CRIME

Over 700 grams of ganja discovered during police patrol in Mahdia

June 18, 2025 Editor

Police in Central Mahdia seized a quantity of marijuana during a routine patrol in the Mahdia Arcade area on Wednesday. According to police, the discovery was made between 11:10 hours and 13:15 hours when two ranks on foot patrol stopped and searched several individuals for illegal firearms, ammunition, narcotics, and wanted persons. No illegal items […]

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COURT

Taxi driver charged with possession of stolen articles

June 18, 2025 Editor

Marlon Jones, a 38-year-old taxi driver residing at Lot 106 Third Avenue, Bartica, appeared before the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to face charges of receiving stolen articles. Jones was charged under Section 237(1) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01. The items in question allegedly belonged to Chinese national Jianmei Qiu. During the […]

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POLITICS

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

June 18, 2025 Editor

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) […]

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POLITICS

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

June 18, 2025 Editor

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 […]

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COURT

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

June 17, 2025 Editor

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 […]

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EDUCATION

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

June 17, 2025 Editor

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 […]

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COURT

Lodge man remanded over iPhone robbery

June 17, 2025 Editor

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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UNGATEGORIZED

Quick action by firefighters averted disaster at Berbice School 

June 17, 2025 Editor

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 […]

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COURT

“Baby Skello” granted bail in blasphemous libel case

June 17, 2025 Editor

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 […]

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COURT

Jury clears East Canje man of manslaughter charge

June 17, 2025 Editor

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 […]

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