WPA accuses govt of cable giveaway

The botched Brazil to Georgetown Fibre Optic cable that government boasted will be an integral part of its E-governance services will now effectively be handed over to a private contractor.

The agreement was flayed yesterday by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) which accused government of consigning control for free of all of the assets of the project and a 40-year monopoly licence to a “nothing company”.

Government recently revealed that an agreement had been reached with Dax Engineering on