Guardians of Guyana
CABINET has granted its no-objection for the Ministry of Public Works to engage China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited to construct the New Demerara Harbour Bridge (NDHB), based on a Design-Build-Finance (DBF) model. According to a Ministry of Finance release, the financial terms and conditions would be no less favourable than those submitted in the … Read more
THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has fired a Presiding Officer who was spotted campaigning with the Opposition Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) recently at Port Kaituma in the North West District. Reports are that Sheldon Henry, who was expected to work today, Elections Day, at an area within the Matarkai sub-region in Region One (Barima-Waini), called … Read more
Vigilant residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District are fuming after a Presiding Officer attached to the Guyana Elections Commission(GECOM) was spotted campaigning with the Opposition Peoples Progressive Party recently. A resident told the Guyana Chronicle that Sheldon Henry is scheduled to work on Elections Day at an area within the Matarkai sub-region … Read more
Dear Editor IN 2014, the local European Union (EU) representative confirmed that Guyana received €136 million (G$32 Billion) from 2007 to 2013 under the Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Programme (ASMP). The EU allocated grants to Guyana and 18 other African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, having made the decision to discontinue EU preferential sugar … Read more
First phase e-governance initiative 85 percent complete THE first phase of Guyana’s E-Governance initiative, utilising a fibre optic cable stretching from Lethem to Georgetown, is 85 percent complete and the Project Manager, Alexei Ramotar , said that segment will be ready for commissioning by July month end, if not before.President Donald Ramotar’s son told the Guyana … Read more