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Police and bicycles

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Police and bicycles

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh some of dem police in Guyana done lose dem marbles this time. Instead of chasing down real criminals or tackling the daily chaos on the roadways, dem...

The Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Act 2024 allows for the aggressive depletion of the NRF

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on The Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Act 2024 allows for the aggressive depletion of the NRF

Dear Editor, After further research, CRG was able to find the Act passed in the National Assembly in 2024, has dramatically changed the First Schedule of the Natural Resource Fund, which allows for...

Bring Uber to Guyana

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Bring Uber to Guyana

Dear Editor, Guyana is ready for the Uber car service. It is available in Barbados and other nearby countries. Uber was in Trinidad at one time but later closed operations. The reasons are hazy but...

Animal Welfare must conduct further investigation into animal cruelty at Leguan

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Animal Welfare must conduct further investigation into animal cruelty at Leguan

Dear Editor, I was horrified when I saw the photos circulating with four dogs being transported with a rope around their necks at the back of a police van. One of the four dogs in a photo posted,...

Inhumane treatment towards staff at GECOM

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Inhumane treatment towards staff at GECOM

Dear Editor, We write to express our serious concerns about the management practices of the Chief Election Officer (CEO) and Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), which have badly affected staff...

A glimpse of the Health Sector: Budget 2025

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on A glimpse of the Health Sector: Budget 2025

Dear editor, This year started off right with a whopping allocation of $143.2B in Budget 2025 for the health sector. I would say that this will be a continuation of progress that has started since...

CHANCES OF SHARED GOVERNANCE ARE SLIM

Jan 31, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on CHANCES OF SHARED GOVERNANCE ARE SLIM

Dear Editor The chances of there being shared governance between APNU and the PPP/C are very slim if history is a guide. After PNC/R strongman Hamilton Green was expelled by Desmond Hoyte, Green...

Increased oil production in Guyana helped drive higher profit for Hess Corporation

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Increased oil production in Guyana helped drive higher profit for Hess Corporation

Kaieteur News- Oil production from Guyana’s Stabroek Block, where American oil company Hess Corporation holds 30% shares, has emerged as the company’s top seller in 2024, with an average price...

Patterson, Edghill clash over viability of Amaila Falls Hydro Project

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Patterson, Edghill clash over viability of Amaila Falls Hydro Project

Kaieteur News- Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) David Patterson and Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, went head-to-head in the National Assembly on Wednesday during the 2025 budget debate,...

Thirty killed in crowd crush at India’s Kumbh Mela festival

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Thirty killed in crowd crush at India’s Kumbh Mela festival

(BBC NEWS) At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world’s largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say. The incident took place...

Taxi driver, watchman nabbed with 𝟐𝟏,𝟑𝟔𝟒 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ganja

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Taxi driver, watchman nabbed with 𝟐𝟏,𝟑𝟔𝟒 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ganja

Kaieteur News- Police on Monday arrested a taxi driver and a watchman after the car they were in was intercepted and ranks found a quantity of ganja in it. In a statement, Police said ranks from...

Woman murdered at home

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Woman murdered at home

—suspect arrested after consuming poisonous substance Kaieteur News- A 34-year-old mother was killed in her Annandale, East Coast Demerara home on Tuesday night, and her body discovered in...

Woman maimed for life after brutally chopped by sickly husband—court hears

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Woman maimed for life after brutally chopped by sickly husband—court hears

Kaieteur News- A 74-year-old woman who was brutally chopped about her body late last year by her husband is now maimed for life, relative have said. Deanna Bourne was chopped by her 68-year-old...

Govt. to reconstruct 29 bridges in Regions 8&9 –Edghill

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. to reconstruct 29 bridges in Regions 8&9 –Edghill

Kaieteur News- Paving a way for easier connectivity between Regions Eight and Nine, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill on Wednesday announced that the government this year will undertake the...

Elderly miner dies after pit collapses

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Elderly miner dies after pit collapses

Kaieteur News- A family is in mourning after a 70-year-old miner tragically lost his life, on Tuesday, when a pit collapsed and buried him at Thomas Island, Puruni River, Region Seven. The dead man...

Accused trailer parts thief stabs man for exposing him

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Accused trailer parts thief stabs man for exposing him

Kaieteur News- A 39-year-old businessman remains critical after he was stabbed to the neck and body, on Tuesday, by a man he accused of stealing parts from his trailer. Reports reaching Kaieteur News...

‘Over 15,000 house lots to be completed within six months’ – Housing Minister

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘Over 15,000 house lots to be completed within six months’ – Housing Minister

Kaieteur News- Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, announced on Wednesday that 25,000 house lots are to be allocated this year, with a promise that 15,000 of those will be completed within...

Mahipaul accuses govt. of ‘unfair’ distribution of wealth

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Mahipaul accuses govt. of ‘unfair’ distribution of wealth

—cites failure to deliver on oil sector promises Kaieteur News- In his contribution to the 2025 budget debates on Wednesday, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP)...

Registrants urged to uplift National Identification Cards

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Registrants urged to uplift National Identification Cards

Kaieteur News-The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is, once again, advising persons who completed registration transactions such as (i) application for new registration, (ii) changes/corrections...

Elderly men busted with ganja

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Elderly men busted with ganja

Kaieteur News-At around 17:40 hrs Tuesday, police ranks from Regional Division #4 acted on information received and went to an abandoned concrete structure at the Vendors Arcade located at Bourda,...

Gunman open fire on security guards

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Gunman open fire on security guards

Kaieteur News- Two security guards, on Tuesday, were targeted by unknown suspects in a shooting incident at Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt, GGunman open fire on security guardseorgetown. The...

Govt. to purchase two new ferries for Regions One & Two – Minister Edghill

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Govt. to purchase two new ferries for Regions One & Two – Minister Edghill

Kaieteur News- Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, on Wednesday announced that this year the government will be purchasing two new ferries to ply the Regions One and Two routes. The minister made...

Anna Regina Secondary reign supreme

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Anna Regina Secondary reign supreme

-CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited GTTA/MOE Schools TT C/chips a resounding success Kaieteur Sports- The CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Ministry of...

Fifties from Forde, Drakes, McCaskie give Barbados edge heading into Day 2 versus Eagles

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on Fifties from Forde, Drakes, McCaskie give Barbados edge heading into Day 2 versus Eagles

2025 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 1… GHE vs. BP Day 1 -Looknauth (4-69), Alimohamed (2-37) (Pride 346 all out) 1st innings Kaieteur Sports- A trifecta of fifties from Johnathan Drakes,...

CANOC Executive Committee gathers in Guyana for pivotal Annual Retreat

Jan 30, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on CANOC Executive Committee gathers in Guyana for pivotal Annual Retreat

-GOA president expresses delight in hosting important event Kaieteur Sports- The Executive Committee of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) will convene in Guyana, for...