Gov’t farms out Rose Hall garbage collection to private contractors

Garbage collection in the town of Rose Hall and neighbouring communities in Berbice has been handed over to private contractors.

The move, effective from February 18, 2012, is as a result of a directive from the Local Govern-ment Ministry to the Rose Hall Town Council and various Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and has prompted criticism from the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), which says it was hastily done with very little