Courts

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said he has not lost confidence in party Executive and Central Committee member, Anil Nandlall, despite claims by social media activist Melissa Atwell that he leaked confidential information to her. “If there’s solid proof, then that’s a different matter but, as of now, Anil Nandlall enjoys my confidence, ...

Instead of enacting its own legislation, Guyana opts to wait a bit longer for a regional copyright and intellectual property bill being drafted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall said Wednesday. “We’re not sitting idle at all, but rather than move unilaterally, we believe that we should move regionally in particular if ...

Efforts are intensifying to settle certain types of criminal court cases amicably, offer perpetrators an opportunity to cease reoffending and instead contribute to healing, officials associated with the Restorative Justice programme said Wednesday. Restorative Justice practitioners are being trained and deployed countrywide to assist magistrates in arriving at decisions based on referrals of certain cases under the Restorative Justice Act. ...

Executive and Central Committee member of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Anil Nandlall on Wednesday downplayed the likelihood of any fallout from accusations by Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell that he allegedly shared confidential information with her about a number of high-ranking officials and matters. Maintaining that he does not or has never communicated with Ms Atwell, Mr Nandlall, who ...

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 ...