$1b to be spent on problem-plagued High St building

The High Street building

In order to make the former Guyana Broadcasting Corporation building on High Street safe to occupy, the Ministry of Social Protection will expend over $1 billion on repairs.

According to ministry spokesperson Terrence Esseboom, the ministry plans to relocate all of its offices to that building in 2018 and as such has earmarked $1 billion in the 2017 budget for repairs. While he was not