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No conflict of interest exists

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana. However, these accusations are often tinged with misunderstanding and...

Budget 2025 predictions -money for everybody

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column 0

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- My first prediction for Budget 2025 is that it will be another groundbreaker. There is nothing particularly prescient about that, so easy it is. By...

Budget Day

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Editorial, News 0

Editorial… Kaieteur News- All eyes are on Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister with Responsibility for Finance. Dr. Singh is the messenger of the PPPC Government and on this budget day for 2025, all...

De excuse factory working overtime

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists 0

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys hear de Opposition busy preparing fuh elections. But nah fuh win, yuh know. Dem preparing deir excuse when dem lose! De excuse factory working overtime,...

Cuisine of the Indentured Labourers & Seven Curries

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Letters 0

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali made brief comments on social media about the popular seven curries and how they were initially prepared by the indentured or how the foods came about. I was in...

Pension deposit in Bank account

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Letters 0

Dear Editor It is a welcome facilitation by the Ministry of Human Services and Ministry of Finance to provide this service to pensioners who cannot make the trip to the Post Office or place to redeem...

Lewis, Tiwari and Raffik are the finest contractors in Guyana

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Letters 0

Dear Editor, During the last four years, the PPPC government led by His Excellency, The Honorable President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips and Vice President Dr....

The Queen’s College refurbishment project is an opportunity to be cooperative

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Letters 0

Dear Editor Queen’s College (QC) is loved by all of its alumni. Those who have served on the Old Student’s Association and the Board have always been very generous with their time and have...

Govt. and the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Letters 0

Dear Editor, Recently, we have seen actions by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to elect a governor of “Guayana Essequiba”, which indicates that the South American counterpart will not relent...

The widening economic gap and a legacy of corruption

Jan 17, 2025 Shervin Media Letters 0

Dear Editor Over the past four years, Guyana’s economic landscape has become a stark reflection of inequity and systemic corruption. While the government highlights token gestures like the $100,000...

Berserk man attacking persons shot dead by police

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

…pensioner who tried to subdue him dies after being stabbed, accidentally shot Kaieteur News- Police shot and killed a mentally-ill man on Wednesday after he went berserk at Mahaicony, East...

VP Jagdeo exposing Cabinet colleagues to public ridicule and embarrassment

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

…as he continues to duck key documents on gas-to-energy project—Glenn Lall Kaieteur News- Social commentator and businessman, Glenn Lall, has called out Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for...

Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

WASHINGTON — A ceasefire deal was reached Wednesday to end 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, according to President Joe Biden, Qatar’s prime minister and Hamas officials....

SWAT team members busted with ganja

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

Kaieteur News- Two SWAT unit ranks are under close arrest after they were busted on Tuesday with almost a kilogram of marijuana at Camp and New Market Streets, Georgetown. The policemen were...

Young mother loses twins after premature birth at GPHC…blames ‘misleading ultrasound’

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

Kaieteur News- A young mother has lost her twins after delivering extremely premature infants of 27 weeks at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday. A statement from GPHC said...

Prison officer jailed three years for ganja at Mazaruni Prison

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

Kaieteur News- A 21-year-old prison officer was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a narcotics possession charge at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Joel...

Exxon still to return 20% of Stabroek Block

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

…Oil minister says govt finalising acreage Kaieteur News- Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, has disclosed that ExxonMobil Guyana Limited is nearing the completion of its obligation to...

No bail for construction worker charged for stealing phone

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

Kaieteur News- A 23-year-old construction worker was remanded to prison on Wednesday after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer a robbery under arms charge. Marlon Rodrigues of...

Forensic lab acquires new $86M scanning electron microscope

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

…equipment to help fast-track analysis of gunshot residue Kaieteur News- The Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) on Wednesday unveiled and commissioned a “state-of-the-art” $86 million...

‘Court system cannot conduct trials and deliver judgements within the four-month time’ – Chief Justice says, amid surge in case filing

Jan 16, 2025 Shervin Media News 0

By Shania Williams Kaieteur News- The court system witnessed a significant rise in case filings in 2024, and Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has acknowledged the challenges of conducting trials...