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Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Kaieteur Sports- The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S) will substantially support the Mashramani Street Football Championships ahead of its Semi-Final and Final set for this Saturday...

Guyanese boxers shine in IBA World Rankings ahead of Caribbean Championships

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Guyanese boxers shine in IBA World Rankings ahead of Caribbean Championships

Kaieteur Sports- Some of Guyana’s top boxers are heading into the Caribbean Championships ranked among the best in the world, following the latest update from the International Boxing Association...

Motie returns for Day/Night affair, as fired-up Harpy Eagles eye 3rd straight win

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Motie returns for Day/Night affair, as fired-up Harpy Eagles eye 3rd straight win

2025 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 3…GHE vs. WIA -Junior Sinclair returns, Chanderpaul/Joseph out, as champs make changes Kaieteur Sports- After storming to two straight wins, a red-hot...

Daniel Singh pockets East Bank Pool crown

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Daniel Singh pockets East Bank Pool crown

Kaieteur Sports- The Grand Central Bar in Grove, on the East Bank of Demerara, came alive last Sunday as Daniel Singh was crowned champion of the East Bank Pool Club (EBPC) Pool competition. The...

PSC condemns inaccurate representation of Guyana’s territory at Suriname’s conference

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on PSC condemns inaccurate representation of Guyana’s territory at Suriname’s conference

Dear Editor The Private Sector Commission (PSC) expresses its profound concern and disappointment regarding a recent incident at a Business Conference organised by the Suriname-Guyana Chamber of...

It is over for the PPP

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on It is over for the PPP

Dear Editor Desperation is a terrible thing and will cost the PPP the 2025 national and regional elections. The days of witch-hunting political hopefuls will not be tolerated. The people of Guyana...

Oil contract: the taxation article

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Oil contract: the taxation article

Dear Editor Article 15, otherwise known as the Taxation Article, is 4-pages long and is part of the 114-page PSA (Production Sharing Agreement), better known as the Oil Contract. There is both good...

The tender fabric of social implications

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on The tender fabric of social implications

Dear Editor, Budget 2025 is here and still in the air as Guyanese continue to hear and learn about all the goodies, cookies and candies which will sweeten their lives just as the Demerara sugar does....

Is Phagwah a Jouvert in Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara?

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Is Phagwah a Jouvert in Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara?

Dear Editor, I am writing to bring awareness regarding activities hosted on the day of Phagwah in the community of Sister’s Village, West Bank Demerara. I was at a local business within the...

Old Age Pension, Public Assistance and Disability

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Old Age Pension, Public Assistance and Disability

Budget 2025 review… Dear Editor, First off, permit me to express my congratulations to the honourable Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh and his staff at the Ministry of...

In 5 years, Guyana gave up US$10B in taxes to Exxon and partners

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on In 5 years, Guyana gave up US$10B in taxes to Exxon and partners

…collected US$6B in same period in profits and royalties Kaieteur News- Guyana has so far given up over US$10B in taxes since it began producing oil in December 2019. During the same five-year...

Govt. issues 30-day notice to terminate CGX, Frontera Corentyne Block licence

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. issues 30-day notice to terminate CGX, Frontera Corentyne Block licence

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana has issued a 30-day notice of its intention to cancel CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corporation’s Petroleum Prospecting Licence for the Corentyne Block...

Netanyahu threatens to resume Israel’s war on Gaza if captives not released

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Netanyahu threatens to resume Israel’s war on Gaza if captives not released

The ceasefire has been called into question as Hamas accuses Israel of violating key provisions of the agreement. Aljazeera – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to...

Bartica teacher remanded for allegedly raping student

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Bartica teacher remanded for allegedly raping student

Kaieteur News- A 25-year-old school teacher was on Friday remanded to prison for allegedly raping a student in Bartica, Region 7. Dahlerus Courtman, a teacher of lot 87-89 Three Miles Potaro Road,...

Girl, 12, pregnant after stepfather allegedly sexually abused her and 9-year-old sister

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Girl, 12, pregnant after stepfather allegedly sexually abused her and 9-year-old sister

Kaieteur News- A mother is devastated after learning that the man she loved and trusted for ten years might have been sexually abusing her young daughters, leaving one of them pregnant. The girls are...

Teen remanded for murder of City Councillor

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Teen remanded for murder of City Councillor

Kaieteur News- A 16-year-old boy was remanded to prison on Tuesday for the murder of Georgetown City Councillor and businessman, 47-year-old Kyle Anthony Solomon. The incident occurred on February 5,...

Azruddin Mohamed denies claims of sexual abuse of a teenage girl

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Azruddin Mohamed denies claims of sexual abuse of a teenage girl

…calls for full probe; willing to take polygraph test Kaieteur News- Businessman and well-known philanthropist Azruddin Mohamed has denied claims of sexual abuse of a teenage girl. The...

$44M BIT facility commissioned in Region 6

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $44M BIT facility commissioned in Region 6

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Labour, through the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), on Tuesday commissioned a new $44.8 million training facility in New Amsterdam, Region Six. According to a brief...

Govt. to spend $70M more to extend newly built Leonora Market

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. to spend $70M more to extend newly built Leonora Market

Kaieteur News-Having constructed a brand new market structure at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) for vendors for approximately $386 million, the government is preparing to spend an additional...

Chinese companies bid over US$20M to design & build new medicine lab & office complex

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Chinese companies bid over US$20M to design & build new medicine lab & office complex

Kaieteur News-The Ministry of Health will soon sign a contract for the design and construction of a medicine regulatory and laboratory and office complex. The project, which went out to tender...

Corruption – at epidemic proportion

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Corruption – at epidemic proportion

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Corruption on an unprecedented scale is tearing the heart out of Guyana. There have been several major corruption scandals, but PPP Government...

Guyana pot boil, but we only get de steam!

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana pot boil, but we only get de steam!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News-Dem boys hear how Guyana mekking one big pot of cook-up. A nice, bubbling, rich pot, full ah everything—oil, gas, gold, you name it. But before de thing even done...

Chevron banking on Guyana’s oil to boost reserves

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Chevron banking on Guyana’s oil to boost reserves

…but deal to takeover Hess remains in limbo Kaieteur News-Chevron’s oil and gas reserves have fallen to the lowest point in at least a decade, highlighting the importance of the United...

Belle View project- how the PPP Govt does business

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media Editorial, News Comments Off on Belle View project- how the PPP Govt does business

Editorial… Kaieteur News- The $865M Belle View Pump Station contract award is just one example of the way that the PPPC Government and its specially chosen people do the nation’s business. ...

Fisherman on $40k bail for assaulting mother

Feb 12, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Fisherman on $40k bail for assaulting mother

Kaieteur News-A 24-year-old fisherman was on Tuesday placed on $40,000 bail when he appeared at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court to answer several charges. Ravindra Lall of Grass Field Lusignan,...