Exxon distances self from inflated declaration

-says typographical error was made -both companies set for court on GRA summons ExxonMobil yesterday distanced itself from the huge inflation of an invoice detected by the GRA and pointed to its former broker which it did not name and both are set to appear in court next week over the matter.

Vera Venture with two of her children
Vera Venture with two of her children

Queenstown’s oldest resident scores a century

Vera Florence Venture of Lot 72 Cave Street, Queenstown, Esse-quibo, in Region Two, is now the village’s oldest person having celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday.

In Lula’s war on illegal mining, Amazon villagers count losses

HUMAITA, Brazil,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In November, Pedro and two of his sons rushed to the river and sank their mining boat under the brown water to hide it from officials patrolling the Amazon area as Brazil’s government cracks down on wildcat gold miners.

Trinidad gives owners of sunken oil barge one month to remove it

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Works and Transport is urging the owners of the vessel responsible for spilling more than 50,000 barrels of hydrocarbons along Tobago’s coastline to remove the wrecked craft within one month or else it will be disposed of in accordance with the law.

COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas investments

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, will defend the right of oil and gas producing nations to invest in the sector, the country’s president said yesterday, noting that despite climate targets, fossil fuel demand remains strong.