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ExxonMobil allowed to break Laws of Guyana while Locals are being prosecuted – Former EPA Head

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil allowed to break Laws of Guyana while Locals are being prosecuted – Former EPA Head

…Govt. playing with fire with no parent guarantee for oil spills Kaieteur News – Upon reflection of the Government’s management of the oil and gas sector, former Head of the...

‘Audit must say whether oil companies cheating on uncapped interest loans’ – Opposition demands

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Audit must say whether oil companies cheating on uncapped interest loans’ – Opposition demands

…calls out Government on overdue financials Kaieteur News – Economist and Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, Elson Low has again raised concerns over the delay in the long overdue...

ExxonM sues EU to avoid paying windfall tax on ‘big-profits’

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ExxonM sues EU to avoid paying windfall tax on ‘big-profits’

Kaieteur News – American oil giant, ExxonMobil on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to challenge and stop the European Union (EU) imposed windfall taxes, arguing that the Brussels exceeded its legal...

Angola court orders assets of ex-President’s daughter bought with nation’s stolen oil wealth, seized

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Angola court orders assets of ex-President’s daughter bought with nation’s stolen oil wealth, seized

(Al Jazeera) Angola’s Supreme Court has ordered the ‘preventive’ seizure of assets worth about $1bn held by Isabel dos Santos, the Daughter of its former President, Portugal’s Lusa News...

Mozambique ex-President’s son, 10 others jailed over corruption

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Mozambique ex-President’s son, 10 others jailed over corruption

AL JAZEERA – A court in Mozambique has sentenced the son of a former President, two ex-spy bosses, and eight others to years in prison for their part in a corruption scandal in which the...

Berserk man charged for killing NA youth

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Berserk man charged for killing NA youth

Kaieteur News – The 41-year-old man who went berserk last week killing a teenager and seriously injuring another man, was on Wednesday remanded to prison when he appeared at the New Amsterdam...

Disgruntled Soldiers question President’s selective salary adjustments for Joint Services

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Disgruntled Soldiers question President’s selective salary adjustments for Joint Services

Kaieteur News – Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have expressed dissatisfaction with the Government’s decision to adjust the salaries for ranks at all levels of the Police, Prison...

Guyana to become arbitration capital of the Caribbean with realization of modern law – Nandlall

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to become arbitration capital of the Caribbean with realization of modern law – Nandlall

Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC has said the Government will be actively working to realise the establishment of a modern Arbitration Bill in...

Banks DIH Group grows pre-tax profits by 21percent despite external challenges

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH Group grows pre-tax profits by 21percent despite external challenges

Kaieteur News – Despite external challenges on businesses here in Guyana, Banks DIH Group said that it has seen improvement in its performance with a 21 percent increase in its profit before...

Cracked pipeline releases almost 4,000 gallons crude into U.S waters

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Cracked pipeline releases almost 4,000 gallons crude into U.S waters

Kaieteur News – A cracked pipeline reportedly discharged almost 4000 gallons of light crude into U.S waters over the weekend. According to Caller-Times, the cleanup of the 3,800 gallon oil...

Exxon’s flaring info not updated on website

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s flaring info not updated on website

Kaieteur News – The high levels of gas flaring by oil giant ExxonMobil has been a sore issue for Environmentalists and Civil Society Activists here. However, the Guyana Government has taken a...

Jagdeo says Gas-to-Energy project still feasible despite cost doubled

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo says Gas-to-Energy project still feasible despite cost doubled

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) G overnment is confident that even though the cost of the controversial Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE)...

Inaugural Emancipation Games set for first weekend in August 2023

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Inaugural Emancipation Games set for first weekend in August 2023

Kaieteur News – The 185th year of Emancipation and the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Demerara Slave Revolt will be observed in August 2023. In honour of the milestone of emancipation and the...

CH&PA inks $202M contract for Single Window platform for building construction process

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA inks $202M contract for Single Window platform for building construction process

Kaieteur News – The Central Planning and Housing Authority (CH&PA) under the Ministry of Housing and Water on Wednesday signed a contract for the development and implementation of the...

Suspects confess to beating, robbing gas station owner, employee

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Suspects confess to beating, robbing gas station owner, employee

Kaieteur News – Two men have reportedly confessed to beating and robbing, 50-year-old Ganga Deo Sridat, Businessman and Owner of Sridat Service Station, located at New Road Vreed-En-Hoop and...

Guyanese wanted for murder captured in Suriname after another robbery/murder last week

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese wanted for murder captured in Suriname after another robbery/murder last week

Kaieteur News – Kevin Carter, the young man the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had issued a wanted bulletin for in relation to the murder of Sensei, Garfield Newton, was last week arrested by...

Guyana’s draconian Libel Laws must be scrubbed from Law Books

Dec 29, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s draconian Libel Laws must be scrubbed from Law Books

…US based Activist says act stifling press freedom, urges modernization Kaieteur News – If the Government is serious about updating and modernising the Laws of Guyana, it can start with the...

Region 4 trample Region 5 on way to Finals

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Region 4 trample Region 5 on way to Finals

One Guyana President’s Cup… ‘Edinburgh Massacre’! By Rawle Toney Kaieteur News – It could go down as the ‘Edinburgh Massacre’ as Region 4 minced their Region 5 counterparts in first...

Alex Carey century keeps hosts in charge in Melbourne

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alex Carey century keeps hosts in charge in Melbourne

(BBC Sport) – Wicketkeeper Alex Carey scored a maiden century as Australia closed in on a series-sealing win over South Africa on day three of the second Test. The hosts racked up 575-8 in...

Russell Domingo: Bangladesh coach quits nine weeks before England tour

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Russell Domingo: Bangladesh coach quits nine weeks before England tour

(BBC Sport) – Bangladesh are without a coach nine weeks before hosting England, after Russell Domingo resigned. In December, Domingo, 48, oversaw a 2-1 one-day international series victory over...

Guyana’s Omari Glasgow aiming for big 2023 in CNL

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Omari Glasgow aiming for big 2023 in CNL

(CONCACAF) – Omari Glasgow is one of the rising stars of the 2022–23 Concacaf Nations League. The 19-year-old winger is the leading scorer for the Guyana National Team through the first four...

Atavism: Aubrey Norton on sanctions

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Atavism: Aubrey Norton on sanctions

Kaieteur News – On the Gildarie-Freddie Kissoon Show last week, Aubrey Norton asserted that in March 2020, he would have preferred to live with five years of sanctions against Guyana than five...

Guyanese stirring angrily

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyanese stirring angrily

Kaieteur News – Guyanese are getting the message, and they don’t like it. ExxonMobil went too far with its billboard, now many Guyanese feel insulted. In trying to squeeze the hands of...

Inter-class warfare is taking place at the expense of poor vendors

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Inter-class warfare is taking place at the expense of poor vendors

Kaieteur News – The representatives of three Private Sector Organisations have claimed that business was better this year. The Chairman of the Private Sector Commission was reported by the...

Democracy in Guyana means demons gone crazy

Dec 29, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy in Guyana means demons gone crazy

Dear Editor, I hope you, your staff and all Guyanese had a peaceful and thoughtful Christmas. A review of incidents which took place before Christmas suggest that at the rate we are going,...

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The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more