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iBet Supreme pledges support to ‘Settlement of all Arguments’ Football tournament

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on iBet Supreme pledges support to ‘Settlement of all Arguments’ Football tournament

Kaieteur Sports- iBet Supreme has thrown its support behind one of Guyana’s fastest-growing grassroots football events, the “Settlement of All Arguments” Street Football Tournament which...

GCB Select XI, Berbice snap up huge wins as U19 inter-county action resumes

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on GCB Select XI, Berbice snap up huge wins as U19 inter-county action resumes

2025 GCB Men’s U19 inter-county 50-Over tournament Kaieteur Sports- Both the Berbice and GCB Select XI recorded comprehensive wins yesterday when action resumed in the GCB Men’s U19...

RHTYSC B and Bush Lot United record victories in MCYS/GCB One PATHWAY countrywide U21 competition

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC B and Bush Lot United record victories in MCYS/GCB One PATHWAY countrywide U21 competition

Kaieteur Sports- Two teams scored victories when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and The Guyana Cricket Board (MCYS/GCB) One PATHWAY countrywide under-21 inter club competition got cracking...

Nothing to celebrate on May Day

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Nothing to celebrate on May Day

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The last time I went to a gathering of workers at a union hall on May Day, I was saddened. There, instead of feeling the power and might of the working class, I saw...

The compass and climate of cynicism

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The compass and climate of cynicism

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Guyanese have seen this cycle before. It begins with a tragedy, which fuels peaceful protests, which then spiral uncontrollably. The larger the...

Vendors getting parking; business people getting licks

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Vendors getting parking; business people getting licks

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh is business people who does pay de most tax in de city. Big tax, small tax, tax when yuh blink, tax when yuh breathe. But wha dem gettin in return?...

To use legitimate protest for violent, destructive agenda is to defeat the purpose we set out to achieve

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on To use legitimate protest for violent, destructive agenda is to defeat the purpose we set out to achieve

Dear Editor, Red Thread stands in solidarity with the family, relatives and friends of eleven-year-old Adriana Younge. The outpouring that this child’s death has generated shows how deeply this has...

We support all calls for an independent and thorough investigation into the death of Adriana

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on We support all calls for an independent and thorough investigation into the death of Adriana

Dear Editor, We express our condolences to the family and community of 11-year-old Adrianna Younge; and to the family and community of Maline LaCruz, Waveney LaCruz and 16-year-old SueAnn LaCruz. We...

Consistent growth in rice sector for past four years

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Consistent growth in rice sector for past four years

Dear Editor, In a letter to the editor dated 27th April, 2025, under the headline, “The suffering for the small rice farmers is real” Once again, Mrs. Lorrimer is not being true to herself and is...

The circumstances surrounding the death of this child still befuddle us

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on The circumstances surrounding the death of this child still befuddle us

Dear Editor, We, the members of the Georgetown Ministers’ Fellowship, stand aghast and heartbroken by the tragic death of little Adrianna Younge. The circumstances surrounding the death of this...

The Pool! The Rule! & The Ridicule

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on The Pool! The Rule! & The Ridicule

Dear Editor, Firstly, permit me to extend my condolences to the grieving parents, siblings and by extension, the relatives and friends of the deceased Adriana Younge. With no malice aforethought, let...

Rastafari community calls for independent investigation and police reform

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media Letters Comments Off on Rastafari community calls for independent investigation and police reform

Dear Editor, The Rastafari community takes this opportunity to extend our condolences to the Younge family on the unfortunate loss of the life of Ms. Adriana Younge on Thursday, April 24 at the...

‘Not so fast, Mr. President’

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on ‘Not so fast, Mr. President’

–AFC leader, others say premature for President to rule out ‘forced drowning’ in Adriana’s death, …cite absence of toxicology report Kaieteur News- Leader of the Alliance For Change...

10-day workers should not be forced to attend political rallies, protest – Jagdeo

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on 10-day workers should not be forced to attend political rallies, protest – Jagdeo

Kaieteur News- Vice President and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, has stated that he is unaware of any part-time government workers being forced...

Israeli bombs shake Gaza, 35 killed

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Israeli bombs shake Gaza, 35 killed

…as US defends Israel at ICJ (ALJAZEERA) Residents of Nuseirat in central Gaza describe an “earthquake” as an Israeli attack on a building killed at least eight people. At least 35 have been...

Police silent on whether Double Day Hotel owner still in custody

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Police silent on whether Double Day Hotel owner still in custody

—-Jagdeo says Hicken, Police PR must answer Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Wednesday that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) must provide information on whether Bhojnauth Bhola,...

Hess rakes in US$430M in three months on the back of Guyana’s oil

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Hess rakes in US$430M in three months on the back of Guyana’s oil

Kaieteur News- American oil company, Hess Corporation, has reported a net income of US$430 million for the first quarter of 2025, thanks in part to its oil production in Guyana’s Stabroek Block....

42 on terrorism, robbery charges

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on 42 on terrorism, robbery charges

By Francwa Fortune Kaieteur News- Forty-two men and one woman were hauled before various courts on Wednesday on charges of break and enter, larceny and inciting public terror stemming from...

Norton wants Int’l probe of GPF

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Norton wants Int’l probe of GPF

─ promises new CoP under APNU Gov’t Kaieteur News- Opposition leader, Aubrey Norton, is advocating for an international investigation into the Guyana Police Force (GPF), which he said has been...

Public terror wanted bulletins in dispute

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Public terror wanted bulletins in dispute

—three men allegedly wrongfully accused Kaieteur News- Concerns are growing over the accuracy of the flurry of wanted bulletins being issued by the Guyana Police Force for persons who allegedly...

Businessman shot during row at Mahaicony

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Businessman shot during row at Mahaicony

Kaieteur News- A 23-year-old businessman is hospitalised after he was shot during an altercation at Perseverance Village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. The injured man has been identified as...

Linden man shot in eye by police

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Linden man shot in eye by police

Kaieteur News- A 38-year-old man was shot in his right eye with a rubber bullet on Tuesday night by a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who was pursuing two other suspects at One Mile Wismar,...

Classrooms remain empty despite Govt’s assurances

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Classrooms remain empty despite Govt’s assurances

Kaieteur News- Despite assurances from the Ministry of Home Affairs that the national situation is “returning to normalcy,” schools across Guyana remained largely empty again on...

Teen critical after shot in back

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Teen critical after shot in back

–suspect on the run; family laments sloth in police probe By Shania Williams Kaieteur News- A 19-year-old man from Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, is in critical condition after being shot in...

Man sentenced to 18 months for robbing cop

May 01, 2025 Shervin Media News Comments Off on Man sentenced to 18 months for robbing cop

Kaieteur News- A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for robbing a police officer. Videsh Persaud, of Parfaite...