DPI did not issue a correction of the erroneous mention of 18,000 Guyanese on oil rigs

On Friday, October 18th, Professor Janette Bulkan published a letter in the Stabroek News titled, `These wild presidential and DPI exaggerations, minus verifiable sources, ought to seriously be fact-checked by Stabroek News’. In the letter, the professor questioned how there could be 18,000 Guyanese working on the offshore oil rigs, as stated by President Irfaan…

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The NRF tax violation calls into question sanctity of the Stabroek Block Contract

A few years ago, oil companies would bombard the Guyanese people with “frontier country” to justify an embarrassing Stabroek Block contract that is currently paying us a paltry 14.5% or less of total oil revenues. The oil companies seem to have retreated from marketing us the “frontier country” tune after pushback from those in the…

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A gas pipeline in the ocean is a tempting invitation for mischief from rogue states 

The circuit breaker box controls the electrical energy in your house. Electronic devices in your house ranging from microwaves to televisions would be reduced to ornaments if the circuit breaker box malfunctions. This critical box is installed in your house, not on your street. You wouldn’t want criminals to easily disable the lights and alarms…

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The assets of Esso Guyana will be insufficient to cover the costs of a major oil spill

The assets of Esso Guyana will be insufficient to cover the costs of a major oil spillLast year, Afghanistan bodies were falling off American jets, filled with Americans, as the planes accelerated up into the sky. Those images depict how quickly America will abandon a country that appears financially worthless to it.If we have a…

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