Alarmingly high statistics show sexual offences against children in Guyana escalating to crisis –...
By Feona Morrison
In a judgment delivered Thursday which can ultimately set precedent for imposing jail sentences in sexual offences-related cases, the Caribbean Court of...
Admitted ganja seller gets two and a half years
“I went selling the weed when the police came and conducted a search,” a miner admitted when he pleaded guilty to trafficking 81 grams...
Appeal Court sets timeline for filing submissions in case seeking to block declaration of...
By Feona Morrison
Appeal Court Judge, Dawn Gregory-Barnes, this afternoon, fixed strict timelines for the filing of submissions in a court action seeking to restrain...
Petitioners file appeal of APNU/AFC second election petition
The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition has appealed the decision by Chief Justice Roxane George, in which she...
Defenders of Burke relying on wrong statute to label summonses illegal – Nandlall
The legal minds in the opposition camp might be referencing an inappropriate law in challenging the legality of serving two defendant summonses to a...
COVID-19: CCJ Judges resort to remote work system
The doors of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) have been closed in light of the deadly coronavirus disease outbreak. But in spite...
CCJ lauds Guyana for being first English-speaking C’bean country to establish Sexual Offences Court
Guyana has once again been recognized by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This time, it is for being the first country in...
Former army captain sues over wrongful discharge
Convinced that he was wrongfully discharged from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), former captain Rawle Brake is suing the Attorney General for unpaid benefits...
Evidence of star witness in Marcus Bisram case ‘worthless’, ‘unreliable’; unsafe to put before...
By Feona Morrison
State Prosecutors failed to produce sufficient evidence at the close of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) to prove that Guyana-born U.S.-based businessman, Marcus...
Linden man remanded on drug possession charge ...
Prince Williams, a 44-year-old businessman of Lot 7 Canvas City Wismar, Linden, was charged on Wednesday with the possession of narcotics.
At around 09:40hrs, he...
