With some $6.5 million in advances still outstanding for the period 1997- 2009, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament yesterday ripped into the regional administration of Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) for its lackadaisical approach in addressing the issue.
Region Nine Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ronald Harsawack, who assumed the post in July 2010, led a small team yesterday which was questioned by the PAC. The PAC’s assertion that not enough was being done to address the matter appeared to be validated when Chairman of the PAC PNCR-1G MP Volda Lawrence noticed
