Cabinet clears $876m in contracts

Even though the government has accepted that general elections have to be held soon it continues to spend big, announcing the clearing of $876m in contracts including $235.9 million for the construction of a maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

HPS and Cabinet Secre-tary Dr Roger Luncheon made the announcements in his post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday, a release from the Govern-ment Information Agency (GINA) said.

Dr Luncheon also said no objections were offered for a contract valued $144.1 million for