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VALS Construction owner ordered to pay businessman $400M over dishonoured cheques

May 26, 2025 Editor

The High Court, presided over by Justice Sandil Kissoon, has ruled in favour of businessman Azeem Baksh Jr., ordering Vedika Sahadeo, trading under the name VALS Construction, to pay a total of $400 million due to dishonoured cheques. The judgment, delivered on May 23, 2025, comes after Baksh Jr. filed a fixed-date application against Sahadeo […]

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Election fraud trial: Police witness says bomb threat ignored, no explosion ever reported

May 25, 2025 Editor

Superintendent of Police Rawle Nedd on Friday took the witness stand in the ongoing election fraud trial before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty, recounting a March 2020 bomb threat at the Ashmins building that was ignored by those inside. The building at High and Hadfield Streets in Georgetown served as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) […]

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Caledonia man convicted of manslaughter in 2015 stabbing of minibus driver

May 25, 2025 Editor

Nearly 10 years after the fatal stabbing of minibus driver Dhanshana Ram, a jury at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday returned a unanimous guilty verdict against Jamal Bacchus, convicting him of the lesser offence of manslaughter. The 57-year-old Caledonia, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident had initially been charged with murder in 2015 following the […]

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MP Figueira ordered to pay $550,000 in costs after losing libel case against Minister Hamilton

May 24, 2025 Editor

MP Figueira ordered to pay $550,000 in costs after losing libel case against Minister Hamilton Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Jermaine Figueira was dealt a legal blow on Wednesday when a High Court judge dismissed his multi-million-dollar libel claim against Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton. In addition to having his case thrown out, Figueira was […]

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‘It was a matter of urgency’ – Min. Parag defends PPP/C’s legal moves amid 2020 election chaos

May 24, 2025 Editor

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Sonia Parag told the court on Thursday that filing an election petition is the proper constitutional channel to challenge election results. However, she said the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) sought urgent court injunctions during the March 2020 elections due to “a matter of urgency.” Parag, testifying in the […]

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Brazilian national accused of illegal gold possession in Mahdia granted $75K bail

May 24, 2025 Editor

Brazilian national Osmil Da Silva was formally charged in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts following an operation in Mahdia that led to the seizure of raw gold, documents, equipment, and over $17 million in cash. The 36-year-old shop owner from Mahdia was arraigned before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty on Friday, where he was charged with […]

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Chief Justice tosses out Brutus’ bid to force EPA to grant sand mining permit

May 23, 2025 Editor

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has dismissed a case brought by former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Calvin Brutus, who sought to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant him a permit for a sand mining operation. The court also ordered Brutus to pay $250,000 in costs to the EPA on or before July […]

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Human Services Minister slams court’s leniency in Leguan Domestic Violence caseDr. Vindhya Persaud

May 22, 2025 Editor

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, has voiced strong disappointment over what she described as a “lenient” approach by the judiciary in handling the domestic violence case in Leguan, where a woman was allegedly brutally assaulted by her partner. Speaking following the arraignment of 26-year-old Orwin Rankin, a speedboat captain charged […]

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Pres. Ali charges new appellate justices to uphold integrity, impartiality & diligence

May 21, 2025 Editor

Five new justices were sworn into the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, marking the highest number of appointments at one time in the country’s history. The five new justices who took their oath of office before President Dr. Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown are Justices Jo Ann […]

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Teen accused of stealing chain worth $1.8M granted bail

May 21, 2025 Editor

An 18-year-old labourer was released on $150,000 bail on Monday after being charged with the theft of a gold chain worth $1.8 million. Jedia Singh, of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he was arraigned on a larceny charge. It is alleged that on May 13, […]

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