THE Ministry of Tourism has been granted a “no-objection” by cabinet for the construction of two call-centres at a cost of $220M. 

During his weekly press conference held at the Office of the President, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr Roger Luncheon, related that cabinet has given its “no-objection” for the construction of two call centres, one at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and the other at Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara.
According to the HPS, the cost for the centre at Tuschen will amount to some $114M and the centre that will be located at Enmore will be $106M.
Dr Luncheon said that another project under the Ministry of Tourism was given cabinet’s “no- objection” and this time it was for a consulting firm for the digitalisation of records at the Deeds Registry and Sub- Registries.
He explained that the go ahead was given for a “single sourcing of a consulting firm for the digitalisation of immovable records and the establishment of an electronic data base with linkages between the Deeds Registry and sub-registries.”
The HPS noted that the cost for this project will be some $40M and this will enable the Deeds Registry to be able to access efficiently, records also from the sub-registries at Berbice and Suddie in Essequibo.

(By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally)