G$30B and counting new airport and runway extension…‘New’ CJIA still lacks cargo area, office space, new parking lot, etc.
–AFC commits to releasing modified airport designs
–insists corruption is a cultural problem in Guyana
The smaller faction in the coalition government, the Alliance For Change (AFC), on
BEFORE: photo of CJIA terminal building
Friday said it has no problem lobbying Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, to release the modified airport designs.
The party has also admitted that Guyana faces severe challenges in the fight against corruption.
Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, also Vice-Chairperson of AFC, made the comments on Friday during the party’s press conference.
The press conference was being hosted by Hughes and executive member, former Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin. Continue reading
Guyana Politics: I sense this is the calm before the proverbial turbulence – By GHK Lall
It is quiet around here in the political straits and the desperate political shoals. Things are very subdued, almost to the point of muteness. Sometimes I wonder if I have lost my sense of hearing and powers of observation. I do sense, though, this careful marketing civilizing business involved in the very crucial matter of political self-reinvention. With so much at stake it is worth more than a try. It could not come at a more opportune time, too.
Everybody has to be on their best behaviour and they are: the language is temperate and thoughtful. Eggshells come to mind. There is this rarity in political Guyana: every word and phrase is subject to cautious screening and tense analyzing for any undesired misinterpretation, anything resembling the outlier of the unintended. Continue reading →
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