Courts

A 46-year old pastor has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for having sex with a girl under the age of 16 years, who he had been counseling. Berbice High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon handed down the decision after a mixed jury found Pastor Andrew Hannibal of Bennette Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. Hannibal, said to be a pastor for ...

President David Granger will be going ahead with the appointment of his nominees for the posts of Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice, although Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has constitutionally rejected them, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Thursday. Harmon said Guyana’s constitution provides for “meaningful consultation” between the President and the Opposition Leader to pave the way for ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has blocked the appointment of President David Granger’s nominees for the posts of Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice. Jagdeo on Wednesday informed Granger by letter that he could not support the appointment of Justice Kenneth Benjamin as Chancellor of the Judiciary and Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards as Chief Justice. “As promised, I have done the ...

Guyana’s top legal adviser in the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, Sir Shridath Ramphal, on Wednesday said  when a decision is taken by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), it would be binding. “The decision of the court will be binding,” he said. Speaking with reporters on the sidelines of the Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition (GIPEX) at the Marriott ...

Even as Guyana’s top advisors and legal team on Sunday already “mapped out the broad options” to take the border controversy with Venezuela to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),  Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge insisted that that Spanish-speaking nation would have to respect the decision by that United Nations (UN) judicial body. Although Venezuela is an original signatory to ...

A major Canadian gold mining company on Sunday said it would be willing to submit information to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as evidence that Venezuela had objected to the establishment of a huge gold mine in the Essequibo region that is the subject of the territorial claim with Guyana. President and Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Goldfields, Scott ...

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname; In the high-profile trial against Suriname’s former army leader Desi Bouterse, his lawyer on Monday made a stirring appeal for his client to be freed of the murder charges. Bouterse, main suspect of the so-called December Murders, is on trial for murder and co-perpetration of  the murder of 15 critics of his then regime on ...

As the liberalisation of Guyana’s telecommunications sector awaits the settlement of a US$44 million tax dispute, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday vowed to stick to tax principles and said it was still awaiting more information from the telecoms provider. “As far as I know, GT&T has submitted information to me; I am now going through the information. I ...

The New Building Society Limited (NBS) on Wednesday said it would take steps to “safeguard” the GY$59 million in pension benefits paid by cheque to its former Chief Executive Officer, Maurice Arjoon who was dismissed as a result of a fraud probe. “While the Society paid over the said sum to avoid a confrontation, it will be taking steps to ...

At least six managers of the New Building Society (NBS) were Tuesday evening detained and taken to police stations in connection with alleged unlawful imprisonment of several persons at the financial instiution’s headquarters during the day. Four security guards- three employed by NBS and one by Professional Guard Service-were also arrested and taken to a nearby police station. Police are ...