Opinion
Why construct a waste treatment plant in close proximity to a populated centre?
Two main roads EBD and ECD. Villages formed alongside these roads. The location of this Waste Treatment Plant is at Coverden – a village alongside EBD. Couldn’t this plant have been sited a few miles inland, away from one of these villages? Penelope Howell wrote this: “While standing in front of PWSI, I felt a…
Sanctity of Contract vs Sovereignty over Natural Resources – Part 3 (Final)
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 135 This is the final part of an adaptation of a talk I gave last July at a forum sponsored by the US NGO Oil and Gas Guyana Network (OGGN). The thrust of my contribution was that the Government’s excuse for reneging on…
Concerns: PWSI Waste Treatment Plant – Coverden East Bank Demerara
Concerns: PWSI Waste Treatment Plant – Coverden East Bank Demerara Yesterday, we were traumatized to be informed by Mr. Joel Bhagwandin that the PWSI Waste Treatment Plant started its operation at Coverden some five (5) months ago, which will mean that processing of petroleum waste started either April of May 2024; oblivious to Coverden and…
There must be an independent EIA on the proposed waste management operations at Coverden
We write in solidarity with Cover-den and its community advocates, Penelope Howell and Audreyanna Thomas, who have exposed alleged breaches of the Environmental Protection Act (EP Act) and rule of law in the awarding of an environmental permit to Professional Waste Solutions Incorporated (PWSI) by the EPA to operate an on-shore oil and gas waste…
Bharrat’s disinformation on oil production rates is unprincipled and dangerous
I read without surprise, the August 10, 2024 KN clip “MP Vickram Bharrat provided misleading, deceptive information to Parliament on rate of oil production – David Patterson”. We all know that “misleading and deceptive” are parliamentary jargons for “lies”; but, in all fairness, let’s also charitably attribute some of the Honorable Minister’s mouthings to ignorance….
Sanctity of Contract vs Sovereignty over Natural Resources
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 133 Introduction This column is an adaptation of a presentation I made at an OGGN sponsored activity in New York last July 27. OGGN is a US registered NGO with its membership drawn from the Guyanese Diaspora in North America, Europe and the…
Did Ashni Singh do everything possible to accommodate for a budget shortfall before asking the Guyanese people for more money?
Reference is made to news reports that the Government of Guyana is seeking Parliament’s approval for over US$192 million (40 billion GYD) in supplementary funds to shore up needed expenditure up to the end of 2024. Earlier this year, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service,…
Without ring-fencing, improved monitoring, and timely auditing; the Profit Squeeze will continue until the oil is exhausted
In a recent presentation by Mr. Glenn Lall, he asked the following question: What is the average cost of a barrel of oil? In reply, I will present some information on the cost of a barrel of oil, based on the combined 2023 Financial Statements of the consortium: EMGL, Hess and CNOOC. Additionally, a comparison…
Guyana only receives 1.5 percent of Total Revenues
Given that Guyana pays the taxes of the oil companies (EMGL, Hess, and CNOOC), and recognizing that Guyana should receive 14.5 percent of total revenue, the question which must be answered is the following: How much money will Guyana receive after the taxes have been deducted from Guyana’s share of total revenue? The answer to…