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Auditors given 5 months to audit Exxon’s US$19.6B expenditure

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Auditors given 5 months to audit Exxon’s US$19.6B expenditure

…biggest cost recovery bill to date By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News- By March 2025, a team of local auditors, supported by international experts, is expected to complete the cost recovery audit of...

Bar Association calls for immediate appointment of Chancellor and Chief Justice

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Bar Association calls for immediate appointment of Chancellor and Chief Justice

—‘Says non-appointment untenable and unacceptable’ By Shania Williams Kaieteur News– President of the Guyana Bar Association, Kamal Ramkarran on Tuesday called for the...

Gaza ceasefire ‘closer than ever’, Hamas says it is still awaiting Israeli maps

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gaza ceasefire ‘closer than ever’, Hamas says it is still awaiting Israeli maps

DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Negotiators were trying to clinch agreement on Tuesday on the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza after marathon talks in Qatar, with mediators and the...

Pigeons shut down Charlestown Secondary School

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Pigeons shut down Charlestown Secondary School

—as teachers down tools over health and safety concerns By: Christal Yong Kaieteur News- Teachers at Charlestown Secondary School on Tuesday largely stayed away from the classrooms due to an...

One confirmed dead in Bartica bike accidents

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on One confirmed dead in Bartica bike accidents

Kaieteur News- At least one person has been confirmed dead following two bike accidents that took place at Five Mile Bartica, Region Seven. The first accident, according to reports reaching...

Missing man found dead in Parika hotel

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Missing man found dead in Parika hotel

Kaieteur News- A 22-year-old man who was reported missing by relatives on Monday was found dead on Tuesday at a Parika Hotel on the East Bank of Essequibo (EBE). The dead man was identified as...

Banks DIH nets over $10B in after-tax profits last year

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Banks DIH nets over $10B in after-tax profits last year

Kaieteur News- The Banks DIH Group has recorded an after-tax profit attributable to shareholders of the company of $10.563B last year an increase of $1.593B from the previous year, Chairman of...

Govt. reviewing Exxon’s application to increase oil production at 2nd and 3rd projects – Minister Bharrat

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. reviewing Exxon’s application to increase oil production at 2nd and 3rd projects – Minister Bharrat

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is currently reviewing an application made by ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), the operator of the Stabroek Block, to further increase the...

Decomposed body of man found floating in Demerara River

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Decomposed body of man found floating in Demerara River

Kaieteur News- The decomposed body of an unidentified man was found floating in the Demerara River on Tuesday by employees of the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL). The man’s body was...

US$54M contract awarded to construct new West Dem Hospital

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on US$54M contract awarded to construct new West Dem Hospital

Kaieteur News- A US$54.1 million contract has been awarded for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art West Demerara Regional Hospital, the National Procurement and Tender Administration...

Massara Village to get new $182M secondary school

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Massara Village to get new $182M secondary school

Kaieteur News- The Macushi village of Massara in the North Rupununi Region Nine will soon welcome its first secondary school building which will be built at a cost of $182 million. The project...

Sod turned for Guyana’s first School for the Deaf

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Sod turned for Guyana’s first School for the Deaf

Kaieteur News- The sod was turned on Tuesday to mark the beginning of construction for Guyana’s first school for the deaf which will be located in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD), the...

GTUC wants urgent electoral reforms ahead of 2025 elections

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on GTUC wants urgent electoral reforms ahead of 2025 elections

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) is calling for immediate reforms to ensure that 2025 General and Regional Elections are free, fair, and transparent and conducted in an...

Gold production increases by 1,954 ounces from 2023 to 2024

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gold production increases by 1,954 ounces from 2023 to 2024

– Govt. earned US$180M Kaieteur News– Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat disclosed on Tuesday that gold production in Guyana saw a modest increase of 1,954 ounces in 2024,...

“Highly unsafe environment” leads to relocation of Dorcas Club Nursery School students

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on “Highly unsafe environment” leads to relocation of Dorcas Club Nursery School students

Kaieteur News– The Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that the Dorcas Club Nursery School, located at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD), will be relocated due to safety concerns....

‘We have all the evidence of Brutus trying to flee Guyana’ – Minister Benn

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘We have all the evidence of Brutus trying to flee Guyana’ – Minister Benn

Kaieteur News– Amid allegations of embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus trying to breach his bail agreement and flee Guyana, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn told...

Elections’ fraud case to be tried summarily – Chief Magistrate (ag)

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Elections’ fraud case to be tried summarily – Chief Magistrate (ag)

Kaieteur News– The 2020 elections fraud case will be tried summarily, Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty ruled on Monday. During proceedings at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court,...

National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Kaieteur Sports- After two gruelling days of trials at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana National Basketball Team has been narrowed down to 15 players, signalling the first step towards a...

Terrence Ali National Open schedule to fist off this Friday

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Terrence Ali National Open schedule to fist off this Friday

Kaieteur Sports- The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is set to fist off the Terrence Ali National Open Championship, an event that marks the conclusion of the 2024 boxing season and the...

Foreign Link players call for Darts Association to step up

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Foreign Link players call for Darts Association to step up

Kaieteur Sports- With the Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC) Tours nearing its first official weekend of the 2025 season, the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) has yet to decide on...

Race for GFF Elite League qualification narrows down to final four

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Race for GFF Elite League qualification narrows down to final four

-Pele, Potaro, Lake Mainstay and Determinators to battle for Elite League berths Kaieteur Sports- With a coveted berth in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Season Seven on the line,...

BCB organize practice session for female cricketers to select teams for county duty

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on BCB organize practice session for female cricketers to select teams for county duty

Kaieteur Sports- The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), which has control of over soft or hard ball cricket activities in the Ancient County, has commenced preparations for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)...

Archery Guyana makes history with Physiotherapist at Nationals

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana makes history with Physiotherapist at Nationals

Kaieteur Sports- For the first time in the history of Archery Guyana, a professional physiotherapist was present at the Archery Nationals, providing essential support to athletes during the...

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that is now being resurrected: There is a certain person in the government who...

Renegotiation – working with and within, the contract

Jan 15, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Renegotiation – working with and within, the contract

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Renegotiation. In the context of the 2016 Exxon oil contract, the word is generating increasing heat across Guyana. The main opposition PNC has...

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more