HEADLINE NEWS UPDATE 15TH JULY, 2026

1...First Up, Three men walk free on million-dollar bail, a fourth suspect is now wanted, and the Opposition Leader is calling the whole investigation political payback. The five-year-old execution of Ricardo "Paper Shorts" Fagundes has reignited into one of the most explosive cases in the country. 2...Also, A fourteen-year-old boy went to the Corentyne River to learn to swim and never came home. His family searched for days on their own, and on Wednesday morning, they found him. A mother is left asking how a swimming lesson turned into tragedy. 3...Then, appointed a year and a half ago, announced this week. Judy Latchman has been Guyana's Chief Magistrate since January 2025, and the legal community wants to know why nobody was told. 4...Meanwhile, Eighty pounds of cannabis, three pistols, and eighteen rounds of ammunition, hidden inside barrels shipped from the United States and intercepted in a single customs bust worth over 71 million dollars. Several people are in custody. 5...And, Cubans are now cooking with charcoal and firewood as the US oil blockade tightens its grip. Just one Russian tanker has docked on the island in six months.