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Lawyers for the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) and the State on Friday informed the High Court that they are on the brink of deal that could see the release of millions of dollars in a budgeted government subvention to the organisation that aims to improve the conditions of Afro-Guyanese. Attorney-at-Law Dr Vivian Williams told the ...

High Court Judge Gino Persaud on Friday ruled that President Irfaan Ali violated Guyana’s Constitution by suspending the then Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe because there was no mechanism to give him a fair hearing. “In summary, therefore, the decision of His Excellency the President to suspend the chairman and other members ...

The High Court on Monday gave the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) and the Guyana government were given more time to discuss proposals concerning the release of more than GY$49 million in subvention for that organisation. Government last year ceased providing the subsidy, saying that there was no evidence that African Guyanese had benefitted from ...

A Brazilian pilot, who allegedly landed a helicopter near an illegal mining camp in at Aishalton, Rupununi, on Monday pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until his trial next month. Speaking through a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) interpreter, Pilot Alexander Felix pleaded not guilty to the three aviation charges- operating a civilian aircraft without an Airworthiness Certificate, without ...

A day after a company withdrew High Court action in its bid to acquire 143.10 acres of privately-owned land at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara after it had been controversially sold, Neighbourhood Councillor Elton Mc Rae said residents now needed help to gain access to their parcels of the land. Mr Mc Rae called on the Neighbourhood Council and Central Government ...

Cane View/Mocha residents whose homes were demolished by the government have instructed their lawyers to start legal proceedings after government failed to signal interest in mediation. Lawyers for the affected residents had set February 15 as the deadline for the government to respond to their request for mediation. That deadline expired without any response from the government. “We have strengthened ...

The deadline for government to signal its intention to pursue an out of court resolution with Cane View/Mocha residents will expire in a few days. The residents, whose homes were demolished, and all their personal belongings destroyed by the government in  January, have retained lawyers. On February 8, 2023, International Lawyer Dr. Vivian Williams, and Guyana-based Attorney Lyndon Amsterdam served ...

The High Court has blocked a mining company and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) from mining or permitting mining respectively in village lands at Jawalla, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and awarded damages for trespass against the mining company and the regulatory agency. The Jawalla Village Council said Justice Sandil Kissoon awarded the Jawalla Village Council GY$10 million for trespass ...

The High Court on Monday refused to overturn the suspension of eight opposition parliamentarians for their role in an unrest in the Chamber in December 2021 while Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh was outlining the benefits of the new Natural Resources Fund legislation. Justice Damon Younge said the Court not intervene in the work of the Parliament as the Standing ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde on Wednesday differed over whether the President could decide when he prefers to consult the Opposition Leader on the appointment of a substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice. High Court Justice Damon Younge is expected to rule on March 7, 2023 at 2:30 PM on whether she would grant orders being ...