Exxon, gov’t moving ahead with preparations for gas project
Both the government and ExxonMobil seem to be moving ahead with their plans for the gas-to-energy project despite the absence of an environmental permit from the EPA.
Both the government and ExxonMobil seem to be moving ahead with their plans for the gas-to-energy project despite the absence of an environmental permit from the EPA.
The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) yesterday held a hearing on the appeal of EPA decisions not to have impact surveys for ExxonMobil’s planned exploration in the offshore Canje and Kaieteur blocks.
A 42-year-old mother of five died, while her friend was critically injured yesterday afternoon after a heavily tinted Mercedes Benz jeep crashed into the motorcycle they were on.
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest calling for justice for 23-year-old Quindon Bacchus turned chaotic and resulted in the looting, assault and the destruction of property of a number of vendors at the Mon Repos Market on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).
Head of the Norway-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Mark Robinson has said that Guyana’s tax framework is not built to facilitate transparency – one of the major requirements of the international EITI standards – and encouraged that it be improved so that Guyana can become fully compliant.
-company says has 398 Guyanese in its employ Ramps Logistics Guyana – the largest logistics company servicing the oil and gas sector here has not ruled out legal action in its quest for a reason behind the Local Content Secretariat’s (LCS) denial of access to the local content register.
As more miners continue to move into the Region One indigenous community of Chinese Landing, Toshao Orin Fernandes is reporting increased threats made on his life, while accusing the police of failing to act on them.
The cost of living continues to rise and even though the Irfaan Ali government budgeted $5 billion to cushion the steep hikes, food and other commodity prices are continuing to climb.
With the government committing itself to responding to the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) report on the violation of the rights of Isseneru villagers, the community has noticed increased activities by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to address their concerns.
With a July 15 deadline for Guyana to respond to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) over allegations of rights violations related to the indigenous community of Chinese Landing and the Wapichan people, the government has maintained silence.
By majority decision, the Local Government Commission (LGC) on Tuesday passed a motion to delegate statutory functions, including the approval of temporary appointments, to the Chairperson and Vice-Chair—a move that is being seen as conflicting with the law by the opposition, which plans to challenge it in court.
Anticipating the President’s intention to name members of constitutional commissions in the absence of “meaningful consultation”, Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton has signalled that he will challenge the appointments.
While stating that they welcome development and fully support the planned gas-to-shore project, residents of the lower end of the West Bank of Demerara were on Friday mainly concerned about if jobs would be available and if some of them would be displaced by the planned pipeline but they got no satisfactory answers.
Producers have voiced grave concern over the proposed steep hike in rates for the rental of the National Cultural Centre and one has accused Minister of Culture Charles Ramson Jr of micromanaging the sector and not recognising the importance of creatives.
Amid controversy over the use of one consultant for all of its environmental impact studies, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has revealed that the next study will not be executed by ERM.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday introduced the Industrial Hemp Bill 2022 in the National Assembly, paving way for the decriminalisation of hemp and outlining a path towards industrialisation.
Despite calls from the Opposition for the Condominium Bill to be sent to a Special Select Committee, the government remained adamant that the piece of legislation is urgent for the overall development of the housing sector resulting in its passage at yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly.
The Government of Guyana may end up executing and operating the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) plant with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) being only responsible for the pipeline, according to the gas to shore project manager Friedrich Krispin.
Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has denied that 20 squatters’ structures were bulldozed at Amelia’s Ward, Linden beginning on May 5th and he defended the move to clear the way for an access road stating that adequate notice had been given.
The local press corps along with a number of news entities from Brazil were denied the opportunity to question Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Friday when the latter made his first official visit to Guyana.
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