Opinion
It would appear Mr. Jagdeo clearly understands the need for full liability coverage
VP Jagdeo himself, admitted on the Glenn Lall show that “yes, full liability coverage is in all of the permits”; and in his August 19, 2022 press conference, exclaims “it is by law and by the permit they have to do this. Full coverage: that is an obligation…that’s what the oil companies understand is that…
Slashing parent company guarantee from Full Coverage is a sellout to Exxon
All Guyanese, our Caribbean neighbours, and Venezuela, must now be worried sick by the Honourable VP Jagdeo’s announcing that slashing the parent company guarantee from full coverage, down to a piddling $2 Billion USD, “remains a priority”. This in-your-face sellout and betrayal of our people, not only throws out the existing legal full liability coverage…
We condemn this verbal attack on Tamica Garnett
The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) condemns yet another attack on female journalists, this time a verbal attack on Tamica Garnett of the Guyana Chronicle on 19 April 2023 from PNC Chief Scrutineer Carol Joseph, after Tamica Garnett requested information from the party on the local government election (LGE).
We ask our women parliamentarians to stand with female journalists
Women make up 37 per cent of our Parliamentarians and represent all political party positions, beliefs and values of our Guyanese society. As Parliamentarians, they serve as potential role models for all Guyanese women and girls. Additionally, being women, they are also sensitive to the dangers of unchecked misogyny, made visible in the high per…
OGGN and TIGI deplore attacks on female journalists
The Guyana Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) and Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) condemn the ad hominem attacks on female journalists, most recently on Davina Bagot and Nazima Raghubir, on social media websites. The attacks are not about the substance of the news reports; rather they are attacks on the reporters themselves. Chillingly, the attacks place…
Mystery in reconciling tax exemptions to oil companies in 2021
The audit results for the oil companies operating in the Stabroek Block from 1999 to 2017 revealed a stunning US$214 million in questionable expenses. The auditor’s report was leaked 2 years after completion which raises questions about why the government wasn’t transparent with the Guyanese people, given the outrageous amount of money under question. There…
When the People Lead, The Leaders Follow: The Save Cockpit Country movement and fight against extraction in Jamaica
When the People Lead, The Leaders Follow Join us for the second in this series of conversations about Extractivism in the Caribbean, which will spotlight the communities and people asking questions and organizing. The Save Cockpit Country movement and fight against extraction in Jamaica. DATE: Thursday May 4, 2023 TIME (PLEASE NOTE TIME ZONES): 6 PM…
The Messy Business of Exxon’s Ogle Head Office
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 107 – March 31, 2023 Introduction Today I return to the matter of Esso’s new head office at Ogle, first addressed in Part 104 on 9th. March. The story of this mega building is rife with misrepresentation, secrecy, complicity, abuse of power, possible…
The Messy Business of Exxon’s Ogle Head Office – Part 2
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 108 – April 9, 2023 Introduction Part 107 of this column took up the issue of the construction of a Head Office building by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at Ogle, ECD and asserted that the whole saga is rife with misrepresentation,…
The Messy Business of Exxon’s Ogle Head Office – Part 2
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Part 108 – April 9, 2023 Introduction Part 107 of this column took up the issue of the construction of a Head Office building by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at Ogle, ECD and asserted that the whole saga is rife with misrepresentation,…