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Exxon, partners walked away with US$15.4B of US$18B revenue generated in 2024

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Exxon, partners walked away with US$15.4B of US$18B revenue generated in 2024

…while Guyana received US$2.6B Kaieteur News- The Stabroek Block in 2024 generated a whopping US$18B in revenue, a 55.4% increase compared with the total export earnings of the sector in...

Oil prices expected to plummet by 10.9% this year

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Oil prices expected to plummet by 10.9% this year

…Guyana projects less revenue from sector although another FPSO to come online Kaieteur News- While Guyana waits for the “bigger bone” in the future, or a larger share of profits from the oil...

Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire

BBC- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is ready to resume the war against Hamas should talks for a second phase of the ceasefire fail. In a televised speech just hours before...

State makes application to access bank account Brutus’ salary is deposited in

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on State makes application to access bank account Brutus’ salary is deposited in

Kaieteur News- Prosecutors on Friday filed an application seeking access to embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Calvin Brutus’ Demerara Bank account records as part of an ongoing...

Man of unsound mind shot by police after attacking rank with scissors

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Man of unsound mind shot by police after attacking rank with scissors

Kaieteur News- A man of unsound mind was hospitalized on Friday after he was shot by a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). Reports are that the man, identified only as Delroy, attacked a...

Fire Service allocated $68.1B for more fire stations, training in 2025

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Fire Service allocated $68.1B for more fire stations, training in 2025

Kaieteur News-The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has been allocated $68.1 billion of the $108.9 billion allocated to the security sector in the 2025 national budget, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh...

Sophia man confesses to robbing the Chinese supermarket at Soesdyke

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Sophia man confesses to robbing the Chinese supermarket at Soesdyke

Kaieteur News- One of the suspects seen in a recent viral video robbing a Chinese supermarket at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), reportedly confessed to the crime on Saturday. Police identified...

Bandits zip-tie goldsmith after snatching customer’s $7M gold chain and band

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Bandits zip-tie goldsmith after snatching customer’s $7M gold chain and band

Kaieteur News-Two men armed with a gun on Saturday zip-tied a goldsmith after they entered his shop at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and robbed him of his 12-karat gold chain and pendant...

2025 Budget Review

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on 2025 Budget Review

Welcome back to Talking Dollars & Making Sense Today, we’re diving into the highlights of Guyana’s 2025 Budget Speech, titled “A Secure, Prosperous, and Sustainable...

Clean water coverage rises to 62% in 2024; as $10B set aside for 16 new water treatment plants in 2025

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Clean water coverage rises to 62% in 2024; as $10B set aside for 16 new water treatment plants in 2025

Kaieteur News- As clean water coverage increased over the last four years from 52% in 2020 to 62.3% in 2024, the government has budgeted $10 billion for the installation of 16 new water treatment...

$191.4M pump station, pumps commissioned at Trafalgar, WCB

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $191.4M pump station, pumps commissioned at Trafalgar, WCB

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday commissioned the rehabilitated pump station at Trafalgar, West Coast Berbice (WCD) as well as a new 200 cubic feet per second (cusec) pump and...

Brazilian miner charged with murder of colleague, remanded

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Brazilian miner charged with murder of colleague, remanded

Kaieteur News- A Brazilian national was charged on Friday with the murder of a miner when he appeared at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court. The accused, Raimundo Dos Santos Coimbra called...

Duo nabbed with illegal gun, ammo, and foreign currency

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Duo nabbed with illegal gun, ammo, and foreign currency

Kaieteur News- Two men, aged 25 and 37, were found on Saturday with an unlicensed firearm, ammunition, and a quantity of foreign currency during a police raid at Crabwood Creek, Berbice. Police...

Lorry driver, porter busted with 35,650 grams of cannabis

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Lorry driver, porter busted with 35,650 grams of cannabis

Kaieteur News- Two men were arrested on Friday after they were caught with 35,650 grams of marijuana when police intercepted the lorry, which they were traveling in on the Grove Public Road, East...

$2B allocated to expand GPF vehicle fleet in 2025-Finance Minister

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $2B allocated to expand GPF vehicle fleet in 2025-Finance Minister

Kaieteur News-The Guyana Police Force (GPF) was allotted $2B from the $108.9billion allocated to the security sector in the 2025 national budget to expand its fleet of vehicles. This was announced on...

$800M budgeted to build Palmyra Cultural Market

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $800M budgeted to build Palmyra Cultural Market

Kaieteur News- Some $800M has been allocated in the 2025 budget to construct the Palmyra Cultural Market in Region Six. Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for...

Govt. budgets $7.2B for Amerindian Affairs in 2025

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. budgets $7.2B for Amerindian Affairs in 2025

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has been allocated $7.2B in the 2025 national budget, Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh said on Friday. During his budget presentation, the...

$430M budgeted for rice sector outside of fertilizer support

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $430M budgeted for rice sector outside of fertilizer support

—12.4% growth expected this year-Minister Singh Kaieteur News- Outside of fertilizer support, the rice growing sector can expect an allocation of $430M from the 2025 national budget. Minister...

OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, News, Ronald Sanders, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election for the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) on March 10, 2025, presents an opportunity to reshape the future of...

The Golden Lion Tamarin

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures:, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on The Golden Lion Tamarin

Interesting Creature Kaieteur News- With its silky orange mane and wide-eyed glare, the golden lion tamarin might not seem out of place as a character in a Dr. Seuss book. The golden lion tamarin is...

Japanese sound Artical Pride, and USA Kosmik Movements return to Guyana

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Japanese sound Artical Pride, and USA Kosmik Movements return to Guyana

Kaieteur News- Japanese Sound System Artical Pride and American Sound Kosmik Movements are slated to return to Guyana for the much anticipated ‘Armageddon,’ sound clash. The event, which is...

Climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, clean energy: what do these terms mean?

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, clean energy: what do these terms mean?

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL Kaieteur News- From time to time, consumers and other members of the public have suggested to us that we explain the terms ‘climate change’, ‘global warming’,...

Conformance to National Standards ensures tyre quality and safety

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, GNBS, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on Conformance to National Standards ensures tyre quality and safety

GNBS IN FOCUS… Kaieteur News- As the number of vehicles on our roadways increases annually, so does the demand for tyres, a commodity monitored by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)...

‘From Whence We Came – the Chinese Experience’ pays tribute to the Guyana’s earliest settlers

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine Comments Off on ‘From Whence We Came – the Chinese Experience’ pays tribute to the Guyana’s earliest settlers

By: Christal Yong Kaieteur News- The National Cultural Centre came alive with excitement and interest as the much-anticipated skit, ‘From Whence We Came – the Chinese Experience,’ took centre...

Kajol Goolghar, the creative behind Crafty Selects

Jan 19, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, News, Waterfalls Magazine, Young entrepreneurs Comments Off on Kajol Goolghar, the creative behind Crafty Selects

“[Young entrepreneurs] tend to develop new ideas, products and services that are either problem solving or improve existing solutions. As entrepreneurs, we also serve as role models, inspiring...

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National Table Tennis duo Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill to represent Guyana at prestigious Panam Table Tennis Cup

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more