Sunday October 16, 2016
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Kaieteur News
Contractors owe Govt $300M... From page 8 saw the company receiving three advance payments totalling $264.123M which represents 76 per cent of the total contract sum. However, the audit noted that the contract only allowed for a 50 per cent advance payment. This was a severe breach of contract. The audit office’s physical valuation revealed that the work done was worth $157.663M. However, the contractor received $278.346M for the project. Hence, the contractor received excess payment of $120.683M. According to the report, the contractor submitted Bonds for the respective advance payments and they expired in 2014. As a result of
Guyana elected to... From page 8 encouraged to implement health finance reform inclusive of increased taxation on harmful products such as foods high in sugars, salt, fat, alcohol and cigarettes. In relation to HIV/AIDS, the Region’s achievements in relation to the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV were addressed. It was recommended that countries strengthen the data collection for HIV and Syphilis and integrate available data sources to provide timely monitoring of Maternal Child Health programme performance within the context of existing national information systems. At the conclusion of the meeting, Director G e n e r a l o f t h e Wo r l d Health Organisation, Dr. Margaret Chan, declared Latin America and the Caribbean measles free.
the expiration of the Bond, the Ministry is now dependent on the contractor to repay the outstanding amounts. To this date, the contractor has not repaid the money to the state. In Lot four – Beterverwagting to Triumph, the audit reported that works in the area were incomplete and the site appeared abandoned. The contractor received three advance payments of $209.603M which is 65 per cent of the contract sum. Similar to the other contracts, only a 50 per cent advance payment was permitted. Added to that, the contractor, Compustruct Engi-
neering, only submitted one advance Bond for the first payment of $174.504M. This Bond expired in 2014 and no Bond was seen by the auditors for the second advance payments issued to the contractor. At the time of reporting, the completed work was valued at $76.954M. The total payments made to the company amounted to $209.603M. Thus, the overpayment totalled $132.649M. The Audit Office has recommended that the Head of the Budget Agency should continue to pursue these matters in order to recover the amounts overpaid.
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One Roadside, 2 storey building @ V/Hoop (ideally business/residence). Call: 614-0107 Lot 704 House & Land at Zeelugt, Brother Dam W.C.D -$7M negotiable. Call: 616-5606/ 277-0281 1 Church building in front and 2 story building at the back (W30X6120) @ 180 Charolotte Street Bourda. Call:624-7341/ 227-6817/2265183 House & Land available for sale. Contact Pacific Development Inc: 223-6035/ 227-8274 One two bedrooms house $14M and one lot $3.5M (both at Kuru Kururu). Call: 643-0895; 261-5276 Business/Residential: house & land @ LBI Road Side, prime location, price $60,000,000 negotiable. Contact 669-5820/647-8786 3 7 0 / e m a i l : loveshanaz82@gmail.com 2 Storey 3 Bedrooms concrete house for rent in Diamond New Scheme E.B.D -$50,000. Call: 609-9909
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