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President Dr. Irfaan Ali will tomorrow, Wednesday (May 21, 2025) be swearing in five new Appeal Court Judges while two will take the oath of office at a later date.
Read MoreChampioning the newest piece of legislation regulating the operations of oil extraction, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, MP, declared that the new oil spill bill is necessary for the protection of Guyana’s economy.
Read MoreAttorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall is calling on Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton to withdraw his recent comments accusing Judges and Magistrates of accepting bribes, or, provide the evidence to support those claims.
Read MoreThe Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) is discussing several ways to tackle crime in the region as it hosts its 39th Annual Conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) this week.
Read MoreA retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Leonard McCoshen, will officially begin working on the investigation into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge from Wednesday.
Read MoreThe government has officially opened restorative justice offices in Regions Three, Four, Five and 10, with plans to operationalise additional offices in Regions One, Two, Six, Seven, and Nine by the end of August 2025. This development significantly expands the reach of the country’s restorative justice framework, first piloted in Region Four with the opening of the Restorative Justice Centre in April 2023.
Read More‘Access to justice not a privilege, a right’- President Ali says as $447M Deeds/Commercial Registries office opens at Suddie
Read MoreThis morning we met with a number of persons whose proprietary interests
Read MoreToday, the Hon. Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC MP, Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs joined the Judiciary to turn the sod for the construction of a yet another Magistrate’s Court on the East Bank of Demerara, at Providence.
In 2023, the Government of Guyana allocated this plot of land for the construction of a Magistrate’s Court and the monies to do so were approved in the 2025 Budget.
With the explosion of the population growth on the East Bank corridor, this facility will enhance the access to justice objectives of our Government. It will add to the 2 other Magistrates Court nearing completion on the East Bank.
I take this opportunity to congratulate the Judiciary for bringing the project into execution.