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A HIGH COURT JUDGE has ruled that the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs and the Children’s Life Fund Authority acted unlawfully by failing for years to meet statutory obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.

In separate rulings on December 15 and 16, Justice Robin Mohammed granted activist Hershael Ramesar several declarations, ordering the publication of statements from 2016 to 2021.

In the latest ruling involving the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Mohammed found that the ministry breached mandatory publication duties under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the period 2016 through 2021 and rejected arguments that a later update cured those violations.