Dear Editor, We write to highlight the continued failure of the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address our grave concerns and objections to continued oil exploration activities in the offshore marine environment of our beloved nation. On February 2, 2026, objections to the exemption of an EIA for Total...

(Kaieteur News) – Amid renewed concerns about the likelihood of oil and gas exploration and production activities onshore in the Rupununi Region, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat said that Cataleya Petroleum Inc was given the greenlight by government to engage residents.Daily News Digest Bharrat told Kaieteur News Sunday, that government is aware of the...

By Stabroek News December 13, 2025 Dear Editor, The Minister for Natural Resources, like Christopher Columbus, has discovered that Guyana’s petroleum legislation allows for retrieval of information generated by the oil companies; see ‘Govt. demands immediate information on oil discoveries in new PSA’ and ‘Exxon must provide daily drill data, ROV images’, both in Kaieteur...

Dear Editor, On October 22, 2025, a request was made to Justice Charles R. Ramson, SC., OR Commissioner of Information for ten (10) documents. This request, hand delivered to the Office of the Commissioner of Information at 340 East Street; Georgetown was made under Section 12(1) and section 16 of Access to Information Act 2011....

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – As Guyana joined the rest of the World in observing International Women’s Day yesterday, a group of ladies took to the streets with their placards, demanding government secure full liability coverage for ExxonMobil’s oil and gas operations offshore. Scenes from the protest outside the President’s Office yesterday The grassroots...

Dear Editor, In his speech at the sod turning ceremony for the construction of a new stadium at Palmyra, President Irfaan Ali said that ‘hypocrites’ is the ideal term to define Guyanese who have been critical of his government’s management of the oil and gas sector and its stewardship of the environment. The President spoke...

chlumberger Guyana Inc’s application for the operation of a source storage and calibration building, which includes radio-active source storage, at Houston, East Bank Deme-rara, is still being reviewed by the Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA). Schlumberger Guyana Inc told Stabroek News last week that there was no update on the application process. EPA Head Kemraj...

Kaieteur News – With only one day left before the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) hosts a special hearing into the appeals made by citizens, regarding a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt a 300 megawatt gas-fired power plant from a detailed impact assessment, Environment and Democracy advocate, Simone Mangal-Joly has appealed...

SCHLUMBERGER EITHER GOES OR BE JAILED, SAYS HOUSTON RESIDENTS FOLLOWING HIGH COURT RULING