Ramjattan calls for termination of Timehri airport contract

A plane on the ground at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri (Stabroek News file photo)

Leader of the Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday that his party will petition for the immediate termination of the contract given to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand the Timehri airport after news broke that it has been debarred by the World Bank under its `Fraud and Corruption Sanctioning Policy’.

This stunning disclosure was made yesterday by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) in Jamaica which had raised serious concerns