-no debt resolution as yet
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council is yet to reach an agreement with the two companies contracted to collect refuse in the city.
The companies Cevons Waste Management and Puran Brothers Disposal Service withdrew their services after the Council had racked up a substantial debt. In a release on Monday, the Council had placed the value of the debt at $24 million. However, the Council’s Public Relations Officer Royston King told this newspaper yesterday that the debt owed to both companies is in fact about $60 million. He explained that this sum would have been racked up from late last year up to about May of this year.
According to King, the Council paid both companies $2.5 million apiece earlier this week but said that this was not enough to ensure a resumption of operations. He said that since Wednesday, no additional payments have been made.
King said that the city council is trying desperately to bring an end to the impasse by raising funds. He disclosed that the Council has been tightening up its debt collection, as part of the exercise to raise the money. He also said that Mayor Hamilton Green has been approaching big businesses which owe the Council in an attempt to get them to settle their arrears quickly.
King described the situation as an “unfortunate one” but said that the M&CC is working to bring a resolution to the situation by “early next week.” In the meantime, he is urging all residents who can transport their garbage to the landfill site to do so.
The PRO, meanwhile, disclosed that Cevons Waste Management is still collecting refuse from the market, while the Mayor and City Council has been collecting waste from the hospital and the abattoir.
The PPP is playing politics with peoples health so that they can win the local elections. Its disgustingly Unconscionable
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BIS TORONTO GARBAGE COLLECTION STRIKE COMMING UP,
Biswhat next wkend is the independence celebration in TOronto.you can come and vent all of your anger at them ppl you help put in government.
Like ya’al en seein good Biswattie Ramsawak. wan seven four. wan wan tree. wan too wan. too five tree (is) not (to be) found
Look at this Mayor,now he is approaching businesses to settle their arrears owed.Is this the Mayor we want people of Georgetown.Come on lets get him out of there,if not now,when?If not you,who?So,people please give someone else a chance.Vote for……….but not Green.Thank you.Biswattie,probably have something to say about the PPP about this also.Lets see what funny things she have to say.
Biswatte’s foot is in her mouth she cannot help herself….Moyor Greene should resign now…
She always have some rubbish to say about the ppp
The Council is “placing the value of the debt at $24 million” but its Public Relations Officer- Royston King is saying that, “the debt owed to both companies is in fact about $60 million”. The difference between these two estimates is highly significant. Will some one say who is speaking the truth? There is compelling evidence, that the council is incapable of managing an efficient solid waste management program and it must urgently explore other workable alternatives. In several cities in Ontario, citizens pay about C$2. to dispose of a bag of garbage that is not expected to exceed 50 pounds. This is however, exclusive of property taxes. Can this system not be adopted to save a situation from a catastrophic end? Incidentally, my neighbours on the WCD pay G$100. (to one of the companies embroiled in the debt reconciliation) for disposing of a barrel of garbage and from all appearances, the system is efficient. Guyana mean daily ambient temperature hovers around 29 degrees Celsius and this certainly accelerates the rate of decomposition of organic waste. It is therefore necessary, that a reliable and efficient weekly solid waste collection and disposal system must be in place; if not, the city residents will be literally living in a landfill. The public health implications of squalid environmental conditions can be better defined by the Medical Officer of Health of the city of Georgetown. He/she has a responsibility to protect the health of the citizens within the city limits. Full stream solid waste disposal system comes at a heavy price that will continue to hurt the pocket books of the impoverished city and it may be time for it to find a way out of this mess. Good luck! to its council…
The city council should take over this business. Purchase the garbage trucks and employ the citizens to work. Private companies will charge over and excessive amounts. The mayor needs to step down as well. His hour is up so let’s keep it real and moving!!!
The Mayor and his Garbage City,this guy just won’t go away.
Marc do you what is mind boggling is that so called mayor continues to be elected.The mayor can’t even run a city..what was he doing as PM?
The same thing Sam Hinds is doing(Nothing).
Sad i do hope this is over soon
biswattie, why can’t you get it through your thick skull that is hammie is in charge of georgetown and not the ppp. blame him and the people who elected him to office.
Similarly blame the PPP and the people who elected them for ALL the problems in Guyana. They are in charge.
Well Quibian, you have had your fill of dealing with this born loser by now.A loser never changes.You know them.A loser looks for a scapegoat for their own failings.In effect, their lives are a failure and they wish to heap their own failures on others.
The Garden city.A garden of garbage. A rat and roach infested city of an assortment of junk.A dump.Doodoovile.Led by an incompetent mayor.Why is this man not prosecuted for incompetence and fired?