PPP/C MP is local rep for Suriname contracting firm

Joseph Hamilton

Opposition PPP/C parliamentarian Joseph Hamilton yesterday confirmed that he is the local representative of a Suriname-based company, which has won and successfully executed several contracts to build houses for the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Asked during a press conference yesterday if he has received contracts from the Ministry of Communities for the construction of duplexes, he immediately responded, “No, no, I have never …I represent a company, a Suriname-based company in Guyana. Joseph Hamilton is not involved on his [own] behalf with the Ministry of Housing.”

He would later identify the company as ‘Rocka Palace,’ which was registered in Guyana in 2016 “or thereabouts.” According to him the company has constructed duplexes and three model houses for CH&PA