Former electricity minister, David Patterson on Friday assailed the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration for wasting US$426 million on renting two electricity supply ships over the next two years instead of buying new generators for the state-owned Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Inc. He reminded that A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration had purchased 46 megawatts ...
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Opposition refuses to meet gov’t on GPL
Opposition parliamentarian, Shurwayne Holder on Thursday refused to attend a meeting with government to discuss the state of the electricity sector, instead saying that the bipartisan parliamentary Economic Services Committee (ESC) is the proper place for an update. “I will not be attending that meeting. I believe that if they want to give an update, they can hold a press ...
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