The subsidiary of the Chinese company that won the contract to build the Marriott Hotel here has been at the centre of much controversy in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago with allegations that it benefitted from favourable treatment from the previous Patrick Manning-led administration.
On Sunday, President Bharrat Jagdeo turned the sod for the long-awaited and controversial Marriott Guyana Georgetown where for the first time it was announced that Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) would be building the US$51M hotel. The revelation
