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GUYANA CHRONICLE Thursday March 19, 2015
Reconstruction of Umana
Delivery of services to Guyanese continuing
A CONTRACT for the re c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e destroyed heritage site, Umana Yana, is expected to be awarded soon, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr Roger Luncheon. Speaking during his post- Cabinet press conference held yesterday at the Office of the President, he explained that the reconstruction is expected to start in the second half of 2015. Fire demolished the Umana Yana last September and investigations have concluded that its origin was electrical. The structure was erected some 43 years ago. The historic, thatched-roof benab served as a leading centre for cultural events in the
THREE contracts to ensure the delivery of services to the Guyanese people received Cabinet’s no-objection at its meeting on Tuesday. Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr Roger Luncheon, at a news conference held at Office of the President yesterday, explained that the contracts relate to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Home Affairs. A total of US$99,000 goes to the servicing of general electrical equipment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The other two contracts include US$134,000 for an overhaul of one of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopters and US$85,000 for the procurement of weapons and accessories for the military.
Yana likely for mid-year start city and its roof,constructed from thatched allibanna and manicole palm leaves,had
stretched some 55 feet into the air. Since the fire the cur-
rent Administration had made clear its commitment to its reconstruction.
– three contracts get Cabinet OK No contracts are awarded by Cabinet; rather contracts above the $15M mark are taken to Cabinet for its no-objection. The Dissolution Proclamation has activated the provisions of Article 219 (1) and combined the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act, it provides that in any financial year the Government is empowered to spend one-twelfth of the Budget of the preceding year in continuing to provide the normal services of the Government of Guyana, until an Appropriation Act is passed. After Elections, Article 219, paragraph 3 of the Constitution, will be activated to regulate expenditure, until a first budget is passed for the 11th parliament of Guyana.