{"id":17956,"date":"2024-04-04T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17956"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:57:16","slug":"government-to-enforce-breach-clauses-against-delinquent-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-to-enforce-breach-clauses-against-delinquent-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Enforce Breach Clauses Against Delinquent Contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Josiah Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to numerous complaints and instances of contractors breaching their contractual obligations, the government is taking decisive action to ensure accountability and transparency in public projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, announced these measures during an episode of \u2018Issues in the News\u2019 on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall revealed that cabinet has directed ministers and heads of departments to activate contractual provisions when contractors breach agreements or cause unexplained delays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This directive aims to address citizens&#8217; grievances and uphold the integrity of legally binding contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enforce accountability, the government plans to impose penalties on delinquent contractors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These penalties may include liquidated damages, contract termination, and legal action to claim damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall emphasized that the process of enforcing these penalties has already commenced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contractors may receive written notifications or opportunities to remedy breaches before facing penalties, depending on the terms of their contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is resolute in its stance against delinquency, breaches, or negligence by contractors involved in public projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By enforcing contractual obligations, the government aims to safeguard taxpayers&#8217; funds and ensure that public projects are completed efficiently and effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams In response to numerous complaints and instances of contractors breaching their contractual obligations, the government is taking decisive action to ensure accountability and transparency in public projects.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17957,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions\/17957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}