The six companies that submitted expressions of interest in building Guyana’s first solid waste recycling plant will be asked to rework their proposals to meet specified requirements of government, Head of the Presi-dential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon announc-ed yesterday.
Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill yesterday said that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) only this week received formal notification of Cabinet’s ‘no objection’ to the prequalification of the New GPC to supply drugs for the health sector and it will in turn be notifying the Ministry of Health.
By Mario Joseph A fire yesterday destroyed the Umana Yana, the historic thatched-roof benab that served as a leading centre for cultural events in the city.
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As the dispute over the selection of one pre-qualifier for the supply of drugs to the public health system continues, questions have been raised by tenderers over the failure of the procuring entity to notify them of the award as is required by law.
Sole drug supply pre-qualifier the New GPC does not have to compete with any international development partners for the procurement of drugs for Guyana’s health sector as claimed by one of its sister operations.
ANSA McAl yesterday formally dispatched correspondence to the Ministry of Health asking that it show where the company failed in its pre-qualification evaluation for the supply of drugs.
Trinidadian conglomerate ANSA McAL plans to write the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) to find out where in the Ministry of Health’s pre-qualification evaluation for the supply of drugs they failed.
Five months have elapsed since seven companies submitted pre-qualification documents vying to supply billions of dollars in medical supplies to Guyana’s health sector and having received no response since, some believe that the delay is a tactic to have current tenders given to the New GPC.
He turns nine tomorrow and while little Javier Anderson has not yet gotten his prosthetic leg, he still holds firm that “nothing before its time”.
Hotel Tower says it has found a buyer and all remaining workers will be laid off as part of the sale agreement—a move that has left workers with mixed feelings.
-Ramjattan to step up efforts as Indian election concludedWork on the Specialty Hospital – to be funded by an Indian line of credit – has gone beyond the sum fortuitously voted for it last year, the opposition has charged, and the Alliance for Change is to up its efforts against the project following the conclusion of India’s general election.
Five months after eight-year-old Javier Anderson was diagnosed with cancer, his left leg was amputated due to the dreaded disease but the little swimmer and cricketer’s only wish for his birthday next month is for someone to give him a prosthetic leg so he can be active again.
Guyana and the United States yesterday announc-ed that they have agreed to temporarily put the contentious Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) Project on hold to facilitate talks between the two governments.
Chairperson of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Allyson Maynard-Gibson will lead a visit by the regional body to Guyana tomorrow for discussions on the delayed anti-money laundering bill and opposition parties plan to justify their insistence on pre-conditions being met for its passage.
At least two private city hospitals have turned to India to fulfil their need for registered nurses and skilled medical personnel saying that the move was necessitated by the drain in the sector caused by migration to other parts of the world.
As he defended the 2014 budget yesterday, President Donald Ramotar says that he cannot say if his government was prepared to amend the estimates and will “cross that bridge” when it comes to it.
Indian company, Fedders Lloyd says it believes that after New Delhi’s Parlia-ment reviews the controversial contract award for US$18 million Specialty Hospital at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, it will be retendered here.
The body of a young woman, last seen alive on Mashramani day, was found in a shallow grave in a cemetery at Paradise, East Coast Demerara last evening.
Citing unconfirmed threat information, the US Em-bassy yesterday advised its citizens here to avoid CAL flights over the next few days and government officials last night said the “highest security posture” in in place while the regional airline said its service will go ahead as scheduled.
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