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Gov’t added US$4.2B debt to Guyana since 2019

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gov’t added US$4.2B debt to Guyana since 2019

…as debt grows from US$1.8B in 2019 to US$6B in 2024 Kaieteur News- Despite commencing oil production in 2020, the Government of Guyana (GoG) has grown the country’s debt by a significant US$4.2B...

Chinese gold company declared 144,593 ounces in 2024

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Chinese gold company declared 144,593 ounces in 2024

—-gold sector is expected to grow by 17.2% this year—finance minister Kaieteur News- Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd, a Chinese state-owned mining giant operating in Guyana through its...

‘Joy beyond measure’

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘Joy beyond measure’

—celebrations in Gaza as long-awaited ceasefire begins (ALJAZEERA) Celebrations have erupted across the Gaza Strip after a much-awaited ceasefire came into effect following 15 months of war...

Victoria man chopped to death by brother

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Victoria man chopped to death by brother

Kaieteur News- An argument between two brothers has resulted in one being chopped to death and the other in police custody. Dead is 34-year-old Akeem Prince, of Victoria Village, East Coast...

Woman in gas bottle explosion dies

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Woman in gas bottle explosion dies

Kaieteur News- Fifty-five-year-old Basmattie Ganpat, who sustained severe burns after her gas bottle exploded earlier this month at their Fifth Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara residence, died on...

Diamond and manganese production on the decline

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Diamond and manganese production on the decline

…as bauxite, stone and sand surge Kaieteur News- Bauxite, stone, and sand production surged in 2024, driving significant growth in Guyana’s mining and quarrying sector, even as diamond and...

Ramped up training for inmates, officers

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Ramped up training for inmates, officers

…as Guyana Prison Service gets$ 6.2B in this year’s budget Kaieteur News- The Guyana Prison Service was allocated $6.2B of the $108.9 allotted to the security sector for infrastructural...

Two men in custody over firearm found in Tucville

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Two men in custody over firearm found in Tucville

Kaieteur News- Police have detained two men following the discovery of a firearm during an operation in Tucville, Georgetown Saturday night. Around 11:00 hours on Saturday police officers, acting on...

Taxi driver, welder in custody over gun, ammo possession

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Taxi driver, welder in custody over gun, ammo possession

Kaieteur News- A taxi driver and a welder have been arrested in connection with an illegal firearm and ammunition recovered, during a police operation at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne Berbice, on...

Poverty cannot be solved by short-term interventions such as $100k cash grants—Jordan

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Poverty cannot be solved by short-term interventions such as $100k cash grants—Jordan

Kaieteur News- Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan has described this year’s $1.382 trillion fiscal plan as a “Disaster Budget,” or the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP’s) farewell...

$1.3B budgeted to expand fisheries sector

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $1.3B budgeted to expand fisheries sector

Kaieteur News- The Fishing and Aquaculture subsector under the Ministry of Agriculture was allotted $1.3B of the $104.6 billion allocated to the ministry in the national budget for 2025. Minister of...

Madray, Klass impress on Day Two

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Madray, Klass impress on Day Two

Terrence Ali National Open… …GDF poised for Best Gym award Kaieteur Sports- The second day of the Terence Ali National Open Boxing Championship unfolded with a series of exhilarating matchups on...

Sajid, Noman, Abrar share all 20 wickets as Pakistan go 1-0 up

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Sajid, Noman, Abrar share all 20 wickets as Pakistan go 1-0 up

(Cricinfo) – Well, how do you sum that up? A madcap two sessions of cricket on the third day saw 17 wickets fall. Pakistan lost seven for 48, with Jomel Warrican registering the third-best...

India skittle WI, SL bundle out Malaysia

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on India skittle WI, SL bundle out Malaysia

ICC Women’s U-19 World Cup… (Cricinfo) – Defending champions India started their Under-19 Women’s World Cup campaign with a bang, routing West Indies for just 44 before scripting a...

The shortest Test match to produce a result in Pakistan

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on The shortest Test match to produce a result in Pakistan

(Cricinfo) – 1064 – Balls bowled across the four innings in Multan, the fewest in a men’s Test match hosted by Pakistan to produce a result. The previous shortest completed Test in...

Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the seriousness it deserves. The events of the past few days—a violent rampage...

Budget 2025: first take

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Budget 2025: first take

Hard truths… Kaieteur News- The 2025 budget is callousness in numbers; it skewers Guyana’s expectant, needy, impoverished. It is a hatchet budget; one that drives a hatchet into whatever hopes...

Four years and still waiting

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Editorial, News Comments Off on Four years and still waiting

Editorial Kaieteur News- The President Irfaan Ali administration last Friday unveiled its final budget for the five-year term. Trillions of dollars have been expended thus far and more will be...

Little David is a lil scamp

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Little David is a lil scamp

Dem Boys Seh Kaieteur News- One day, de teacher tell de class, “Leh me hear what y’all family really need.” Lil girl jump up first. She seh, “Miss, we need more money. Me daddy wukking hard,...

‘Good governance: the most important issue today’

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on ‘Good governance: the most important issue today’

Dear Editor I said last week that I intended to continue my contention that the most important social issue in Guyana today is the absence of good governance. Little did I know that I would be handed...

No chair must succumb to partisanship

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on No chair must succumb to partisanship

Dear Editor, We must question why the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), through its Chair, ret’d Justice Claudette Singh, announced at the 11th hour the agency’s claimed inability to enable a...

PPP/C must involve opposition to tackle Venezuelan aggression

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on PPP/C must involve opposition to tackle Venezuelan aggression

Dear Editor Kindly allow me to respond to Antonio Dey’s letter of 1-18-25 in the KN titled “We must not take the Venezuelan government for granted as more mischief is afoot” I must endorse Mr....

Trump’s Drill, Baby, Drill & Implication for Guyana

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Trump’s Drill, Baby, Drill & Implication for Guyana

Dear Editor, Donald Trump will be sworn in on January 20 for a second time as President of America. Congrats to the 47th President who also served as 45th. Guyana is relatively insignificant...

List of banned words need to be reviewed

Jan 20, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on List of banned words need to be reviewed

Dear Editor I welcome the Government’s agreement that the list of banned words need to be reviewed- but it must happen before the upcoming budget debates. Recently, Government Chief Whip Gail...

Guyana boys team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Feb 20, 2025

Kaieteur Sports- On the heels of the girl’s selection, the Guyana Under-21 boy’s hockey team has been selected for the 2025 PAHF Junior Challenge scheduled for Bridgetown, Barbados from 8th to...

Mainstay Goldstar FC receives NSC support ahead...

Feb 20, 2025

Lusignan Golf Club Announces the 2025 Ansa McAL...

Feb 20, 2025

Guyana U-20 Women’s squad arrives in Antigua...

Feb 20, 2025

GCB saddened at the passing of former GCB...

Feb 20, 2025

BCB strengthens Executive body as moves made to...

Feb 20, 2025

A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more