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By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com The High Court in Dominica will this morning hear submissions from attorneys representing…

It should be noted that falling under the threshold of the PEP isn’t synonymous  with being corrupt however, it puts them at high risk of money laundering because of their substantial authority over state assets, funds and other public expenditure. Nonetheless, the likes of late Nigerian Head of State, Sani Abacha, former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and now Imo West Senate representative, Mr. Okorocha, have unfortunately made the phrase a euphemism for a person who is fraudulent. The methods, which PEPs launder money have become no secret to Nigerians in recent times. It is well know...

Liberia: NPHIL Management, Former Director General React to GAC Audit Report on Double Salary and Misuse of Donor Fund Liberia: NPHIL Management, Former Director General React to GAC Audit Report on Double Salary and Misuse of Donor Fund Share MONROVIA – Cllr. Tolbert Nyenswah, former Director General of the National Public Health Institute who has been indicted by a recent audit report by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) that he received double salaries from NPHIL and the Ministry of Health amounting to paid US$24,000.00 and L$624,000.00 has refuted the claims by the supreme audi...

NIA Raids Residences of Over 25 Rights Activists in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh While NIA has claimed that the activists have ties with Maoists, members of civil society have alleged that this is a targeted witch-hunt. Representative Image of NIA officers. Photo: PTI/Files Rights8 hours ago New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 31 simultaneously raided the houses of at least 25 prominent human rights, Dalit, women and Adivasi activists in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, alleging that they had connections with Maoists. According to the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PU...

Highlights Three years' rigorous imprisonment was awarded to six of the accused They were pronounced guilty under the Wildlife (Protection) Act Gir Somnath: A court in Gujarat has convicted seven people, including three tourists from Ahmedabad, and sentenced them to different jail terms for harassing a lioness in Gir forest in 2018. In an order issued on Monday, Judicial Magistrate First Class at Gir Gadhada, Sunik Kumar Dave, awarded three years' rigorous imprisonment to six of the accused, while another accused was sentenced to one year in jail. The court also directed the district collecto...