{"id":15404,"date":"2021-02-09T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=15404"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:40:16","slug":"patterson-adams-charged-with-defrauding-harbour-bridge-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/patterson-adams-charged-with-defrauding-harbour-bridge-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Patterson, Adams charged with defrauding harbour bridge company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and the former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), Rawlston Adams, were today released on $200,000 bail, each, after being charged with defrauding the DHBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article mbo\">\n<div class=\"in-article-wrapper\">The two men made their appearance at the Georgetown Magistrate\u2019s Courts where Senior Magistrate Leron Daly read the joint, indictable charge to them. The charge states that between November 18, 2016, and February 1, 2018, at Georgetown, they conspired with each other and with other persons unknown to defraud the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation of $162,635,015 funds of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation Asphalt Plant Account for a project about a feasibility study and design for a new bridge which was not a function of the said Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation and for which the said money from the said Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation Asphalt Plant account could not be used.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They were released on $200,000 bail each and the matter was adjourned until February 15. Attorney-at-law Glenn Hanoman represented Adams while attorney-at-law Ronald Burch-Smith leads the defence team for Patterson.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is in relation to an ongoing probe by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) over Patterson\u2019s role in sole-sourcing a company which had conducted a feasibility study and design for a new Demerara Harbour Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stabroeknews.com\/2021\/01\/25\/news\/guyana\/patterson-adams-charged-with-defrauding-harbour-bridge-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Image:\u00a0 3839153 (<a href=\"pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>)<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and the former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), Rawlston Adams, were today released on $200,000 bail, each, after being&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[157,116,125],"class_list":["post-15404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-anti-corruption","tag-guyana","tag-public-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Handcuffs-Trouble-Police-Arrest-Offender-3839153-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-40s","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21155,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/21-billion-set-aside-for-new-demerara-harbour-bridge-matters\/","url_meta":{"origin":15404,"position":0},"title":"$21 billion set aside for new Demerara Harbour Bridge matters","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"March 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana \u00a0 The Guyana government has set aside GY$21 billion (estimated US$100.4 million) for matters related to the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge including fair compensation to property owners in the\u00a0 new path of the proposed thoroughfare and ensuring that the toll will not be expensive, Public Works\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pexels-rodolfo-quiros-2219024-scaled-e1646951989406.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pexels-rodolfo-quiros-2219024-scaled-e1646951989406.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pexels-rodolfo-quiros-2219024-scaled-e1646951989406.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pexels-rodolfo-quiros-2219024-scaled-e1646951989406.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7753,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/patterson-denies-edghills-accusation-of-unaccounted-gyd79-m-for-demerara-bridge-feasibility-study-accuses-ppp-of-executing-projects-without-studies\/","url_meta":{"origin":15404,"position":1},"title":"Patterson denies Edghill\u2019s accusation of unaccounted GYD$79 M for Demerara Bridge feasibility study; 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