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Donald Ramotar
Donald Ramotar

Ramotar renews plea for Amaila consensus

President Donald Ramotar last night made another appeal to Leader of the Opposition David Granger on salvaging the collapsing Amaila hydropower project and wants a meeting between the two sides to thrash out the outstanding matters.

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Take off not yet in sight for new int’l carriers

Travellers may not get relief from spiraling airfares for flights in and out of Guyana anytime soon as legal action in the US has effectively grounded Fly Jamaica’s planned launch of direct flights between Georgetown and New York, while the other prospective carrier Fly Guyana is yet to formally apply to begin operations.

APNU MP Carl Greenidge addressing a forum that the Working People’s Alliance convened at the Saint Stanislaus College on the controversy-wracked project Amaila Falls Hydropower Project yesterday (Photo by Arian Browne)

Key analysts maintain objections to Amaila

A forum on the Amaila hydropower project yesterday heard key commentators restate their opposition to the scheme, citing likely tariff hikes of 23% and declaiming the estimated US$700M that the prospective developer, Sithe Global would have made from its US$157M equity injection.

No need for AG’s scrutiny of recently-passed bills-APNU

A Party for National Unity (APNU) remains unconvinced that bills passed by the National Assembly should be sent to the Attorney General’s (AG’s) Chambers for vetting despite the insistence by Clerk Sherlock Isaacs that his decision is informed by Legal Counsel.

GCCI eager for enactment of local gov’t bills

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has said it looks forward to President Donald Ramotar’s assent to the recently passed local government bills that will pave the way for the delivery of urgently needed local government elections.

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