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Absent proposals from UG stall entry to Hugh Wooding – AG
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JUNE 30, 2015 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS
A way forward on the automatic entry of Guyana’s top law students into the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in Trinidad, is apparently being hindered by the University of Guyana (UG).
For years, the top 25 UG law students benefited from automatic entry into the Trinidad law school. However, in more recent times, the automatic entry policy has been fraught with difficulties. In fact, it was unclear most recently what the position on the matter was.
AG Meets with Hugh Wooding Law School Students
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The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Hon. Basil Williams meet with Hugh Wooding Law School Students.
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.
