A high-calibre delegation from ExxonMobil, led by its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Darren Woods, is currently visiting Guyana. On the occasion of a welcome dinner for the visiting delegation, hosted by President Irfaan Ali on the evening of the 56th Republic Anniver-sary observance, Mr Woods unveiled a US$100 million programme to advance training in…
The audacity of the two-page government ad celebrating Caribbean Statistics Day 2025 in yesterday’s issue of Stabroek News (October 15, 2025) is simply stunning to any informed reader. The 2022 National Census was completed in the latter part of 2022. Yet, despite repeated promises by the PPP-led government, especially in the lead-up to the 2025…
On Monday, September 1, 2025, the people of Guyana will head to the polls in what may be the most consequential General and Regional Elections since independence in 1966. The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) is committed to safeguarding Guyana’s resources, strengthening democratic institutions, and ensuring that the blessings of our oil wealth truly…
Alastair Campbell, co-host of the political podcast The Rest is Politics, asked in the new episode of Leading—featuring President Irfaan Ali – some important questions about the country’s low-carbon strategy, management of the sovereign wealth fund (including the Norway model), corruption in the wake of the oil boom, and Guyana’s position on the Venezuelan border…
Reference is made to Mr. Roger Ally’s recent letter, “Government/GMSA did a great job” (Stabroek News, August 8, 2025). He extensively cites from my letter of August 3, where I argued that small states should act through supranational organizations when facing powerful nations. Unfortunately, Mr. Ally omits a key fact while praising the Government’s achievement…
Early on Friday morning, August 1, 2025 – notably Switzerland’s National Day – there was a rude awakening for the Federal Council, Parliament, and the public. President Trump imposed a new punitive tariff of 39% on Swiss exports to the United States, citing allegedly massive export surpluses. For now, pharmaceutical products – which account for…
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…
Over the past seven weeks, the Sunday Stabroek has published a series of letters by the Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) Guyana highlighting the lopsided nature of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, along with its affiliates Hess Corporation and CNOOC. As previously reported by…
Over the past six weeks, the Oil and Gas Governance Network Guy-ana (OGGN) has published several letters in the Sunday editions of Stabroek News informing the Guya-nese public about a questionable tax arrangement between the Govern-ment of Guyana and the Stabroek Block Contractor – ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, along with its affiliates Hess Corporation and CNOOC….
Since February 16, 2025, the Sunday Stabroek has published a series of weekly letters by the Oil and Gas Governance Network Guyana (OGGN) querying the questionable tax practices by oil companies and urging the Government of Guyana, its ministers, and public servants to answer questions regarding the flow of oil-related tax payments. Under the 2016…
