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Govt, US-Exim Bank sign US$527 million for GTE project

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt, US-Exim Bank sign US$527 million for GTE project

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana on Friday signed a US$527 million loan agreement with the United States Export-Import (US EXIM) Bank, for the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project. The signing ceremony...

Rystad Energy issues misleading analysis on Guyana’s share from ExxonMobil contract

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Rystad Energy issues misleading analysis on Guyana’s share from ExxonMobil contract

…says country gaining 59% of total value Kaieteur News- Rystad Energy, an energy intelligence company that provides data, insights and education on key energy issues, has again made it to the...

Deaths from Israeli attacks in Gaza undercounted by 41 percent, study finds

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Deaths from Israeli attacks in Gaza undercounted by 41 percent, study finds

The Lancet medical journal estimates the actual number of deaths in the first nine months of war is much higher than the official toll. Aljazeera – An official Palestinian tally of deaths...

PNC calls for doubling of minimum wage, tax free threshold to be increased to $400,000 monthly

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on PNC calls for doubling of minimum wage, tax free threshold to be increased to $400,000 monthly

Ahead of Budget 2025… Kaieteur News- Ahead of this year’s Budget presentation, set for January 17, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) has cited a suite of measures that should be...

Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Kaieteur News- The body of 39-year-old Fu Jian Wei, an employee of China Railway Construction Corporation (International) was recovered from the Demerara River on Friday, the Ministry of Public Works...

Pensioner dies at CJIA while waiting to board flight to New York

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Pensioner dies at CJIA while waiting to board flight to New York

Kaieteur News- A 72-year-old woman died at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) while preparing to board a flight to New York, USA, Airport officials said on Friday. In press statement, CJIA...

Linden shooting was over ‘fender bender’ – Eyewitnesses

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Linden shooting was over ‘fender bender’ – Eyewitnesses

Kaieteur News- Eyewitnesses are claiming that the recent Linden shooting that left five persons badly wounded on December 29, 2024 was over a fender bender (minor collision between motor vehicles)...

Brutus sues Gov’t over racial discrimination

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Brutus sues Gov’t over racial discrimination

Kaieteur News- Embattled Assistant Police Commissioner (ag), Calvin Brutus on Thursday, filed a lawsuit against the Government of Guyana, challenging the “Diversity Policy” of the Guyana...

Mother of three sentenced to 24 months in prison for cocaine trafficking

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Mother of three sentenced to 24 months in prison for cocaine trafficking

Kaieteur News- A 36-year-old woman was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Friday after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer a possession of narcotics for the purpose of...

EPA grants Canadian gold company interim-permit to start early construction of airstrip, wharf, other facilities

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on EPA grants Canadian gold company interim-permit to start early construction of airstrip, wharf, other facilities

Kaieteur News- Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted an Interim Environmental Permit (IEP), to Canadian company, G Mining Ventures Corp. GMIN made the announcement on Friday,...

President Ali meets with head of US Exim Bank

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on President Ali meets with head of US Exim Bank

Kaieteur News- President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Friday received a courtesy visit from the President and Chair of the United States Export Import Bank (EXIM), Ms. Reta Jo Lewis, at State House. During the...

Guyoil gets two new freightliner trucks to enhance fuel distribution

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Guyoil gets two new freightliner trucks to enhance fuel distribution

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) on Friday announced the acquisition of two state- of-the-art freightliner trucks to further strengthen its fuel distribution network and ensure reliable...

Market vendor remanded for possession of cocaine

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Market vendor remanded for possession of cocaine

Kaieteur News-A 24-year-old market vendor was remanded to prison on Friday, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court to answer to a possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking...

Over $369M spent on land and water transport in Amerindian villages last year – Min. Sukhai

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Over $369M spent on land and water transport in Amerindian villages last year – Min. Sukhai

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs spent $369.78 million to purchase land and water transportation for indigenous communities across the country in...

Education ministry spent over $31B on infrastructure in four years – Min. Manickchand

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Education ministry spent over $31B on infrastructure in four years – Min. Manickchand

Kaieteur News- Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Friday disclosed that since the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government took office in 2020, her ministry spent approximately...

Athanaze posts 98 as Windies start positively in tour match against Pakistan Shaheens

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Athanaze posts 98 as Windies start positively in tour match against Pakistan Shaheens

SportsMax – West Indies XI made a solid start in their three-day tour match against Pakistan Shaheens, as they closed the opening day at 273-7 in Islamabad yesterday. Led by a composed 98 from...

Youngsters seize opportunity, rubbing shoulders with Golden Jags star Omar Glasgow

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Youngsters seize opportunity, rubbing shoulders with Golden Jags star Omar Glasgow

Kaieteur Sports-Football has opened many doors for young Golden Jaguars and Chicago Fire FC II forward Omari Glasgow. With aspirations of becoming Guyana’s foremost football icon, his love for the...

Anderson, Nedd, Lovell hit form as first Harpy Eagles 4-Day practice match bowls

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Anderson, Nedd, Lovell hit form as first Harpy Eagles 4-Day practice match bowls

-Opportunity for players to impress selectors ahead of Four-Day Championship Kaieteur Sports- A number of key players including Kevlon Anderson, Ashmead Nedd, Thaddeus Lovell and a few youngsters had...

Alvin ‘Geronimo’ Braithwaite to be laid-to-rest January 13

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Alvin ‘Geronimo’ Braithwaite to be laid-to-rest January 13

Kaieteur Sports- As the curtain falls on a remarkable chapter in Guyana’s sporting history, the nation mourns the loss of an iconic figure, Alvin ‘Geronimo’ Braithwaite. The former British...

CFU launches Next Generation Class of 2025 Referees training

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on CFU launches Next Generation Class of 2025 Referees training

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Twenty-two match officials representing 15 Member Associations are gearing up for the start of the 2025 edition of the CFU Next Generation Referee Course, which runs...

Look where Guyana is, govt. is, leaders are

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Look where Guyana is, govt. is, leaders are

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharat Jagdeo, both doctors, are so far along the road that they have selected, it is astonishing where they...

Dem signs need calibrating

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers how fas’ dem speeding. De sign seh, “You going 46!” But when dem...

An invitation to scandal

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An invitation to scandal

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President, with his characteristic mix of defensiveness, recently offered a glimpse into the government’s policy—or lack thereof—regarding conflicts...

Promises

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Editorial, News Comments Off on Promises

Editorial… Kaieteur News- It is part of the tradition of a new year for resolutions and promises to be made. They are made at the individual level, and politicians make a living from...

The absence of a fixed date for the elections does not prohibit the GECOM from starting non-statutory preparatory activities

Jan 11, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on The absence of a fixed date for the elections does not prohibit the GECOM from starting non-statutory preparatory activities

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your letter column to given clarity to some misleading matters that were published in the January 8, 2025 edition of the Guyana Times in an article titled...

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Runsfest ends in draw, as arch rivals play hearts out

The mirage of citizen investment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The latest song and dance from the corridors of political power in Guyana comes wrapped... more