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ExxonMobil commits to examining root cause of compressor damage

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil commits to examining root cause of compressor damage

– Will use ‘lessons learned’ to prevent future flaring By Kemol King Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil said yesterday in an operational update that it is working to get to the bottom of the...

Govt. wants 90% of onshore/offshore engineering, 100% of subsea systems, to come from Guyanese

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. wants 90% of onshore/offshore engineering, 100% of subsea systems, to come from Guyanese

Understanding the draft local content policy (Pt 4)… Kaieteur News – The PPP/C Administration is proposing that within 10 years, 90 to 95 percent of the detailed engineering needed for...

Businessman allegedly receives COVID-19 vaccine meant for frontline workers

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman allegedly receives COVID-19 vaccine meant for frontline workers

– GPHC senior staff member being investigated Kaieteur News – A local jeweller has allegedly received a shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine meant for frontline workers,...

Two local companies ready to invest in quarry operations

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two local companies ready to invest in quarry operations

Kaieteur News – Two local companies, Royal Builders Inc. and Queensway, are set to invest over $800 million into two proposed quarry projects to cater for Guyana’s demand for aggregate,...

EITI launches programme to advance beneficial ownership transparency

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EITI launches programme to advance beneficial ownership transparency

Kaieteur News – The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Open Ownership, a global non-profit organization recently launched Opening Extractives, a global programme to...

Shareholder rebellion against ExxonMobil mounts

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Shareholder rebellion against ExxonMobil mounts

– World’s largest money manager demands greater climate change disclosure By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – American oil giant, ExxonMobil, is facing an unprecedented rise in shareholder...

Africa lost US$40 billion from their extractive industries due to theft in 2015

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Africa lost US$40 billion from their extractive industries due to theft in 2015

Kaieteur News – Africa lost US$40 billion in 2015 from illicit financial flows (IFFs), related to exports from extractive industries. This is according to a report by the United Nations...

Man shoots nieghbour for talking his name

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man shoots nieghbour for talking his name

Kaieteur News – A Plaisance man yesterday shot his nieghbour twice for reportedly talking his name with a woman. Nursing gunshot wounds to his abdomen is Keith Johnson, 32, an electrician of...

Bandit interrupts virtual class to rob Sophia student

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit interrupts virtual class to rob Sophia student

Kaieteur News – Bandits on Friday interrupted a student’s virtual classroom session and robbed him at gunpoint. Police have identified the student only as a 19-year-old, male resident, of...

Missing Belle West man found dead in septic tank

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Belle West man found dead in septic tank

Kaieteur News – A man who was not heard from or seen by his friends since celebrating his birthday with them on Tuesday evening, was yesterday found dead in his septic tank. Speaking with...

Joel Edmond resigns from AFC, Fifth senior member since August

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Joel Edmond resigns from AFC, Fifth senior member since August

– says party has “lost its way” Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday lost its fifth member to resignation since the change of government last August, this one being...

Barbados-bound woman found with cocaine in vagina

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados-bound woman found with cocaine in vagina

Kaieteur News – Suspicious movements by an outgoing female passenger, yesterday, at the Eugene Correia International Airport, Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD), led to her being busted with a...

Government eye too fat!

Feb 21, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government eye too fat!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De government up to its old tricks. It has launched yet another foray against de cricket board. It get a court decision and it hustle through elections fuh...

Someone forgot to tell Jagdeo…

Feb 21, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Someone forgot to tell Jagdeo…

Kaieteur News Texas is where the headquarters of ExxonMobil is located. But all the oil which is produced in that state could not prevent the rash of deaths and suffering caused by sub-zero...

What about me and my wife; don’t we need money too?

Feb 21, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What about me and my wife; don’t we need money too?

Kaieteur News – For decades now, there have been publications in the print media about former government minister and parliamentarian, Balram Singh Rai, being entitled to a pension and should...

Shut down Exxon’s operations until flaring is fixed

Feb 21, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Shut down Exxon’s operations until flaring is fixed

Kaieteur News – Which patriotic Guyanese concerned about the present and long-term welfare of Guyana, and its citizens and their prospects could have a problem with a nationally minded call to...

COVID-19 case toll increased by 42 new infections

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 case toll increased by 42 new infections

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health reported 42 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, via its daily dashboard update, which increases the case toll to 8,399. The dashboard also shows that ten...

Enrico Woolford sues Guyana Times, Leslie Ramsammy for $185 M in libel

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Enrico Woolford sues Guyana Times, Leslie Ramsammy for $185 M in libel

Kaieteur News – Enrico Woolford, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN), has filed a $185 million libel suit against Guyana Times and Dr. Leslie...

Labourer found with firearm in backpack

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer found with firearm in backpack

Kaieteur News – A 27-year-old labourer of Lot 291 Chesney Front, Corentyne Berbice, was yesterday found in possession of a firearm in his backpack by ranks on the police mobile patrol. In...

Man who murdered Rose Hall Town watchman sentenced to 13 years

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who murdered Rose Hall Town watchman sentenced to 13 years

– co-accused to only serve two months Kaieteur News – A 22-year-old Williamsburgh man was yesterday sentenced to 13 years, 2 months imprisonment on the charge of Manslaughter, committed...

GNBS – ENSURING QUALITY ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS TO SAFEGUARD LIVES AND PROPERTIES

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS – ENSURING QUALITY ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS TO SAFEGUARD LIVES AND PROPERTIES

Kaieteur News – Electrical fires are responsible for the destruction of many properties every year causing death, injuries and losses of assets valuing millions of dollars. Just last weekend,...

Nigerian court blocks Shell’s accounts over alleged oil theft

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerian court blocks Shell’s accounts over alleged oil theft

Kaieteur News -Premium Times – The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an interim mareva injunction directing commercial banks to block Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria...

Budget restoration of exemption from capital gains tax on property owned for 25 years welcomed

Feb 21, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Budget restoration of exemption from capital gains tax on property owned for 25 years welcomed

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – In simplistic terms, Capital Gains tax is a 20% tax on the amount a seller receives over and above what he had paid for the property. For example, if he had bought...

Unemployed Linden man charged for rape of girl, 10

Feb 21, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Unemployed Linden man charged for rape of girl, 10

Kaieteur News – A 38-year-old, from the Soesdyke Highway, Linden, was arraigned before Magistrate Esther Sam yesterday, charged with the rape of a child below the age of sixteen. The accused,...

Coronavirus: Myths about COVID-19 vaccines debunked

Feb 21, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Myths about COVID-19 vaccines debunked

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – Guyana, like the rest of the world, has started vaccinating its population against...