High Court’s award of a GY$10 million libel judgement against his predecessor, Basil Williams, for claiming that he had stolen law books, now sets the groundwork for suing anyone who levels similar accusations. “I hope that the public and in social media will desist from accusing me ...

-Code also considers health of victim, withdrawal from case Guyana’s Code for Prosecutors provides sufficient basis for Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall  to be charged with the rape of a 16-year old girl although the complainant has formally asked to withdraw the complaint, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said on Saturday. “Public interest considerations in the Dharamlall case point ...