Following the reform of government agreement 17-2020, the entry into force of the regulation requiring passenger and cargo transport units to take out civil liability insurance was delayed for one year in Guatemala.
The government of Guatemala has announced that in September the specifications will be ready to tender 5,000 devices for control and telematic tracking of people.
Of the 5,000 devices that the Ministry of the Interior plans to acquire, 750 will be bracelet types, and the remaining 4,250 will be anklet types.
A bill is being prepared to regulate and control emissions from vehicles and restrict the entry into the country of units that do not meet the requirements.
The bill prepared by the ministries of Environment, Finance and Governance could enter into force at the beginning of 2018, and its objective is to establish regulations to control the emission of gases from vehicles circulating in the country, an area where Guatemala has lagged behind the rest of Central America.
Businessmen have complained to the Executive office about the slowness and inefficiency of customs inspections of the country, where containers are retained for up to 15 days.
The truckers blockade which paralyzed customs offices in Jutiapa for a week, has made entrepreneurs question the efficiency of border posts in the country because of the time invested in land transport. They claim the process is slow and makes products more expensive as well as harming the competitiveness of the country.
A project to build prisons in Jutiapa, Guatemala, Santa Rosa and Escuintla is waiting for congressional approval and budget allocation.
The Ministry of Government in Guatemala has already completed the plans and the projects for the construction of four new prisons. The Planning Department reported that the sum needed is $64.6 million (about Q500 million) in order to start pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies and early construction work. However, the amount estimated to complete construction, according to information given to El Periódico by the Technical Secretariat of the National Security Council (CNS), will be about $232.5 million.
A contract was awarded to the Swiss company Security Assistance Group, SA but it is one of the disputed contracts in the context of the corruption that has been uncovered in the country.
The contract was awarded in July 2014 and the tender was made in the form of "emergency contract".
Two years after the expiration of the contract awarded to the company Maycom in 2009, the Interior Ministry has announced that it is re-tendering the system for issuing driver's licenses.
There will be no extension of the existing contract, as according to officials at the Ministry of Interior, there is a ruling stating that a new tender must be made. However, Maycom may participate in the new process.
The union of private security firms has denounced the excess of requirements that must be met in order to register as service providers, including payment of $4,500 for a license.
Of the 153 registered companies, 73 have not completed the relevant legal procedures, therefore the Guatemalan government has set March 31 as the deadline to comply with the provisions of the law. Meanwhile, industry representatives argue that this administration "... does not have the necessary knowledge to make the adaptations asked for."
The government is to propose the creation of a new tax to finance part of the budget of the Ministry of Interior, which "would be directed towards the upper and upper middle class" .
This tax would not be for the entire population, since according to the Interior Minister, "...
On December 12th the Ministry of Finance expects to place in the domestic market the remaining 30% of the issue approved in order to finance the 2015 budget.
70% of the treasury bonds that Congress passed have already been awarded, and on December 12th it is expect that the remaining 30%, ie $110 million will be auctioned in the local market.
Carlos Gonzalez, an analyst at the Association for Research and Social Studies, told Diario de Centro America "... The extraordinary bond issue was made due to underfunding of the budget, resulting from low tax revenues. Also, the spending requirements of the Ministries of Health, Education and Government forced Congress to authorize this transaction. "
The company ARM Aviación has won the contract for the provision of services for the management, operation and maintenance of six helicopters for the Special Narcotics Unit of Guatemala.
The Ministry of the Interior, through the purchasing department, has awarded a service contract, convened by tender, to the company ARM Aviación S.A which offered $25.7 million (Q 196,871,739.10).
The Ministry of the Government of Guatemala has awarded Security Assistance Group Guatemala the development of a system for the registration and documentation of migration control in the country.
The ministry tendered the work in the form of "Contract by case of emergency."
The tender is for the supply of 2.7 million food servings for prisoners, prison security staff, and administration staff in the Prison System in the Western Region.
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