Lax controls found at Asphalt Plant
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill (left) receiving the report on the investigation into the Demerara Harbour Bridge Asphalt’s Plant from Chateram Ramdihal, who headed the investigative team.
December 31, 2020
Although no substantial evidence emerged from an investigation into alleged financial misconduct at the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation’s Asphalt Plant, the probe team says that they found poor internal controls which need to be bolstered in order to prevent the multiple discrepancies that were unearthed.
Following allegations made in a Kaieteur News article, subject Minister Juan Edghill established a team to conduct investigations.
The investigative team, which consisted of Chateram Ramdihal – team leader; Heidi Gillette, Brion Singh, and Dexter Smith, was appointed on October 5th and yesterday handed over their final report to Edghill at the Ministry’s Wight’s Lane location. They were also tasked with examining the s
from progressing in Slough. Despite the pandemic pausing and/or disrupting many services and projects, developers were still keen to transform parts of the borough. We look back on five major plans that were either approved or seen by Slough Borough Council (SBC) this year that will change the borough as we know it.
1,000 homes at Akzonobel At an extraordinary meeting in August, a majority of the planning committee approved outline plans to add 1,000 homes at the ‘landmark’ former Akzo Nobel Decorative Paints factory on Wexham Road, after years of consultation and discussion. Only the outline plans – which submitted by international real estate company Panattoni – of the development in principle were approved, which means the details of the scheme will be voted on by councillors at a later planning meeting.