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Daily Archives: Thursday, 5 October 2023, 22:25

Natural Resource Ministry official to be disciplined for negotiating expense reduction with ExxonMobil

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 22:25 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Natural Resources’ Senior Petroleum Coordinator, Gopnauth “Bobby” Gossai is to be disciplined for negotiating the reduction US$214 million in expenses with ExxonMobil-controlled Esso Exploration and Production  Guyana Limited (EEPGL) down to US$3 million, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said late Thursday night. “Therefore, after examining ...

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Crane operator crushed to death at Tepui Group’s worksite

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 22:05 by Denis Chabrol A day after the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) failed to say what experience the one-year-old Tepui Group Inc. has in construction that resulted in the award of an GY$865.5 million contract to build a pump station, a crane operator died in an incident at a shore-base ...

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Cabinet discusses probe report on unauthorised negotiations with ExxonMobil to reduce expenses

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 21:14 by Denis Chabrol Cabinet on Thursday discussed a report on an investigation into how officials if Ministry of Natural Resources had negotiated the reduction US$214 million in expenses with ExxonMobil down to US$3 million, Vice President Bharat Jagdeo said. “We’re taking it serious,” he said. He said the outcome of Cabinet’s consideration ...

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Amaila Falls Hydropower station on front-burner again

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 20:20 by Denis Chabrol More than one year after China Railway First Group backed out of plans to build the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Plant (AFHP), government on Thursday announced that would in another two weeks issue a public request for proposals due to increased international interest in the project. “Now, I think there ...

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Forgery case against purchaser of C-Island Hotel dismissed

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 10:23 by Denis Chabrol A case of forgery of agreement of sale for the GY$50 million purchase of a hotel in Georgetown has been dismissed because of inconsistent evidence by police fingerprint experts. Police had alleged that Marlus Hendricks, the purchaser of C-Island Hotel, High and Princes Street, Georgetown forged the signature of ...

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OPINION: MP Patterson’s call for pump station award investigation, surely he should know better

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:44 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I note in the media that Opposition MP, Mr. David Patterson, has written to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to investigate the GY$865 million contract award for a pump station. His focus is what violates rules and procedures, what besmirches the sense of fair play in ...

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OPINION: Cornelia Ida, my village

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:35 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus Cornelia, West Coast Demerara. Guyana. This is the place where on hot tropical nights you touch the moon with your bare indentured, slave descended hands, watch the shooting stars with your own brown eyes, where you may look deep into the night, ...

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NPTAB defends decision to award GY$865.5 million pump contract to Tepui Group Inc; mum on company’s experience

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 7:55 by Denis Chabrol The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on Wednesday defended its decision to award a GY$865,543,500 contract to construct a pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, in the wake of a formal request by Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member and opposition parliamentarian David Patterson for ...

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