October 18, 2024

These wild presidential and DPI exaggerations, minus verifiable sources, ought to seriously be fact-checked by Stabroek News

News EditorOctober 18, 2024October 18, 202402 mins

Does His Excellency the President Mohamed Irfaan Ali live in an alternative universe? ‘We now have 18,000 Guyanese working on the offshore oil rig.’ See the DPI notice from October 14, 2024; https://dpi.gov.gy/local-content-raked-in-over-us2-billion-in-businesses-to-date-president-ali/ . There are 3 functioning FPSOs, each with a working crew of 150-160 according to the EIAs, of whom fewer than half will be…

Exxon and Partners – Relinquishment Time

News EditorOctober 18, 2024October 18, 2024011 mins

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 140 President Irfaan Ali enjoys his encounters with international journalists, including BBC’s Steve Sackur and more recently New York Times’ International Climate Correspondent, Somini Sengupta. While the President has ably navigated the questions posed to him, he has benefitted from some important questions…

Managing both bird and bush and other natural resources

News EditorOctober 18, 202401 mins

Recently, Ambassador Samuel Hinds reminded Guyanese of the notion that ‘A bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush’. I contend that this statement is only true when one does not have ownership of both the bird and the bush; and therefore, one has to manage both bird and bush and other…

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President Jagan was opposed to the philosophical mentality linked with handouts which I do not recall ever being repudiated by Vice-President Jagdeo

Do not be afraid of Exxon’s power

Trump’s victory a reality check for Guyana

The cited provisions of the FMAA do not cover this one-off cash grant

What is EPA’s evacuation plan and/or advice when citizens suffer from hazardous effects of chemicals of unknown origins?

These wild presidential and DPI exaggerations, minus verifiable sources, ought to seriously be fact-checked by Stabroek News

Exxon and Partners – Relinquishment Time

Managing both bird and bush and other natural resources