By News Source Guyana on January 10, 2024
News, Politics
The plans for Guyana to have its own Law School are still in the pipeline, with a feasibility exercise for the setting up of the school still ongoing, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall. The Government has already identified the land where the Law School will be built. During a recent Press Conference, the Attorney […]
By News Source Guyana on January 10, 2024
Crime, News
Popular race car driver and businessman, Mark Vieira, has revealed that he was forced to file a complaint with the Police Complaints Authority, over the Police Force’s “biased” investigation into a reported incident that occurred in November between him, and another speedster Maurice Menezes. In a statement, which was released through his Attorney Glen Hanoman, […]
By News Source Guyana on January 10, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The United States Department of Defense plans to work closer this year with the Guyana Defence Force to boost and modernize the country’s defence architecture. U.S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Daniel Erikson made that disclosure during a two-day visit to Guyana, which ended on Tuesday. During the visit, he met and held talks with […]
By News Source Guyana on January 10, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
With the Justice System facing an increasing number of cases, Acting Chief Justice Roxane George, is urging citizens to consider the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) more. At the opening of Law Year 2024 on Tuesday, Justice George said Attorneys should advise their clients to explore Alternative Dispute Resolution, explaining that ADR is any […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
by Svetlana Marshall The 2024 Law Year opened this morning with the launch of a Strategic Plan for the Judiciary, and announcements by the Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings, that a number of new Magisterial positions have been established by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). In her address at the Supreme Court […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2024
Crime, News
More than three weeks after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions recommended that popular race car driver and businessman Mark Vieira face five assault charges, the Guyana Police Force has not proceeded with the Court case and is silent on the matter. The investigation and recommendation charges stemmed from an incident between Vieira […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2024
Crime, News
The Guyana Fire Service has found itself investigating yet another fire in the Sophia area. Late on Monday afternoon, the Fire Service was summoned to the South Sophia community after an alarm was raised about a house on fire. Despite the best efforts of the firemen, the entire two-storey building was completely gutted, leaving millions […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2024
Crime, News
A young mother and her three children have been left looking for a new home after a fire this afternoon gutted their house in Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt. The mother, who asked that her identity not be disclosed, said she was at work when she received a call that her house was on fire just […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2024
News, Politics
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Cousel Anil Nandlall, is not happy with the time it is taking for the election fraud cases to be heard. At a press conference on Monday, the Attorney General questioned some of the decisions of the Magistrates who have been hearing the matters, pointing out that in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2024
Crime, News
Two men accused of shooting a man dead outside a Canal #2 Polder wedding house and injuring another, during the course of a robbery, were charged and remanded to jail on Monday. 35-year-old Otto Pitman and 49-year-old Oliver Franklyn appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Vreed-En-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, where they were charged for the […]