Green blames Sooba, Whittaker for garbage collector’s threat to withhold service

With Puran Brothers Inc signalling its intention to discontinue the collection of garbage in some sections of the city because of outstanding payments, the mayor is laying the blame at the feet of the Minister of Local Government and the acting Town Clerk.

Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday disclosed at a press conference held at City Hall that the solid waste collector had threatened to discontinue its service to the areas of “group 7 and 8”—mainly           La Penitence, Lamaha, Alberttown, Cummingsburg and Queenstown—if the substantial amount of money owed to the company