City backtracks on Le Repentir landfill

Part of the Lusignan landfill

Disposal of garbage at a temporary landfill established by the Mayor and City Council at the Le Repentir Cemetery is to cease with immediate effect.

This is according to Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green.

At a press conference held at City Hall yesterday, Green said that after a meeting between representatives of the M&CC and Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan a decision was taken to open one of several cells at the Haags Bosch facility on the East Bank to act as a temporary holding site while the fire which has been burning