{"id":23418,"date":"2022-08-04T22:52:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=23418"},"modified":"2022-08-04T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T21:01:42","slug":"pauline-chase-elected-as-chairperson-of-public-procurement-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pauline-chase-elected-as-chairperson-of-public-procurement-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauline Chase elected as Chairperson of Public Procurement Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Attorney-at-Law, who is the incumbent President of the Guyana Bar Association, Pauline Chase has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the recently-appointed Public Procurement Commission (PPC).<\/p>\n<p>A press release from the commission said that the body\u2019s first meeting was held on Friday, at the commission\u2019s secretariat in Queenstown, Georgetown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn accordance with Article 212(Y)(3) of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, the commissioners unanimously elected Ms. Pauline Chase as Chairperson of the Commission and Mr. Berkley Wickham as Deputy Chairperson,\u201d the release noted.<\/p>\n<p>Chase alongside Rajnarine Singh and Joel Bhagwandin were the government nominees for the commission; Diana Rajkumar and Wickham were the opposition nominees. They were all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.gy\/2022\/07\/01\/systems-overlooking-public-spending-must-be-strong-president-tells-new-ppc-members\/\">recently sworn-in<\/a>\u00a0by President Dr. Irfaan Ali.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the PPC, as outlined in Article 212 AA of the Constitution, is to monitor and review the functioning of all public procurement systems to ensure that they are in accordance with law and such policy guidelines as may be determined by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.gy\/2022\/07\/15\/pauline-chase-elected-as-chairperson-of-public-procurement-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>image: Law-scrabble-tiles-CQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana \u00a0 Attorney-at-Law, who is the incumbent President of the Guyana Bar Association, Pauline Chase has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the recently-appointed Public Procurement Commission (PPC). A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":3644,"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":[116,153,146,71,125],"class_list":["post-23418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-guyana","tag-legal","tag-procedures","tag-procurement","tag-public-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Law-scrabble-tiles-CQF-Avocat-Pexels-e1649276824460.jpeg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-65I","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28068,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/procurement-commission-meets-national-tender-board\/","url_meta":{"origin":23418,"position":0},"title":"Procurement commission meets national tender board","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"May 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana On Thursday,\u00a0 the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) met with the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), at the commission\u2019s Secretariat, to discuss matters concerning the public procurement process, functions and roles of the respective bodies. This is according to a release on Friday from the PPC. 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The four other members of the Com-mission \u2014 Joel Bhagwandin, Rajnarine Singh, Diana Rajkumar and Berkeley Wickham \u2014 were sworn in\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\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lady-justice-Jessica45-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21997,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/new-public-procurement-commission-poised-to-be-sworn-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":23418,"position":2},"title":"New Public Procurement Commission poised to be sworn in","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"May 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana \u00a0 The National Assembly Wednesday night unanimously approved the five persons\u00a0 who would be serving on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) Those approved by the bipartisan Public Accounts Committee as \u201c\u201dsuitable candidates\u201d to sit on the PPC are Attorney-at-Law Pauline Chase, Economist Joel Bhagwandin, Rajnarain Singh, Berkeley Wickham and\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\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-7430328-scaled-e1651713240764.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-7430328-scaled-e1651713240764.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-7430328-scaled-e1651713240764.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-cottonbro-7430328-scaled-e1651713240764.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34232,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/afc-calls-for-govt-nominees-on-ppc-to-step-down-over-tepui-decision\/","url_meta":{"origin":23418,"position":3},"title":"AFC calls for gov\u2019t nominees on PPC to step down over Tepui decision","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"May 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday called for the resignation of the government nominees on the procurement commission over their failure to sanction a pump station contract to Tepui Inc and it also called for a restructuring of\u00a0 the national tender board. 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