Cayo North Area Representative Michel Chebat has successfully sued the Guardian Newspaper and its editor and has been awarded fifty-five thousand dollars in damages for defamation and twenty-five thousand dollars for aggravated damages. It follows a decision handed down by the Senior Courts in a matter that was filed by Chebat after the newspaper published an article titled Chebat’s Costly Panamanian Connection. Minister Chebat was represented by attorney Leeroy Banner.
