Guyana’s General Elections of March 2, 2020, were marred by irregularities during the vote counting process, which led to a recount supervised by CARICOM. Subsequently, election petitions were filed at the Guyana’s High Court, which still await final resolution. Now have a look at Brazil, our neighbour to the south covering 49% of South America’s…
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…
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…
I follow with daily frustration, the widespread misunderstanding of Full Liability Coverage which is being misconstrued as full liability insurance. There is no such thing as “full liability insurance”, since it is unrealistic for any insurance company to underwrite such a large sum. Thence, it was most painful to watch our Honourable Ministers argue against…
Allan A. Fenty says: ‘Mind you re-negotiation can happen if ever an oil giant knows it will still be reaping whirlwinds of profit on investments. I have some gut feeling that Exxon and its subsidiaries are not such” (SN August 26th). Mr. Fenty’s statement is filled with ambiguity, wishy-washy; very uncharacteristic of him. Do not…
By Stabroek News August 16, 2022 Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to the letter dated August 14, 2022 written by Joel Bhagwandin, Financial Analyst, captioned, “The points raised by Dr. Hunte were discussed more comprehensively in another report.” Having read the Financial Analyst response, I have one comment that is best…
The impact assessment of the cumulative effects for Exxon’s planned 35 Multiwell Exploration and Appraisal (E&A) Drilling Programme should fill major gaps of the four existing EIAs including a much more detailed study of the marine environment than was previously done, says environmentalist Janette Bulkan. On July 19th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that…
I was not surprised that Exxon’s response to my letter of August 2, 2022, would entail the same old fancy mumbo jumbo talking points through their PR that mean nothing to the Guyanese people and only meant for kerfuffle. Since they don’t have any substance, their game is that as soon as anyone exposes their…
