Dear Editor, I am an admirer of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s sagacity. However, I believe the judge made a mistake this time. If the status quo must be maintained, then it should return to work for pay. Let the rights and wrongs be examined in court while the teachers return to their students. If this is…
The Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN) Guyana notes that Stabroek News on January 13, 2024 carried a letter by Mr Dhanraj Deonarine with the title “Is the NRF really overstated?” The letter suggests that the claim by Mr. Ram that the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), Guyana’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, is overstated “is not such…
Details, including the full terms of reference or scope, remain unpublished regarding the 2018-2020 ExxonMobil Guyana US$7.3B cost recovery audit report, leaving Guyanese to speculate on the political, economic, and military influences on Guyanese-led RVHE Consulting and international firms: Martindale Consultants Inc. and SGS. Kaieteur News released an article on November 12th, titled, ‘How ExxonMobil…
…Jagdeo does not own the country’s resources Kaieteur News – President of local watchdog organization, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) Frederick Collins is calling on the Government of Guyana (GoG) to release the reports submitted by ExxonMobil, outlining the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on their operations. The quarterly reports were a prerequisite to the extension…
The oil companies, Hess & Exxon, recently reported earnings in the 2Q2023 that were significantly below the profits they earned in 2Q last year. However, they were very optimistic about the future because of their big bet on Guyana. By 2027, they are projecting to be pumping 1.2 million barrels of oil per day. With…
I do not see a problem with a group of people like OGGN (Oil & Gas Governance Network) working to get a better, fairer deal for Guyana from Guyana’s oil. The Democratically Elected PPP/C Government seems to be hypersensitive to constructive criticism leading to some supporters getting riled up at the slightest criticism. This is…
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…
Reference is made to the letter entitled “The legitimacy of the Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) is highly questionable” (Stabroek News, July 27, 2023). In the summer of 2017, OGGN was created as a legitimate non-profit organization located in Hollis, New York, United States of America. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United…
All Guyanese should read the SN letter of March 28th titled, “Bhagwandin’s disclosure about the Vreed-en-Hoop shore base raises more questions than answers provided” by Isiah Francis. Francis was responding to Joel Bhagwandin’s article of March 26th in which he spilled the beans on the shorebase project. His article titled, “Vreed-en-Hoop shore base is not…
Dear Editor, I hope that Joel Bhagwandin knows that plants/trees convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into leaves and wood and roots, and also respire carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere as they generate their energy for survival and growth; see his letter ‘The sale of carbon credits to offset carbon emissions does not breach the Amerindian…
