{"id":21682,"date":"2024-08-08T01:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T01:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21682"},"modified":"2024-08-08T01:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T01:23:13","slug":"media-and-judiciary-engage-to-enhance-understanding-and-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/media-and-judiciary-engage-to-enhance-understanding-and-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Media and Judiciary Engage to Enhance Understanding and Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In an effort to bridge the gap between the media and the judiciary, a significant engagement took place today at Cara Lodge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting aimed to deepen mutual understanding and explore ways to improve collaboration between the two professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session was attended by journalists, the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Chief Justice, other judges, magistrates, and members of the judiciary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chancellor Justice Yonette Cummings emphasized the crucial role of the media in shaping public perception and acknowledged the judiciary&#8217;s responsibility to be accountable for its actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Cummings highlighted that while the judiciary can face criticism, it is essential that such feedback is respectful and constructive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also expressed the judiciary&#8217;s willingness to be held accountable and its openness to continuous dialogue with the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nazima Raghubir, President of the Guyana Press Association, and other key figures were present to facilitate the discussion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session was noted as the first of its kind in recent times, with plans to make such engagements a regular occurrence, either annually or bi-annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative underscores a commitment to demystify the judicial system and improve transparency, fostering a better working relationship between the media and the judiciary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to bridge the gap between the media and the judiciary, a significant engagement took place today at Cara Lodge. The meeting aimed to deepen mutual understanding and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21684,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682\/revisions\/21684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}