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Police reform

Nov 07, 2024 Shervin Media Editorial, News Comments Off on Police reform

…Editorial Kaieteur News- The recent corruption scandals in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have renewed calls for root and branch changes and reform in the organisation. The GPF is the most...

Making GuySuCo successful

Nov 07, 2024 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Making GuySuCo successful

Dear Editor, The recent brouhaha over GuySuco was missing focus on solutions. There are two key objectives for GuySuco: • Becoming profitable • Preventing layoffs These two objectives are not...

The app that is not appearing

Nov 07, 2024 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on The app that is not appearing

Dear Editor, The nation eagerly and anxiously awaits the roll out of the cash grant. But it seems this may not be for a while as the app is developed and tested, tweaked and tested, further tweaked...

Contextualising learning and intellectual disabilities

Nov 07, 2024 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Contextualising learning and intellectual disabilities

Dear Editor, I am writing to clarify a critical distinction that is frequently misunderstood: the distinction between specific learning disabilities (SLD) and intellectual disabilities (ID). As both...

Operatives of this regime must not be allowed to continue using the oil and gas proceeds to develop themselves and a selected few

Nov 07, 2024 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Operatives of this regime must not be allowed to continue using the oil and gas proceeds to develop themselves and a selected few

(Operatives of this regime) Dear Editor Inclusionary government is mandated by the Guyana Constitution not dependent on partisan trust. Those who seek to make this a partisan issue are clearly...

How and Why Guyanese & Caribbean people voted in 2024 American Presidential Election

Nov 07, 2024 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on How and Why Guyanese & Caribbean people voted in 2024 American Presidential Election

Dear Editor, In the end, it was not a photo finish in the American Presidential and Congressional elections, as polls suggested. It was more like a blow-out as Donald Trump recaptured the Presidency...

World Bank’s oil glut warning casts doubt on Jagdeo’s projections of massive revenue in the future by not ring-fencing projects

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on World Bank’s oil glut warning casts doubt on Jagdeo’s projections of massive revenue in the future by not ring-fencing projects

Kaieteur News- The World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report, which forecasts an imminent oil surplus, has raised doubts about Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo’s projections of...

Jagdeo looking for excuses to downplay calls for referendum to renegotiate oil contract – Chris Ram

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Jagdeo looking for excuses to downplay calls for referendum to renegotiate oil contract – Chris Ram

Kaieteur News- Chartered Account and lawyer Christopher Ram on Saturday said that Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is looking for excuses to downplay calls for a referendum on the renegotiation of the...

Israel’s PM Netanyahu fires defence minister over ‘crisis of trust’

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Israel’s PM Netanyahu fires defence minister over ‘crisis of trust’

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, citing a “crisis of trust”, and replaced him with Israel...

Tenants move out with landlord’s furniture

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Tenants move out with landlord’s furniture

Kaieteur News- A 66-year-old man has reportedly lodged a report with the Blairmount Police Station, West Coast Berbice (WCB) after his tenants, a man and his common-law-wife, disappeared with all of...

Rice farmer dies after tractor pins him in trench

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Rice farmer dies after tractor pins him in trench

Kaieteur News- A rice farmer died on Monday after the tractor he was operating pinned him in a trench at Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, Berbice, Region Six. Dead is 43-year-old Sunil Rampersaud...

Man stabbed by drinking buddy after fight

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Man stabbed by drinking buddy after fight

Kaieteur News-A man was stabbed 10 times by his drinking buddy on Saturday following a fight over rum at Kwakwani, Region 10. Police identified the victim as Lancelot Captain, a 28-year-old labourer...

Bandits captured after ECD robberies

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Bandits captured after ECD robberies

Kaieteur News- Police on Monday night captured two bandits following separate robberies on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD). The first robbery reportedly took place around 18:50hrs. at a barbershop...

Over $1.8B in Govt. contracts terminated due to poor work – AG Report

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News 1

Kaieteur news- Five contracts totalling $1.857 billion were terminated by the Government of Guyana due to substandard work, last year, the Auditor General’s 2023 Report disclosed. According to the...

Reg. 7 breached Procurement Act in awarding $22M in contracts without public tendering – AG Report reveals

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Reg. 7 breached Procurement Act in awarding $22M in contracts without public tendering – AG Report reveals

Kaieteur News- The Regional Administration of Region Seven breached the Procurement Act of 2003 when it awarded $22 million in contracts without public tendering, the Auditor General’s report of...

‘Govt. cannot continue to prop-up loss-making GuySuCo’—WPA

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘Govt. cannot continue to prop-up loss-making GuySuCo’—WPA

…says sugar is being subsidised for world market Kaieteur News- The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) said that the government cannot continue to prop-up the loss-making Guyana Sugar Corporation...

Woman seeks justice after husband found dead at Port Kaituma

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Woman seeks justice after husband found dead at Port Kaituma

Kaieteur News- A 31-year-old woman is now at her wits end, after she received a call on Saturday last that her 39-year-old husband was found dead on a trail at Eight Miles, Port Kaituma, Region One....

Father of abducted ex-cop believes son is dead

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Father of abducted ex-cop believes son is dead

Kaieteur News- The 59-year-old father of an abducted former police officer believes his son is dead. Following new information from multiple sources, he has concluded that his son, who was kidnapped...

Ruimveldt man shot in legs by neighbour while at shop

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Ruimveldt man shot in legs by neighbour while at shop

Kaieteur News- A 36-year-old man was shot on Sunday in both legs by his neighbour while consuming alcohol at a shop located at Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The injured man has been identified as...

Gov’t addressing passenger complaints about North West ferry

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gov’t addressing passenger complaints about North West ferry

Kaieteur news – In response to mounting concerns about the MV MA Lisha, which serves the Georgetown to North West District route, the government has pledged swift action to address passenger...

Fmr. AG raises concerns about award of third Exxon oil audit to VHE Consulting

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Fmr. AG raises concerns about award of third Exxon oil audit to VHE Consulting

Kaieteur News- Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has voiced concerns about the selection of local consortium, VHE Consulting for the third audit of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL’s)...

Gov’t pledges stronger enforcement of Integrity Commission Act

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gov’t pledges stronger enforcement of Integrity Commission Act

Kaieteur News- In response to ongoing concerns over transparency and corruption, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, in collaboration with the Private Sector Commission, hosted an...

$440M set aside to rehabilitate four Transport & Harbours Dept. ferries

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media News Comments Off on $440M set aside to rehabilitate four Transport & Harbours Dept. ferries

Kaieteur News- The Transport & Harbours Department of the Ministry of Public Works intends to spend approximately $440M to dock and rehabilitate four Department ferries, the National Procurement...

A ‘sweet man’ and a rigger of elections

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A ‘sweet man’ and a rigger of elections

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- They say love and politics are twins separated at birth. You think you’re getting one thing—a heart-warming, trustworthy romance, or a fair and honest...

The four woes

Nov 06, 2024 Shervin Media Editorial, News Comments Off on The four woes

…Editorial Kaieteur News- The Christmas season is fast approaching-some will say that it is already upon us, however, for most Guyanese even before entertaining the thought of Christmas, they...

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