Fish catches decline began around the same time as the beginning of offshore oil production

Fish catches decline began around the same time as the beginning of offshore oil production, at the end of 2019

These four posters focus on Bangamary (scientific name Macrodon ancylodon, also known as King Weakfish in neighbouring Suriname), the most affordable fish in Guyanese coastal markets and available throughout the year. The posters are part of the public dissemination of research findings supported by a Canadian Government SSHRC Insight grant (2022-2024) awarded to Dr Janette…

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grappling with modernisation

We are grappling with modernisation of legislation by the crudest of processes

International measures of economic growth – usually expressed as Gross Domestic Product – add the tremendous growth in the enclave economy of ExxonMobil and co-venturers to the small locally-controlled business achievements.  The official GDP figures contrast with the 48 per cent of the population living below the World Bank’s estimate of the poverty line. The…

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SIGNPOST OF THE OIL OLIGARCHY AND POLITICAL PARTY PARAMOUNTCY IN GUYANA

VREED-EN-HOOP (PEACE AND HOPE): SIGNPOST OF THE OIL OLIGARCHY AND POLITICAL PARTY PARAMOUNTCY IN GUYANA.

A priest once said with reference to a local bigwig in Guyana, an impoverished country perched on the northern shoulder of South America: “first you get on, then you get honest.” That is, you need to acquire wealth before you can be philanthropic. Little of that culture of philanthropy appears to have survived among the…

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Court Ruling

Gov’t should use authority of mining law and Article 36 of  Constitution to immediately remove the illegal Chinese Landing miners

Your editorial ‘IACHR resolution’ on 30 July 2023 summarises the resolution about the dreadful long-running case of illegal mining at Chinese Landing. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had previously addressed the complaint about similar problems at Isseneru.  The two documents are well worth reading for the careful histories of events, and summaries of the very dubious…

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ExxonMobil and other carpetbaggers will leave behind a degraded Atlantic Ocean and diminished marine life

ExxonMobil and other carpetbaggers will leave behind a degraded Atlantic Ocean and diminished marine life

The sheer organisational magnitude and efficiency of ExxonMobil as an industrial power was shown in the MARAD Notices to Mariners numbers 106 and 107 (2023) dated 12 June but only published on July 13 in your paper.  These Notices cover the near-shore laying of the pipe for the Gas-to-Energy project; previous MARAD Notices covered the…

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The National Toshaos’ Council cannot usurp the powers of an Amerindian Village

The National Toshaos’ Council cannot usurp the powers of an Amerindian Village

According to Joel Bhagwandin in his letter ‘Bulkan’s position, supported by Brandli, that the sale of carbon credit is fraudulent is preposterous’ (SN 10 July 2023), any claim that only an Amerindian Village Council has the legal authority to make decisions on leasing ‘any interest’ in Amerindian Village Lands is preposterous. I refer Mr. Bhagwandin to…

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