Failed govt. projects show poor planning, waste of tax $$$ – AFC’s Nagamootoo
Catastrophic ventures such as the Amaila Falls hydro project, the airport expansion project, the specialty hospital, Marriot Hotel, the fibre-optic cable project, the Solid Waste Management project, the Hope Canal project and the Skeldon Sugar Factory were highlighted by long time politician Moses Nagamootoo as he sought to drive home his point that the government “has failed us.”
He pointed to “the mess we see with the East Bank and East Coast four lane roads” as tangible evidence of poor integrated and strategic planning and said that the PPP’s “Rhodes scholars” have clearly failed Guyana at a time when the country’s public debt would have topped the $400 Billion Guyana dollar mark. (US 2Billion) Continue reading →
- Courts Guyana promises to make fitness walk better than its last edition
- AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes seeks forgiveness for his non-disclosure of his link to the Amaila Falls Company
- Police searches for businessman fingered in the murder of biker, Kurt Davis.
- APNU insists that Gov’t present a comprehensive Bill concerning all aspects of the Amaila Falls Hydro project
- Meeting planned to remove Timehri residents standing in the way of CJIA expansion project
- ACTO meeting focuses on Indigenous issues at the start of Amerindian Heritage Month
- Caribbean Airlines wants to operate in a sustainable manner
- Giftland Office Max continues to give back
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- Government scrambles to meet with Guyana’s major coalition bloc to save the Amaila Falls Hydro Project
- President Ramotar denies there was any secrecy about the Amaila falls Hydro project
- Opposition APNU justifies its position for not supporting the Amaila falls Hydro project
- PNC/R executive continues to advocate for shared Governance
- Region Ten Chairman wants to see Gov’t honour Linden Agreement
- Guyana joins other countries around the world to mark International Youth Day
- Barbados Tridents suffer first defeat in Limacol CPL to Guyana Amazon Warriors
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- Company developing the Amaila Falls Hydro Project in Guyana to plead with Opposition and garner public support in efforts to lock in financing by the end of the year
- Chairman of GPL’s Board of Directors face off with the parliamentary committees for a second time
- Coalition announces plans to set up Parade Ground monument in memory of the 1823 slave rebellion
- Canadian Government pledges to continue development assistance to Guyana and the Caribbean
- Limacol Caribbean Premier League Opens With spectacular carnival atmosphere
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- U.S. Ambassador renews call on local authorities for Local Government elections
- Opppsition will not be made to raise The Debt Ceiling from $1B to $150B – AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan
- President Ramotar seeks to garner support on Amaila Falls Hydro Project
- GPL prepares to reshuffle its Board Members next month
- Natural Resources Ministry looks to enforce stricter enforcement of mining regulations
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- OP claims inclusion of the “terrorist” tagline in President Ramotar’s transcript was a mistake
- Ram, Gaskin call for Amaila Falls Hydro Project negotiations to restart from scratch
- Regional Research Organization survey shows that Guyanese are either tolerant or accepting of homosexuals
- Amazon Warriors prepare for Limacol Caribbean Premier League 20/20 tournament
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OP claims inclusion of the “terrorist” tagline in President Ramotar’s transcript was a mistake
Posted: 24 Jul 2013 04:37 PM PDT It is true that the President’s televised address to the nation does not contain the word terrorist or terrorism; however, what the President said on TV is different from the transcript released by the Government Information Agency, GINA, which the President has authority over. Now GINA headlined the President’s address with the words “An act […]
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- Ramjattan walks out on Money Laundering Bill committee over President’s ‘terrorist’ description
- Former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran points to a decade and a half row with the leadership of the PPP in an explosive letter to the press
- Mother still seeks justice two years later after Muslim Scholar allegedly molested her four sons
- Fire victims vow to stay the course despite the attempts to remove them
- PSC addresses issue of whether or not Amaila Falls Hydro Project will produce sufficient energy
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- AFC rejects President Donald Ramotar’s ‘domestic terrorism’ statements
- Main opposition bloc APNU explains its position on the Amaila Falls Hydro Project
- PPP/C remains optimistic about Hydro Project even after non-support by opposition
- Regional Airline LIAT begins operations at the Ogle Airport
- Canadian company Mulgravian Ventures (Guyana) Inc. to manage the Marudi Mountain Project.
- Veteran Trade Unionist calls for proper policing in the expanding mining industry
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AFC rejects President Donald Ramotar’s ‘domestic terrorism’ statementsPosted: 22 Jul 2013 04:46 PM PDT
Shortly after the majority side of the National Assembly voted against legislation the Government says is needed to move the Amaila Falls Hydro Electricity Project Forward, President Ramotar took to the airwaves to condemn the move. The President’s address to the nation came with the tagline “An Act of Domestic Terrorism against development in Guyana”. […]  Continue reading → |
The Engineering Procurement and Construction agreement (EPC) for the construction of the Amaila Falls Hydro project and Transmission Line was Tuesday executed in Xian, China by Sithe Global and China Railway First Group (CRFG), Guyana’s state-run Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.
The EPC contract, valued US$506 M, is the largest infrastructure contract ever executed in Guyana. The signing signals an important milestone in the development of the US$840 M Amaila Falls Hydro project which is expected to start by mid 2013. [read more]]
Build a new bridge
The collapse of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) should serve as a wake-up call to remind us that it has served us long beyond its ‘expiration’ date. It was completed after two years of construction activity and was opened to traffic in 1978. It was conceptualised as a temporary arrangement to address the burgeoning traffic between Georgetown and western Guyana.
According to its builder: “The Demerara Harbour Bridge – in Georgetown, Guyana – is a 6,074-feet (1,851 m) long floating toll bridge… link(ing) the main city of Georgetown with West Bank Demerara. When it was completed in 1978 it was the world’s longest floating bridge. It was funded by the British Government and designed, manufactured and erected by Thos Storey. Despite being required to last for only 10 years during which a permanent structure was to be built.”
Even as far back as pre-1992, there had been several instances of sections of the bridge floating away, down the Demerara River. It is a tribute to the doggedness of the DHB management and maintenance team that the bridge has survived for so long beyond its anticipated lifetime. As the builder asserted, a permanent bridge was expected to have been built by 1988, but we all know by then the Guyanese economy had collapsed and the following year we were on an IMF bailout Economic Recovery Programme. Continue reading →
