City still wavering on derelict buildings despite fire hazards, threat to life

This building in Wortmanville, is listed as one of the fire hazards by the Guyana Fire Service. (Photo by Arian Browne)

For the second time in a few months, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has been approached about several derelict buildings that have been identified as far back as 2009, as being fire hazards and threats to life and property, but no definite position has been taken by the M&CC.

In a letter to Town Clerk Carol Sooba in May, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle had said, “that as the statutory body responsible