Blackout from GPL on reason for outages

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has remained mum on the intermittent blackouts that have continued since the Easter weekend across parts of the East Coast, East Bank and Georgetown.

Up to yesterday businesses in Georgetown were reporting blackouts and persistent low voltages throughout the day.

One Saturday, GPL’s Public Relations Officer Shevionne Sears-Murray had said via telephone that a trip in the GPL system severed power to some section of the city. South and North Georgetown, along with East La Penitence were the affected areas, she had said, adding that a technical team was sent to assess the situation and the