Category: Guyana Chronicle

This weekend the Caribbean community observes the 47th Anniversary of the Treaty of Chaguaramas which established CARICOM. That treaty was signed at a pivotal period in the history of the Anglophone Caribbean. It came in the wake of the Black Power Movement which had raised the question of racial equality in our newly independent and soon […]

By Lincoln LewisTHE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was established in 2005 as the judicial branch of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with original and appellate jurisdictions. The former jurisdiction attends to matters pertaining to the Treaty of Chaguaramas (the establishment of CARICOM) and the latter as a member-state court of last resort for civil and […]

…but PPP lawyers want court to break the law By Adam Harris ON Wednesday the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is expected to hand down its ruling on whether it has jurisdiction in the action brought by Irfaan Ali and Bharrat Jagdeo.The two are challenging the ruling handed down by the Guyana Court of Appeal […]

– UK Professor says decision of the Court of Appeal is final By Svetlana MarshallTHE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ought to reject the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C’s) appeal on the grounds that it has no jurisdiction, Queen’s Counsel, Dr. Richard Wilson said, while explaining that Article 177 (4) of the Constitution grants the […]

Dear EditorTHE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is currently deliberating on the most important non-case that it has ever had to hear. The leaders of Guyana’s main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party, have brought an appeal to the CCJ seeking to have a Guyana Court of Appeal decision overturned. The matter is straightforward and need […]

… four WGEC commissioners disassociate themselves from statement on Mottley FOUR commissioners of the Women and Gender Equality Commission have distanced them selves from a statement purportedly issued by that body condemning attacks on former chairman of Caricom, Prime Minister Mia Mottley. “We wish to refer to an article published in the June 29, 2020 […]

Dear Editor.IT seems that current wisdom dictates that if you see someone attempting to break into your home, you must wait and allow him or her to do so, then allow the thief to get away before you call the police. Do not call the police to report that you have evidence showing that someone […]

Dear Editor  “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doing doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good just because it is accepted by a majority,” Booker T Washington.  THE most recent interview with the former attorney general Mr. A nil Nandlall with Travis Chase, where he did not appear to be intoxicated and sleepy as […]

FINANCE Minister Winston Jordan has reported that for 2019 the Guyana economy performed “creditably and remained stable.” The economy grew by 5.4 per cent. Gross international reserves rose to US$575.6 million, from US$528.4 million, in 2018.“Guyana remains among the very few countries that are expected to grow appreciably in 2020,” the minister asserted, as he […]

MAGISTRATE Faith McGusty, who sits at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, on Friday morning issued a summons for Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to attend court and answer to the three charges filed against him for alleged fraud and misconduct, based on his Elections Report submitted on June 23. Initially, two private charges were filed […]