Attorney General (AG) Nandlall keeps getting away with a free pass hiding behind: (a) the soliloquy of his weekly programme where he amusingly argues with himself; and (b) the obliging interviews by his fawning PPP/C interviewers, without having anyone to challenge and expose in real time, his ignorance and propaganda. Unfortunately for the AG, he…
Introduction On May 17, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Responsibility Bill on a voice vote. The bill’s thirtyseven clauses and three schedules were considered en bloc, meaning that no clauseby-clause examination was conducted. One wonders whether the Speaker or the Mover of the bill wanted to avoid a…
I strongly support Attorney-at-Law Melinda Janki’s appeal to President Irfaan Ali, as reported in yesterday’s Stabroek News, not to give presidential assent to the rushed Oil Pollution Prevention, Pre-paredness, Response and Responsibility Bill. Ms. Janki, who regularly provides high-value public service to Guyana, provided a strong case on why the legislation contravenes Guyana’s international legal…
The Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill 2025 (the Bill) is nothing but an all-time brazen scam perpetrated by the PPP/C to cancel Judge Kissoon’s decision, and bears out a bold-faced election time deception by the PPP/C that they will include unlimited liability coverage in the Bill after waging a 5-year rabid war…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 157 Introduction Amid concerns about unresolved audit issues, mysterious tax certificates and controversial oil spill legislation, Hess Exploration Limited, a branch of a Hess subsidiary incorporated in the Cayman Islands, is the first of the Stabroek Block partners to lodge audited financial statements….
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – May 16, 2025 – In an unprecedented legal challenge, Attorney-at-law Christopher Ram today filed Guyana’s first judicial review action under the Access to Information Act 2011, directly confronting Commissioner Charles R. Ramson Sr.’s systematic refusal to enforce the nation’s transparency laws. The High Court case represents the first attempt to compel compliance…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 156 As feared, the Government ignored calls to refer the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Responsibility Bill to a Select Committee and advanced it to a second reading and passage. Listening to the exchange in the National Assembly yesterday, it was entertaining…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 155 The National Assembly is scheduled to meet today, as the 12th Parliament moves to a close in preparation for historic elections. The Prime Minister will lead the second reading of the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill tabled last week….
