{"id":26863,"date":"2025-03-12T13:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26863"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:27:55","slug":"mocha-arcadia-squatters-ordered-to-pay-2m-following-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/mocha-arcadia-squatters-ordered-to-pay-2m-following-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Mocha Arcadia Squatters Ordered to Pay $2M Following Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em><br><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining squatters at <strong>Mocha Arcadia\/Caneview<\/strong> have been ordered by the court to <strong>pay the state two million dollars in costs<\/strong> after failing to establish a legal claim to the land. This ruling was delivered by <strong>Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the decision, <strong>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall<\/strong>, reaffirmed the government\u2019s <strong>legal authority over state lands<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that the squatters had received <strong>multiple eviction notices<\/strong> since 2008, with additional warnings issued in <strong>2021<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While over <strong>150 residents<\/strong> had <strong>relocated with government assistance<\/strong>, a small group remained, allegedly influenced by the <strong>political opposition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General emphasized that the government had <strong>compensated squatters with $250 million<\/strong>, provided <strong>titled lands with houses<\/strong>, and <strong>assisted with relocation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also criticized the <strong>Opposition Leader<\/strong> for not offering support to those affected by the ruling, stating that <strong>the residents had been misled and left without assistance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall further urged <strong>citizens occupying government reserves and state lands<\/strong> to take note of the ruling\u2019s implications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He clarified that those <strong>illegally residing on public lands have no legal claim, title, or interest<\/strong>, and that the <strong>state has the authority to remove them without liability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General <strong>cautioned the public<\/strong> against becoming entangled in <strong>politically motivated disputes over state lands<\/strong>, stressing the importance of compliance with legal land policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine ChaconFebruary 12, 2025 The remaining squatters at Mocha Arcadia\/Caneview have been ordered by the court to pay the state two million dollars in costs after failing to establish&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26863","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\/26863","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=26863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26864,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26863\/revisions\/26864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}