{"id":26867,"date":"2025-03-12T13:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26867"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:42:04","slug":"attorney-general-reaffirms-state-ownership-of-carifesta-avenue-land-amid-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-reaffirms-state-ownership-of-carifesta-avenue-land-amid-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Reaffirms State Ownership of Carifesta Avenue Land Amid Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><br><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The land along <strong>Carifesta Avenue<\/strong>, designated for the <strong>Georgetown Seafront Resort and Convention Centre<\/strong>, is <strong>indisputably owned by the State<\/strong>, according to <strong>Attorney General Anil Nandlall<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks come in response to <strong>City Mayor Alfred Mentore<\/strong>, who has raised concerns over the <strong>ownership and usage<\/strong> of the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the <strong>Mayor disputed the State\u2019s ownership<\/strong> of the land, claiming that the <strong>government failed to respond<\/strong> to a letter sent by the City Council over a year ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stated that the <strong>council is now considering legal action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the <strong>Attorney General maintains that the issue was already addressed<\/strong>, with <strong>legal documentation confirming the State\u2019s ownership<\/strong> of the property. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He previously advised the <strong>City Council<\/strong> that if they possess <strong>contrary legal evidence<\/strong>, they should pursue the matter through the courts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the council has <strong>not initiated any legal proceedings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall further emphasized that <strong>any legal challenge will be vigorously defended<\/strong> and, if deemed <strong>frivolous<\/strong>, those responsible may face <strong>significant legal costs and liabilities<\/strong> for financial losses incurred due to litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>$300 million Georgetown Seafront Resort and Convention Centre<\/strong> project was officially launched in <strong>February 2024<\/strong>, marking a major investment in the city\u2019s <strong>tourism and hospitality sector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia JanneireFebruary 12, 2025 The land along Carifesta Avenue, designated for the Georgetown Seafront Resort and Convention Centre, is indisputably owned by the State, according to Attorney General Anil&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26867","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=26867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26868,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26867\/revisions\/26868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}