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The oil spill Bill pathway through the Attorney General represents both an abuse of the Legislative and nullification of the Judicial branches of government

News EditorJune 5, 2025June 8, 202506 mins

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…

Let’s see if Section 28 of Oil Spill Bill is suit of armour or a fig leaf

News EditorJune 4, 202504 mins

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….

Use comprehensive Environmental Protection Act instead of highly defective Oil Spill Bill

News EditorJune 1, 2025June 4, 202504 mins

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…

Ready to debate Nandlall

News EditorMay 30, 202502 mins

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…

New York Times’ Essequibo article contains many inaccuracies

News EditorMay 29, 2025December 5, 202502 mins

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…

The Oil Spill Bill – Unfit for presidential assent

News EditorMay 23, 2025May 24, 202504 mins

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…

Oil Talk with OGGN Guyana Episode #49: Lessons from the past? GAIBANK, The Bureau of Statistics, and University of Guyana

News EditorMay 22, 2025May 24, 202501 mins

I strongly support Ms Janki’s appeal to withhold assent to oil spill prevention bill

News EditorMay 21, 2025May 24, 202502 mins

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…

Oil pollution prevention bill is naked attempt to cancel Justice Kissoon’s decision

News EditorMay 21, 2025May 24, 2025012 mins

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…

Stratospheric returns for Hess

News EditorMay 20, 2025May 24, 202504 mins

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….

GWI’s statement is irresponsible, callous and dangerous – water 630 times safe limit

Six -to – one is not 50-50 Part 3 – Government’s Litany of Failures

Six -to – one is not 50-50 Part 2

Part 1: Six -to – one is not 50-50

Exxon’s 2025 Financial Statements – and What It Has Taken Out

Dr Vincent Adams: Guyana Is Being Shackled With Shinier Chains

The oil spill Bill pathway through the Attorney General represents both an abuse of the Legislative and nullification of the Judicial branches of government

Let’s see if Section 28 of Oil Spill Bill is suit of armour or a fig leaf

Use comprehensive Environmental Protection Act instead of highly defective Oil Spill Bill

Ready to debate Nandlall

New York Times’ Essequibo article contains many inaccuracies

The Oil Spill Bill – Unfit for presidential assent

Oil Talk with OGGN Guyana Episode #49: Lessons from the past? GAIBANK, The Bureau of Statistics, and University of Guyana

I strongly support Ms Janki’s appeal to withhold assent to oil spill prevention bill

Oil pollution prevention bill is naked attempt to cancel Justice Kissoon’s decision

Stratospheric returns for Hess