MPs to skip Commonwealth meeting over Ebola fears

Guyana has opted not to send a delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Cameroon given the existing fears of the deadly Ebola virus which has hit parts of West Africa, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

Trotman told a press conference held to address a series of matters relating to the National Assembly that this position was also taken by several other Caribbean countries.

He noted that because of public health issues related to Ebola, “the decision was taken not to