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POLITICS

Constitution bars independent candidates from contesting elections – AG tells High Court

June 18, 2025 Editor 0

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, has strongly defended Guyana’s electoral architecture against a constitutional challenge seeking to allow independent candidates to run for Parliament. The challenge, brought by attorney and chartered accountant Christopher Ram, argued that the Constitution permits individual candidacies and that the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) […]

POLITICS

GuySuCo CEO demands over $20M from Stabroek News over libelous publication

June 18, 2025 Editor 0

The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Paul Cheong, has issued a demand for a $25 million settlement and a published apology from Stabroek News, following what he describes as seriously defamatory statements made in the newspaper’s “Letters to the Editor” section. Through his attorneys, Cameron and Shepherd, Cheong wrote to the […]

COURT

48 murder trial listed as June session of Berbice Criminal Assizes opens

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

Approximately 48 inmates are awaiting trial for murder as the June session of the Berbice Criminal Assizes opened on Tuesday. The session commenced with the traditional parade along Esplanade Road. The parade featured several female police officers and a few senior male officers, including Region Six Regional Commander Shivpersaud Bacchus. Also in attendance were the […]

EDUCATION

Schools to reopen after September 1 due to elections – Education Minister confirms

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has confirmed that schools across the country will not reopen on the initially scheduled date of September 1, 2025, as the day has been designated for General and Regional Elections. Speaking on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday, Manickchand told reporters that the decision to delay the reopening of […]

COURT

Lodge man remanded over iPhone robbery

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

A 22-year-old vendor and construction worker was recently remanded to prison after being charged with robbery under arms. Shamar McKoy, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, appeared unrepresented before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The allegation is that on June 6, 2025, at Durban […]

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Quick action by firefighters averted disaster at Berbice School

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

Quick action by firefighters from the New Amsterdam Fire Station prevented a canteen at the Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) from being destroyed on Monday afternoon. According to the information received, the New Amsterdam Fire Station was contacted at approximately 17:09 hours. Subsequently, three units responded: two fire tenders and one ambulance. Divisional Fire Officer Clive […]

COURT

“Baby Skello” granted bail in blasphemous libel case

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

Local artist Daniel Wharton, popularly known as “Baby Skello,” was granted bail today following charges of blasphemous libel related to a song, which insults a Hindu deity. Wharton was initially remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Court. However, his detention sparked widespread outrage on social media, with many users […]

COURT

Jury clears East Canje man of manslaughter charge

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

Anthony Carter of East Canje, Berbice, has been acquitted of manslaughter after a jury at the Berbice High Court returned a formal not-guilty verdict in the 2019 fatal stabbing of ex-convict Delroy James, also known as “Slant Eye.” The decision followed a successful no-case submission by Carter’s attorney, Kevin Morgan of the Guyana Legal Aid […]

BUSINESS

Finance Minister urges banks to embrace movable collateral to boost lending

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh, is urging Guyana’s commercial banks to adapt to the country’s modern economic realities by embracing reforms that allow the use of movable property as collateral in lending. Speaking at a recent engagement, Dr. Singh stressed the […]

CRIME

Corentyne agrochemical business robbed of millions in items

June 17, 2025 Editor 0

An agrochemical business located at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was robbed of cash and millions of dollars worth of items on Sunday. The owner of Vickash Enterprise, Bharrat Sukhu, told reporters that the discovery was made by one of his staff who reported for duty on the morning of Sunday. After receiving the devastating […]

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