<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Region-Eight on The Tradewinds Brief</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/region-eight/</link><description>Recent content in Region-Eight on The Tradewinds Brief</description><image><title>The Tradewinds Brief</title><url>https://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.png</url><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.png</link></image><generator>Hugo -- 0.142.0</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/region-eight/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Kato Secondary School Dormitory Re-Bid Lays Bare a $164 Million Hole in Region Eight's Construction Pipeline</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/guyana/kato-school-dorm-rebid/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/guyana/kato-school-dorm-rebid/</guid><description>&lt;p>The Regional Democratic Council of Region Eight is back at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on May 20 trying to find a new contractor to finish a school dormitory that was supposed to be completed three years ago — and the rebuild advertised in Wednesday&amp;rsquo;s Guyana Chronicle is being put out at $120.7 million, less than half the $285 million the original contract was awarded for in 2021.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>