The oil find in Guyana is huge
We don’t need to hear about the personal sacrifices of politicians during past political campaigns or the hardships of being a leader, especially when such inflated speech is used as a means to defend the worst contract ever agreed upon, if opportunity losses to Guyana are computed on a per capita basis in the Production…
One local content item that Guyana is successfully capable of handling is insurance
I refer to the letter in Stabroek News yesterday in which the Insurance Association of Guyana has spoken up. It is nice to see that my old association is taking a public stand in representation of the insurance industry and its capabilities, and in the process, correcting the false notion that Guyana is unprepared for…
WORLD BANK SUPPORT TO GUYANA MEGAPROJECT UNDERCUTS PROMISE TO STOP FUNDING FOSSILS
The World Bank is undercutting its own carbon reduction commitments and putting entire Caribbean ecosystems at risk by directing US$55 million to support fossil fuel extraction off the coast of Guyana, campaigners at Sassenberg, Germany-based Urgewald charged yesterday, after a Guyanese high court cleared the way for colossal fossils ExxonMobil, Hess, and CNOOC to continue…
The Demerara channel high pressure water injection will muddy traditional fishing grounds
MARAD Notice to Mariners number 114 dated July 31 2023 was published through the Department of Public Information on 03 August. The Notice covers the arrival and deployment of another of Jan De Nul’s dredgers. Jan De Nul is the 15 percent shareholder in the VEHSI shore base alongside the 85 percent shareholding of NRG…
The dark side of Guyana’s oil discovery: Venezuela’s territorial aggression
Introduction Under Section 31 of the Petroleum Act, official notification was given last month, by ExxonMobil and its partners (Nexen Energy and Hess Corporation), to the Government of Guyana confirming the find (discovery) of commercial quantities of oil and gas in the Stabroek Block. A few weeks later, in today’s column I conclude my commentary…
Gov’t defending oil contract in court is bad PR for 2025
Finally, in all of Guyana, one man – Glenn Lall, owner of Kaieteur News – has found the gumption, and moral courage to stand in the middle of the road and tell the Government and oil companies that he will not sit idly by and allow the looting of Guyana to continue. Glenn speaks for…
The independent press should not confuse party statements with government pronouncements
I am not clear on what grounds the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party was speaking on 27 July 2023 about issues which are proper to the mandates of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and Ministry of Legal Affairs, as well as agencies EPA, GGMC and GLSC. I…
President Ali must not take the people for granted, arrogance of Ministers would not be tolerated
President Ali’s promises of being results-oriented, and promises of transparency, efficiency, and accountability are very refreshing and inspiring. The PPP has come to power with enormous goodwill from people locally and from many people, countries and international organizations abroad. Everybody was cheerleading and rooting for the PPP. The whole world was arrayed against the PNC…
First pot of NRF money should be dedicated towards a massive infrastructure plan
I would like to suggest that the first pot of NRF money be dedicated towards a massive infrastructure plan, similar to what President Biden did when he got in. Let’s fix all the roads and bridges! You can call it the “Highways to Happiness” Plan if you want. This can be the “tipping point” for…