Dutch Disease Avoided. The Resource Curse Has Arrived.
Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child Must become Oil Minded – May…
Dutch Disease Avoided. The Resource Curse Has Arrived.
Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child Must become Oil Minded – May 2, 2026 Column 183: Dutch Disease Avoided. The Resource Curse Has Arrived. The Thirteenth Parliament of Guyana, elected on 1st September 2025, has held three business sessions in eight months. And that figure is generous. It includes the Budget and…
Open letter to EIA /Acorn International (Consultants) re experience at the EIA meeting at the Umana Yana on Tuesday 28th April, 2026 pursuant to launch of Longtail Project
30th April, 2026 The Management Acorn International Dear Acorn, Re: Open letter to EIA /Acorn International (Consultants) re experience at the EIA meeting at the Umana Yana on Tuesday 28th April, 2026 pursuant to launch of Longtail Project I wish to thank the organizers for inviting me and helping to satisfy the legal requirements which…
The Prime Minister’s unlawful invitation for US millions
Column 182 (Part 2 – April 25, 2026): The Road to First – Every Man, Woman and Child Must Become Oil-Minded Introduction Some research carried out this week revealed that the big investment offered Guyanese into the Gas Bottling and Logistics Company in which the Office of the Prime Minister has invited interest of US$1Mn…
The Prime Minister’s unlawful invitation for US millions
The Road to First Oil – Every Man, Woman and Child must become oil-minded. Column 181 (Part 1) Introduction Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips has served in military uniform at the highest level in the country. And now serves at the second highest level in civilian society. Those offices are often identified with personal virtues like…
Solar power vs. expensive Gas-to-Energy project
The Kaieteur News editorial of Saturday April 11 on the Aurora Gold Mines (AGM)[i] solar farm displays current evidence of my advocacy of solar power instead of the expensive Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project, which enriches foreign investors and contractors. 12 years ago, I set up a small home solar power system, which still supplies…
Of Windfalls, Unwelcome Interventions and Waning Sovereignty
Christopher Ram’s Road to First Oil: Every Man, Woman and Child must become oil-minded Column 180 – Of Windfalls, Unwelcome Interventions and Waning Sovereignty With President Trump’s Israeli-led War on Iran triggering a dramatic rise in oil price, there have been calls for a windfall tax on the American led consortium that owns the hugely…
Did a shell game help bury Petrotrin?
By Anthony Paul, Senior Energy and Strategy Advisor and former Director of Geology and Geophysics at the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Energy. The editor created these infographics for understanding, but Anthony Paul has not validated them. They may lack technical precision, but they remain a useful resource for general readers. Were billions in State petroleum…
