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Gov’t to add $5.9M in debt to every household by the end of 2025- Shadow Finance Minister

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gov’t to add $5.9M in debt to every household by the end of 2025- Shadow Finance Minister

…highlights 36% growth in non-oil economy between 2020 and 2024 while debt grew by 253% By: Davina Bagot Kaieteur News-With the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration increasing...

Speaker blocks Opposition Chief Whip from highlighting allegations of corruption by VP Jagdeo, Ministers, Police Force

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Speaker blocks Opposition Chief Whip from highlighting allegations of corruption by VP Jagdeo, Ministers, Police Force

…cites Standing Orders preventing repetition By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News- A 20-minute presentation by Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher Jones, faced frequent interruptions by Speaker of the...

US military aircraft deport migrants as Pentagon readies more troops for border

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on US military aircraft deport migrants as Pentagon readies more troops for border

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying detained migrants out of the country on Friday, following orders from President Donald Trump, as the Pentagon prepared...

Pick-up driver dies in blaze after crash with truck at Bartica

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Pick-up driver dies in blaze after crash with truck at Bartica

Kaieteur News-A Bartica man had a fiery death on Friday after he crashed head-on into a truck, along the Region Seven trail. The dead man was identified as 45-year-old Faizal Husman, also known as...

Police officer, former GRA staff found guilty of computer forgery

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Police officer, former GRA staff found guilty of computer forgery

Kaieteur News- A police officer and a former staff of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) were, on Friday, found guilty of computer-related forgery by Magistrate Annette Singh at the Georgetown...

MP Duncan criticizes Govt’s increased borrowing

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on MP Duncan criticizes Govt’s increased borrowing

…country’s debt rose to US$6B by the end of 2024 Kaieteur News- Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Sherod Duncan, on Friday, voiced his concerns over the Government of Guyana’s borrowing...

‘Stable environment key to development of oil, other sectors’ – Foreign Minister Todd

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘Stable environment key to development of oil, other sectors’ – Foreign Minister Todd

– says Govt. committed to ICJ process for Guyana-Venezuela border controversy case, to meet with Suriname on border issue By: Renay Sambach Kaieteur News- During the first day of the 2025...

Nat’l Reference Lab accredited as National Influenza Centre – MoH

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Nat’l Reference Lab accredited as National Influenza Centre – MoH

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Health on Friday announced that the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) has been accredited as a National Influenza Centre (NIC) by the Pan American...

Handyman who stole iPhone from colleague misses jail time after victim drops case

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Handyman who stole iPhone from colleague misses jail time after victim drops case

Kaieteur News- A 21-year-old handyman employed at Distribution Services Limited (DSL) Cash and Carry in Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was spared a larceny charge after allegedly stealing a...

‘It wasn’t me, but somebody got to take the blame’

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘It wasn’t me, but somebody got to take the blame’

– painter nabbed with ganja tells court Kaieteur News- A 48-year-old painter was remanded to prison on Wednesday after being caught with 371 grams of marijuana. Quincy Lawrence Gonzales, of Lot...

Govt to relocate 15 tombs at Grove, EBD to facilitate construction of pump station

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt to relocate 15 tombs at Grove, EBD to facilitate construction of pump station

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Health, on Friday, announced that 15 tombs at the Golden Grove Burial Ground, located at Lot 1 Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) will be relocated to facilitate pumps. In...

Determine root cause of high teacher absenteeism – Coretta McDonald

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Determine root cause of high teacher absenteeism – Coretta McDonald

Kaieteur News- General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Coretta McDonald has called on the Ministry of Education to determine the root cause of high teacher absenteeism. McDonald in...

Strengthen security sector, deploy advanced surveillance technology at border – Opposition MP tells National Assembly

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Strengthen security sector, deploy advanced surveillance technology at border – Opposition MP tells National Assembly

By: Anasa Williams Kaieteur News-Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Geeta Chandan-Edmond, on Friday, proposed additional measures to further strengthen the security sector, on the first day of...

Agri. Ministry to complete agro-processing facility as $800M allocated to subsector

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry to complete agro-processing facility as $800M allocated to subsector

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Agriculture intends to complete one ago-processing facility this year with the aim of improving and increasing the country’s agro-processing sector. The subsector was...

Govt. to address backlog of housing applications countrywide – Min. Rodrigues

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. to address backlog of housing applications countrywide – Min. Rodrigues

Kaieteur News- Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues on Friday said that plans are on track this year to address all the housing applications across the country. The...

NTC contracts consultant to develop draft of Free, Prior & Informed consent guidelines for Indigenous peoples

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on NTC contracts consultant to develop draft of Free, Prior & Informed consent guidelines for Indigenous peoples

Kaieteur News- The National Toshaos Council (NTC) announced that it has contracted a consultant to develop a Draft Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) Guidelines for stakeholder engagement with...

Hayley Matthews and Sherfane Rutherford named in ICC ODI Teams of the Year

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Hayley Matthews and Sherfane Rutherford named in ICC ODI Teams of the Year

SportsMax – After producing some stellar performances in 2024, it comes as no surprise that West Indies’ Hayley Matthews and Sherfane Rutherford were named in the ICC Women’s and Men’s...

Future of West Indies Cricket To Take Centre Stage at CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Barbados

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Future of West Indies Cricket To Take Centre Stage at CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Barbados

SportsMax – West Indies Cricket — the present and the future — will be high on the agenda when CARICOM Heads of Government meet in Barbados on February 19 to 21 for their 48th Regular...

Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day Season Opener set for tomorrow

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day Season Opener set for tomorrow

-A Celebration of Outdoor Hockey in Guyana Kaieteur Sports- The Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day Hockey tournament is the flagship event for outdoor hockey in Guyana, marking the start of the new...

Former Upper Demerara Football Administrator and Coach to be buried today in Linden

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Former Upper Demerara Football Administrator and Coach to be buried today in Linden

Kaieteur Sports- One of Linden’s foremost football administrators and businessman, 66-year-old Patrick Dey, who is popularly known P Dey, who died last Monday, is to be laid to rest today in...

Statistician Charwayne Walker expresses appreciation for former footballer Birdette Marshall

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Statistician Charwayne Walker expresses appreciation for former footballer Birdette Marshall

Kaieteur Sports-Statistician Charwayne Walker has expressed appreciation for former national footballer Birdette Marshall and his contribution to the sport during his playing days for then British...

BCB U15 LCSS ALUMNI Association inter zone U15 Competition begins today in Berbice

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on BCB U15 LCSS ALUMNI Association inter zone U15 Competition begins today in Berbice

Kaieteur Sports- The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) U15 cricket activities continue from this week when play begins with the LCSS ALUMNI Association inter zone under15 Competition. For the first time...

Ministers made of steel

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Editorial, News Comments Off on Ministers made of steel

Editorial… Kaieteur News-We congratulate ministers in the PPPC Government for the strength of their stomachs. Considering the scorn and dismissive manner in which their master, Vice President...

Twilight of the generals

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Twilight of the generals

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Something is wreaking havoc with the respiratory systems of a tiny minority in Guyana’s population. I am recommending that the local Environmental...

Development requires more than oil revenues

Jan 25, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Development requires more than oil revenues

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In one of the most impassioned pleas ever made, an evangelical Bishop Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde begged President Donald Trump, “In the name of our God, I ask you to...