A consultation by govt staff in an Amerindian Village is not the same as a vote at a Village Meeting

A consultation by govt staff in an Amerindian Village is not the same as a vote at a Village Meeting

I refer to a press release from the Department of Public Information dated 06 July on the illegal sale of carbon credits from forests on titled Amerindian Village Lands. The press statement mainly includes legally incorrect and misleading statements by the Vice-President, and which are damaging to Amerindians.   Does Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo understand that a…

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The sale of forest-based carbon credits by the government of Guyana was fraudulent

The sale of forest-based carbon credits by the government of Guyana was fraudulent

Dear Editor I support the statements of the Upper Mazaruni District Council (UMDC) which you reported on 28 June (‘Upper Mazaruni council restates that carbon trading consultations defective’).  Any Amerindian Village Council can agree to dispose of natural resources of the titled Amerindian Village Lands only through compliance with sections 13, 14, 34 and 44…

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Guyana to Compensate 20B for Oil Spill

Guyana would be left to foot costs of over US$20B yearly compensating Caribbean islands for an oil spill – Environmental  activist, Janette Bulkhan

Kaieteur News – Pre-pandemic statistics available for 10 Caribbean islands that can be affected by a devastating spill in the Stabroek Block shows that Guyana would have to foot costs of over US$20 Billion a year for affecting the beaches these countries rely largely on for tourism. This point was shared by activist, Janette Bulkhan in…

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Compensatory Claims to Bankrupt Guyana

Compensatory claims by our Caribbean island friends for oiled beaches would bankrupt Guyana

Our angelic lawyers and appellate judges are debating in medieval terms whether ‘assurance’ or ‘insurance’ or ‘full liability coverage’ or ‘complete indemnity’ can all sit on the head of a pin.  Meanwhile, let us consider why we need such security instruments.  Since the PEMEX oil spill at the Ixtoc-I well in the Gulf of Campeche…

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Recall Dorm Construction Bids

Recall all dorms construction bids and revise to exclude inflammable materials

Dear Editor,Your editorial of 24 May (Mahdia tragedy, https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/05/24/opinion/editorial/mahdia-tragedy/) on the horrific deaths of 19 children in a dormitory fire on Sunday night (and other children who are seriously burnt, all the children scarred for life) reminded us of the government’s serial failures to learn from the earlier deaths of three schoolgirls in Waramadong Secondary School…

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Fishermen as collateral

Are fishermen to be simply ‘collateral damage’ to the oil companies and contractors?

Please allow me to respond to ExxonMobil Guyana’s Media Advisor, Kwesi Isles, who you quoted in your article ‘Surveys in Demerara River approved by EPA for pipeline works – Exxon’ in KN on March 01, 2023.  I appreciate that the capital-intensive nature of the petroleum sector forces a ‘hurry, hurry’ approach, exacerbated in Guyana by…

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MARAD-notices-Janette

MARAD notices indicate these surveys have already started apparently without EPA authorisation

Has anyone asked the fish or fishermen? MARAD notice number 30 (2023) published on February 24 is for 8 months of geotechnical and geophysical surveying in the vicinity of the Demerara Main Ship Channel near Plantation Best and covering 70 square nautical miles.  MARAD notice number 31 (2023) published on February 22 is for 5…

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Amerindian communities accomplices

Gov’t now appears to be making Amerindian communities accomplices in this carbon credits illegality

The Department of Public Information has distributed several articles in the last few days in mid-February 2023 about the jurisdictional forest-based carbon credits (33.47 million tonnes of CO2e) awarded by Winrock/ART/TREES to the Government of Guyana on 01 December 2022 and sold immediately to the oil company Hess Corporation (USA).  Winrock has failed to respond…

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