Guardians of Guyana
The Enmore sugar packaging plant on the East Coast of Demerara is being converted into a state-of-the-art machine shop and pipe yard to service the oil and gas industry and will create some 500 jobs, the investors in the project announced on Wednesday. The project, which will see an eventual investment of US$60 million, is … Read more
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh has assured that the government is following a “rigorous and transparent” process to construct world-class infrastructure in Guyana, chief among which is the new Demerara Harbour Bridge. Dr. Singh’s assertions comes on the heels of comments by the Alliance For Change (AFC) and former Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson insinuating … Read more
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, has made it clear that an elections petition can only determine that a government is ‘illegitimate’. The AG made this assertion on Saturday in direct response to Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Aubrey Norton, who publicly said that “The question of the … Read more
Negotiations on the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge have shifted to the second-ranked bidder on the list of pre-qualified firms after talks between the government and China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. were scrapped over the company’s high cost to build the modern structure. The new firm is a Joint Venture (JV) company between China … Read more
Guyana is close to building a new four-lane, high-span fixed bridge across the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) after a Chinese Company – China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. – was given the nod of approval from Cabinet to construct the new structure. The Ministry of Finance in a press statement late Monday night outlined that … Read more
The China Railway Group Limited, a company that was initially selected to construct the massive Amaila Falls hydropower project in 2012, has once again been granted approval to construct this massive renewable energy project. According to a press release from the Ministry of Finance, cabinet granted its ‘no objection’ for the Office of the Prime … Read more
As the government advances the process towards building a new four-lane, high-span fixed bridge across the Demerara Harbour Bridge, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced on Monday that tenders are expected to be opened on October 3, 2021. According to President Ali, the new bridge is part and parcel of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) … Read more