Dr Gampat is raising very important issues in his letter, SN 2025-06-04, related to the adequacy of financing of Guyana’s economic development thrust through the Central Government Budgetary revenues and expenditures. He also noted the dual nature of the economy, namely, oil and non-oil. He argues for the use of Guyana’s non-oil Gross Domestic Product…
Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-Minded Part 159 1. Overview Earlier this week ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) summoned the Guyana press to the launch of its 2024 Annual Report. Two conditions: only questions on the financial statements would be entertained and the number of questions strictly restricted. Like one of its junior partners…
President Ali disappointedly betrayed the nation with his assent to the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill (the Bill), ignoring the numerous troubling concerns and forebodings brought to his attention by eminent Guyanese, Caribbean and other international experts including a scathing rebuke by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association citing the Government for breaches of…
Now that the President has assented to the Oil Spill Bill against all sound advice, including that of the Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN), we must not succumb to the consequences without asking for the surety, which I rate as the unspoken defence the Government thinks they have if they are taken to court….
The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) supports the broad spread of objections to the highly defective Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill, passed narrowly by the National Assembly of Guyana on 16 May 2025, but not yet given Presidential assent. This broad spread includes at least the following protests published in the daily…
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…
Reference is made to Genevieve Glatsky’s May 25 New York Times article entitled “Venezuela Plans Vote for Disputed Oil-Rich Territory”, which contains several critical inaccuracies. First, Essequibo is not “oil-rich.” All commercially viable oil discoveries lie offshore, in the eastern and southeastern parts of the Stabroek Block, east of the Essequibo River delta and well…
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…
