May 01, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – When the Government of Guyana (GoG) inked its first major energy deal with ExxonMobil, it agreed that the corporation would not pay taxes to the State, a provision often widely criticised, but instead of ensuring history did not repeat itself, the government in yet another major energy deal allows the contractor not...
May 01, 2026
..seeking additional US$250M to complete project By: Davina Bagot (Kaieteur News) – While Guyanese citizens endure back-to-back blackouts and the government scrambles to rent emergency generators, executives of Lindsayca- the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) contractor- travels in luxury, flying weekly out of Georgetown on a private jet, costing Guyana US$70,000.Daily News Digest The financial extravagance was recently...
May 01, 2026
…accuses Govt. of inflating country’s projected energy demands to justify project (Kaieteur News) – The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday raised an alarm over the ballooning cost of the Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project which continues to be executed in secrecy by the government of Guyana (GoG). “When first announced, the public was told that...
May 01, 2026
…as deadlines slip again (Kaieteur News) – Five years after the Guyana Government embarked on the construction of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project, Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips said it now 68 per cent complete. As head of the energy sector, the PM on day one of the consideration of estimates and expenditures for the...
Dec 13, 2025
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...
Dec 07, 2025
(Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana is engaging the contractor for the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project on a revised timeline, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said on Friday. Speaking at an event in Georgetown, the minister stated, “We would have indicated in the past that we’re very concerned about the delay. It’s not something...
Nov 10, 2025
By Stabroek News November 10, 2025 Last updated: 10:24AM Justice Nicola Pierre has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted illegally and outside of its powers when it granted an environmental permit to Global Oil Environmental Services Guyana Inc (GOES) to operate an oil and gas waste management facility in Coverden without first receiving...
Nov 02, 2025
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....
Sep 24, 2025
…demand answers on possible massive tax evasion in America Kaieteur News – Three United States (U.S) Senators on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ExxonMobil, Darren Woods about the company’s tax arrangements in Guyana. The company, in joint venture with CNOOC and Hess (now Chevron), were contracted by the Government of Guyana...
Jun 05, 2025
By Stabroek News June 5, 2025 Dear Editor, President Ali disappointedly betrayed the nation with his assent to the Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill (the Bill), ignoring the numerous troubling concerns and forebodings brought to his attention by eminent Guyanese, Caribbean and other international experts including a scathing rebuke by the Commonwealth...