The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday announced its intention to reclaim control over the identification of all public transportation in Georgetown from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in what will be seen as the latest in a series of initiatives to gather more funds.
In a statement yesterday, the M&CC said that according to municipal laws it has responsibility for the identification of all public transportation operating in Georgetown. It said that this is supported under Section 301 (26) of the Municipal and District Council’s Act Chapter 28:01 which states that the Municipality has the authority, “to supervise, control and regulate hackney carriages and carts plying for hire and the drivers thereof.”
The city said that it is understood that the GRA has been overseeing the particulars of
