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Exxon’s flaring this year equivalent to the removal of 1.6M acres of forest

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s flaring this year equivalent to the removal of 1.6M acres of forest

By Mikaila Prince Kaieteur News – Just two days ago, ExxonMobil announced that it had ceased its significant flaring of toxic natural gas at its Liza Phase One operations, its first commercial...

John Fernandes Limited moves to construct storage facility for hazardous materials for oil sector

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on John Fernandes Limited moves to construct storage facility for hazardous materials for oil sector

Kaieteur News – Conscious of the fact that the country is in dire need for shore base facilities needed for the rapidly developing oil sector, John Fernandes Limited has decided to approach the...

Myers to act as CEO as Lowenfield proceeds on more than 140 days leave

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Myers to act as CEO as Lowenfield proceeds on more than 140 days leave

Kaieteur News – Controversial Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Roxanne Myers, will assume the duties of CEO as Keith Lowenfield proceeds on...

Oil price inches back, as countries take COVID vaccine

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil price inches back, as countries take COVID vaccine

Kaieteur News – The price of Brent crude is slowly inching back up after nearly a year of sinking down, since countries have begun to accept and administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Brent, the...

Largest quarry licence in region issued to Jagmohan

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Largest quarry licence in region issued to Jagmohan

– to cater for influx of large-scale projects – at least 300M tonnes of rock available for extraction Kaieteur News – “Finally, after almost one decade since the last Quarry...

Father, who killed children, loses appeal to reduce 30-year sentence

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Father, who killed children, loses appeal to reduce 30-year sentence

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – John Blanchard, the Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara man, who was convicted in 2016 for hacking his three children to death while they slept, has lost his bid to...

Finance Ministry warns about paying any fee

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry warns about paying any fee

Update on National COVID-19 cash grant… – apartment homes with no principal householder will have to fill ‘pink form’ Kaieteut News – The Ministry of Finance has given the nation an...

Frank looking for some old ice-factory workers

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Frank looking for some old ice-factory workers

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Health is now looking for persons with expertise in vaccine and cold chain. He should try Weiting and Richter. They have been selling ice for a long time. This...

Lil Joe tekkin krank!

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lil Joe tekkin krank!

Dem Boys Seh… Lil Joe seh how GEEGONE must not trouble de Lolo man. He want de law to tek its course. Lil Joe nah seem to realize dat de issue is not about due process but about lack of confidence....

I told her she offended the country not Frederick Kissoon

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I told her she offended the country not Frederick Kissoon

Kaieteur News – Last Sunday, at Massy Supermarket at Turkeyen, as the cashier checked me out, Dr. Melissa Ifill, UG’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, was next in line and she said to me, “Mr....

New Amsterdam man dies in multiple-vehicle accident

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam man dies in multiple-vehicle accident

Kaieteur News – Over the past few weeks there have been several accidents involving motorcyclists that have resulted in either death or serious injuries. On Sunday December 20, 2020, at around...

East Bank hire car drivers still awaiting restoration of parking area from M&CC

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank hire car drivers still awaiting restoration of parking area from M&CC

– Mayor says Council awaiting paint to proceed Kaieteur News – Hire car/short drop drivers at the East Bank Park located at the Stabroek Market area are still awaiting the restoration of...

Appeal matter for convicted four deferred to January

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal matter for convicted four deferred to January

Murder of Robb Street granny… Kaieteur News – The appeal case for the four men convicted of the execution-style killing of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, who was known as Robb Street...

One of 13 accused of killing Sophia man, remanded

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One of 13 accused of killing Sophia man, remanded

Kaieteur News – One of the 13 males accused of killing a Sophia man, who intervened after they attacked and stabbed his younger brother, was yesterday remanded to prison. The accused, Shay...

Pensioner robbed of cash, jewellery

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner robbed of cash, jewellery

Kaieteur News – An 87-year-old woman of Number 67 Village, Corentyne, Berbice was on Sunday robbed of a quantity of cash and jewellery at her home. The police are investigating the alleged...

File sent to DPP, suspect still hospitalised

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on File sent to DPP, suspect still hospitalised

Bartica woman, children burnt alive… Kaieteur News – More than a week after a Bartica woman and her two young daughters were burnt alive, allegedly by the woman’s husband who is also the...

Appeal Court reduces 60-year sentence for 2009 Old Year’s Day murder convict

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court reduces 60-year sentence for 2009 Old Year’s Day murder convict

Kaieteur News – The Appeal Court yesterday reduced the 60 years jail sentence for 2009 Old Year’s Day murder convict, Steven Allicock. Allicock called ‘Stevie’ a father of six from...

Forklift crushes Aurora gold-miner’s leg

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forklift crushes Aurora gold-miner’s leg

Kaieteur News – A gold-miner’s right leg was reportedly crushed on Sunday after he was pinned by a forklift at the Aurora Gold Mines site, Region Seven. The injured miner employed with the...

Security guard remanded for raping, killing Cummings Lodge woman

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard remanded for raping, killing Cummings Lodge woman

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, four days after the motionless body of a Cummings Lodge woman was discovered naked in her Eight Street, South Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara home, the man...

Another Chemical Storage Facility slated for construction

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Another Chemical Storage Facility slated for construction

– but no Impact Assessment required by EPA Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is, once again, not requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be conducted...

GIPEX goes virtual in April 2021

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GIPEX goes virtual in April 2021

Kaieteur News – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guyana International Petroleum Summit and Exhibition (GIPEX) organizers have made a decision to have the third summit conducted on a new-age...

Ministry records 46 new COVID-19 cases

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records 46 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health reported 46 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 6,171. This was presented in the Ministry’s daily dashboard...

Sink hole!

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sink hole!

Kaieteur News – This sink hole appeared yesterday at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara. Emergency workers placed cones around the depression, warning drivers to be aware until repairs can be...

Everybody doing their own thing

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Everybody doing their own thing

Kaieteur News – A quick survey of life in Guyana conveys how costly things are for the taxpaying citizens. As official mistakes pileup, the dollars spiral, and the reckoning will come when it...

Endurance Championship 2021 Harper craving silverware

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Endurance Championship 2021 Harper craving silverware

Kaieteur News – The 2021 motor racing season speeds off in just over a month’s time with the first of two Endurance meets set for the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri on January 24. The Guyana...