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Acting Chief Justice Roxane George in a major ruling this morning declared that the charge of criminal libel is unconstitutional, as she dismissed a charge that had been filed by the Police against overseas based Guyanese human rights and political activist, Rickford Burke. The Acting Chief Justice also ruled that the move by the Police […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Sherod Duncan and former Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, were this morning freed of charges of exciting racial hostility by Magistrate Leron Daly. The charges were filed against the two opposition members back in 2022 during a protest for vendors outside the Georgetown Hospital. In filing the charges then, the Police […]
High Court Judge, Simone Morris-Ramlall this morning granted bail in the sum of $45,000 to social media singer, Daniel Wharton aka “Baby Skello”. Last Friday, Magistrate Judy Latchman remanded Wharton to jail after he was charged for the crime of Blasphemous Libel over a song that he sang on tiktok which is alleged to have […]
A Father’s Day day outing in Linden among a group of friends turned tragic on Sunday when 21-year-old, Berbice resident, Nazim Hamid, drowned. The incident took place in the Demerara River in Coomacka, on the outskirts of Linden. According to an eyewitness, the young man and his group of friends arrived at the beach and […]
Three Venezuelan men who allegedly chased down, beat and stabbed one of their own countrymen to death are being sought by Police for the murder. 30-year-old Venezuelan national and construction worker, Omar Martinez Rodriguez, was attacked and stabbed to death after being beaten on Saturday night outside the Panda Supermarket in Goed Fortuin on the […]
Local social media star, Daniel Wharton aka “Baby Skello” was charged this morning with Blasphemous libel and has been remanded to jail. He made the appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman, who ordered the young man remanded to prison until the 1st July, 2025, when the case will continue. The charge against Wharton stemmed from a […]
One day after the US delivered seven Guyanese deportees home, the Guyana Government is warning Guyanese of the consequences of entering and living in the United States illegally. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed today that it received an official diplomatic note from the Government of the United States advising of the strict enforcement measures […]
Officials in Guyana have confirmed that a man who arrived in Canada on the 26th May aboard a flight from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago and was busted with cocaine in his shoes, boarded the flight in Trinidad and Tobago and not Guyana. News Source has been able to confirm the man’s identity as Ryan […]
Six Guyanese men and a Guyanese woman were deported from the US to Guyana today aboard a special charter flight that also made drop-offs in other countries. According to reports, the deportations form part of the US Government’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The jet touched down in Guyana just before 3 o’clock this afternoon and […]
As Guyanese at home were celebrating Independence Day on May 26, Customs Agents at Toronto’s Pearson Airport busted a traveler from Guyana on the same date with more 7 pounds of cocaine stashed in a number of shoes. According to the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA), the illegal drug worth over CND$437,000 was found in […]
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