Courts

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire has deemed Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s description of opposition politician Catherine Hughes as a “low life” unacceptable and chided political and other leaders in Guyana for behaviour that could lead to violent crime. Though the Chief Justice dismissed Ms Hughes’ lawsuit against Mr Jagdeo for racial and gender discrimination, she said the Vice President’s characterisation, which ...

Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday dismissed the legal proceedings filed by Mrs. Catherine Hughes regarding the State’s failure to operationalise the Human Rights Commission breached her constitutional rights and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s “low life” description of her constitutional entitlement to equality before the law and equality of women, according to the Attorney General’s Chambers. “The Honourable Chief Justice ...

More than 15 years after he had first argued that Guyanese were entitled to bootlegged textbooks, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said Guyana now needed to enact modern copyright and intellectual property legislation to make Guyana attractive to international businesses and protect local artistic works. “I think it’s time actually that we start strengthening our platform because the economy ...

Superintendent of Police, Karl Wilson has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and granted bail by the court, the Guyana Police Force said Thursday. Mr Wilson, who is stationed at the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters, appeared on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #5, before Magistrate Faith McGusty. Police said he was placed on GY$75,000 bail on each ...

The Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday issued summonses for One Communications (Guyana) Inc. and Tennicia De Freitas, popularly known as Nekeita in the copyright case filed by Jackie Hanover, popularly known as Jackie Jaxx, and Ivan Harry who performs as D’Ivan. Hanover and Harry filed their copyright infringement lawsuit on Friday, September 20, ...

One Communications. formerly Guyana Telephone and Telegraph or GTT, on Saturday said it was probing a copyright infringement claim by two Guyanese musicians who have filed a US$1.6 million lawsuit in a New York court. “We are currently conducting a thorough investigation,” the telecommunications company said in a statement to Demerara Waves Online News. The company signaled it was interested ...

Guyanese musicians, Jackie “Jackie Jaxx” Hanover and Ivan “D’Ivan” Harry on Friday filed a US$1.6 million lawsuit in a New York court against One Communications for alleged copyright infringement of their songs at the company’s rebranding from GTT earlier this month without permission. “Upon information and belief, Defendants have infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights in the songs “Guyana” and “Oh Guyana” by ...

Original story was published here on Business Insider. A federal judge in Manhattan has found former president Donald Trump liable for damages in a hotly-contested copyright battle over Eddy Grant’s ’80s dance hit “Electric Avenue.” Business Insider reported that in a 30-page decision, the judge on Friday delivered a one-two blow that essentially ends the case pretrial, with nothing now left to ...

Guyanese policeman was prosecution’s witness FOX NEWS:-A New York bank manager sentenced last week to 9.5 years behind bars for a foiled murder-for-hire scheme against her brother-in-law allegedly told the would-be hitman that “rat poison can do a great job.” Reshma Massarone, a 40-year-old branch manager at Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, plotted to kill her sister’s husband over Facebook Messenger between ...

Public Works Minister, Deodat Indar has slapped opposition-aligned social media commentators, Sherod Duncan and Melissa Atwell with a GY$50 million defamation lawsuit. Mr Indar is also asking the High Court to order the duo to remove all false and defamatory posts from their Facebook pages, in addition to an injunction restraining them from publishing such defamatory words. Through his lawyer, ...