Accountability Watch

Today’s State of the Climate report is a dismal litany of humanity’s failure to tackle climate disruption.

(Final Part) We are on a fast track to climate disaster.

Press attention to accountability has never been more important in Guyana with a historically large revenue stream entering government coffers and a regularly stated intent to use those resources for a development agenda that cuts across all regions and races…There is also a larger principle at stake that strong democracies require free information flow in the public marketplace of opinions and ideas.

The burning of fossil fuels to produce energy releases greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.

The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet – and its people.

The United States Government faces two conflicting situations. On the one hand, it is under severe pressure to expand crude oil production to address the issue of higher gasoline prices that is contributing to record inflation.

In last week’s article, we discussed four of the seven infrastructure development projects financed by the Exim Bank of China that ran into serious difficulties during their execution stages – the Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project; the One Laptop Per Family Project; the Fibre Optic Cable Project; and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Project.

In response to the Stabroek News editorial of 20 March 2022 on the Marriott Hotel, former Finance Minister Winston Jordan provided some specifics on the loan of US$17.3 million that was taken from the Republic Bank of Trinidad and Tobago to finance the cost of construction of the Hotel.

Last week, we reported that a heat wave is hitting the North and South Poles with temperature reaching 70 degrees and 50 degrees above normal, respectively.

Corruption is a human rights issue, which ought to be recognized as such by States, the business community and civil society.

Now that the Government has decided to resuscitate the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, it is time to revisit the Project.

Key findings √             Human-induced climate change continues to cause dangerous and widespread disruption in nature.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people…Be kind.

Over the years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been actively involved in assisting Guyana in the strengthening of citizen security, promoting self-reliance financing, and supporting resilience within national institutions and communities, among others.

Corruption is like a balloon that is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

Because of space constraints, there are four matters that we were unable to elaborate on in our coverage last week of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the fiscal year 2022.

Last Wednesday, the Minister responsible for Finance presented to the National Assembly the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the fiscal year 2022.

Tomorrow, Transparency International will be releasing its 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) along with a comprehensive look at corruption over the last decade indicating which countries have improved or regressed over this period.

Last week, we began a discussion of the Santiago Principles and the extent to which the recently passed Natural Resource Fund Act 2021 is in conformity with those principles.

On New Year’s Day, the authoritarian government of the oil-rich nation of Kazakhstan removed the subsidy on fuel prices, sparking countrywide protests not only because of the resulting higher gas prices but also over issues relating to inequality, poverty and corruption.