Tucville and Lodge compete in phase 2 of Guyana Shines

Tossed it in! From left to right: British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana Robert Kopecky, US Ambassador Brent Hardt, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, Canadian High Commissioner David Devine and Executive Director of Conservation International David Singh toss trash in a bin yesterday at the launch of Guyana Shines – the community clean-up challenge – at the National Gymnasium. (See story on page 15) (Photo by Frances Abraham)

The second phase of the ‘Guyana Shines’ project — the community clean up challenge — was yesterday launched and will see Tucville and Lodge competing over the next two weeks to make their area the cleanest.

US Ambassador, Brent Hardt, said the communities will be working with the common goal of making their environment a cleaner and healthier place to live under the ‘Guyana Shines’ motto ‘Dump it in the bin,