House affirms concessions for taxis

A motion to affirm concessions for taxis was passed by the National Assembly on Thursday. The Affirmation of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Regulations 2010 received support of all the parties.

Last year, President Bharrat Jagdeo met the owners of taxi services countrywide to discuss measures to modernise the service and the yellow cab initiative emerged. According to a joint statement from the Office of the President and the operators, cars attached to a service must be sprayed in corporate yellow by January 1,