New child court opens at Wales

The children’s court (DPI photo)

A new Children’s Court and Child-Friendly Room was commissioned on Thursday at Wales, West Bank Demerara, Region Three, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, delivered the feature remarks at the opening ceremony, where he explained that the court is the second of its kind in Guyana, and marks a major step forward in the government’s plans to transform Guyana’s legal landscape.

“We speak many times in our government about transforming Guyana, and that transformation is permeating all sectors of our country, the legal sector [is] obviously very much at the forefront of benefiting from that transformation,” the minister said, according to DPI.