The opposition has delivered a stinging backlash to President Irfaan Ali for publicly scolding a number of his ministers, permanent secretaries as well as contractors over the failure to complete works on time, but the Guyanese leader on Wednesday fended off criticisms and said it was his way of providing transparency. “If you look at my style, you have to ...
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Gov’t clamping down on new ways of violating Local Content Act
Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat on Friday said entrepreneurs have found new ways to ‘smart’ the Local Content Act by having companies controlled on paper by Guyanese but the Local Content Secretariat has been uncovering those new schemes. He credited the Head of the Local Content Secretariat, Dr Martin Pertab and his team with “doing a wonderful job” in identifying ...
Read More »Law coming to govern engineers – Edghill
As part of the government’s drive to ensure engineers executing public works are held accountable, the Engineer’s Bill will soon be tabled in the National Assembly, government’s Department of Public Information reported on Sunday. Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, made the disclosure during a workshop at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, on Thursday. “Very soon, I’ll be ...
Read More »Need for unannounced visits to oil operations – EPA Chief
The Executive Director of Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams on Monday cited the need for unannounced visits to oil industry operations, even as American and British oil companies discovered more oil offshore the northeast coast of the South American nation. “Unfettered access to the site: There should be no prevention or stiff-arming of government employees or people ...
Read More »OP-ED: Unwarranted attacks on the integrity of civil engineers must stop
by James McAllister The article, “Questionable Engineers Estimates costing Guyana billion$”, in the April 19th edition of the Kaieteur News, is another attempt by the media to distort and peddle misinformation. Accusations of corruption and incompetence were leveled against engineers. This is not the first time such accusations have been leveled against engineers by people who know little of what ...
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