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UG law students entry to Hugh Wooding in limbo
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June 27, 2015
Guyana Chronicle
AS University of Guyana (UG) law students complete their final examinations for this academic year with hopes of continuing their legal education at the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in Trinidad, Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams is unsure if the arrangement for automatic entry of 25 Guyanese students to the HWLS will continue in 2015.
Williams insists Nandlall account for Cabinet-approved $1.2B for CCJ rulings
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June 27, 2015
Guyana Chronicle
ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams is calling for his predecessor, Anil Nandlall, to account for $1.2B that was approved by Cabinet under the Donald Ramotar Administration for payment ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in favour of Surinamese company Rudisa Beverage Company. “If Cabinet passed a decision to pay it, why they didn’t pay it?” Williams asked yesterday while in an interview with this publication. “In fact,” he continued, “I have a cabinet memo approving the payment of the sum.”
House passes Anti-Money Laundering Bill
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JUNE 27, 2015 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS
By Nicholas Peters
After a tumultuous past, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill, was passed in Parliament last evening.
The passage of the Bill will strengthen the Government’s capacity to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism. As the Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) was absent from the National Assembly, the passage of the Bill was met with no resistance.
Gov’t sees role for Business Ministry in Deeds Registry – intends to improve services offered
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June 26, 2015
Guyana Chronicle
THE Ministry of Business is expected to play a role in the Deeds Registry, even as Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams has declared that the work of the registry has improved tremendously and will continue to improve.This observation was made following a tour of the Registry yesterday by the AG, where he got a chance to interact with staffers and get acquainted with the operations of the statutory body.
PPP leaves judiciary with $$B debt – AG
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JUNE 27, 2015 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS
By Abena Rockcliffe
As if the discoveries about the transgressions of the People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government are never ending, the National Assembly was last evening told about yet another financial burden that the new government has to carry on its back.
Last evening, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams, took to the floor of the National Assembly to speak to a motion which seeks to have the House approve the polices of the new government as outlined by President David Granger during his address at the convening of the Eleventh Parliament. This motion was eventually approved by the House.
