Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 78 – November 22, 2019 Introduction Mr. John Hess CEO of Hess Corporation disclosed that his company paid US$30 million for a 30% stake in ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block. This revelation, publicised in the Kaieteur News on November 19, 2019, is sure to have…
During the anti colonial struggle in the 1950s and 1960s, the political leaders lambasted the (British) imperial powers (colonizers) for exploiting the nation and not paying their fair share in taxes and for not contributing to the development of the colony.The foreigners (the White man) were described as blood suckers, vampires draining the resources of…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 77 – November 15, 2019 Today’s column highlights a few issues raised by Mr. Raphael Trotman, then Minister of Natural Resources who appeared before the Natural Resources Committee of the National Assembly on May 18, 2018. In his presentation, Trotman misled the Committee…
In a nationwide public opinion tracking poll conducted in late October by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association, the nation almost unanimously rejects the low royalty rate (of between zero and two percent), sweeties or handouts given to oil companies, and profit sharing agreement of the government with multinational Exxon/Mobile and other oil companies. People…
Should or will the population defer to the politicians (government) on oil and political decision making? If the politicians think so, they better think again. The people are not sleeping on oil politics. They are gradually waking up to the realities of oil and will demand a fair contract and distribution of the revenues.They are…
There are several news reports that government is preparing the final draft of its local content policy (act or law). There are also several commentaries on the issue. KN has focused extensively on issues pertaining to the oil industry – especially on how the nation is being hoodwinked (cheated and robbed) in broad daylight on…
The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) is suggesting that international laws could protect Guyana from the most egregious provisions of the oil agreement with an ExxonMobil subsidiary since by contravening domestic law it violates several of the guidelines of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the ninth installment of a series of…
