I write to share the latest information on Guyana’s dismal state of transparency and right to information. On April 14, 2025, on behalf of a group of civil society organisations and individuals, I wrote the President, who holds the Portfolio for Information, requesting a meeting regarding the Office of the Commissioner of Information’s failures: no…
I express heartfelt condolences to the parents and other loved ones of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, whose tragic and suspicious death has plunged our nation into grief and turmoil. The pain and anger felt by all Guyanese – not only parents and family members – are real. The public outrage over the police’s handling of this…
Hopefully, all of Guyana have recovered from the shock of the bombshell pre-election revelation that the Government has retreated from their rabidly fought 5-year battle against unlimited liability protection to cover an oil spill. During their respective media programmes of last week, both Vice President Jagdeo and Attorney General (AG) Nandlall, announced tabling of the…
The 38% tariff on Guyana’s exports to the United States is among the highest announced by President Donald Trump late last week. The number is half of the 76% that Trump’s economic advisers have calculated as the actual value of the tariff disparity between the USA and Guyana. However, what began as a comparison of…
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…
The recent US reciprocal Tariff Schedule for Guyana, 76/38 % is not trade-weighted by the amount of Guyana’s exports versus its imports from the US. It appears that Guyana has used its 76% tariff charged to the US as a revenue measure, in a similar way that Trump is attempting to do. For example, fish exported…
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….
I agree with Christopher Ram, the teacher, in his article, SN-2025/03/28: ‘Are these payments reflected in the revenue of the Guyana Revenue Authority and the Consolidated Fund?’ Government accounting rules should be followed in a similar way that private accounting does, such as the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as a key standard used in…
