Duncan lobbying City Hall to seek forgiveness of $1.8B GPL debt

Instead of asking the central government for a liquid financial $600 million bailout, City Hall should have asked the government to write off debts owed to the state power company, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan says.

Duncan, in an invited comment, said he has been advocating for City Hall to approach the government to have the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) write off the city’s $1.8 billion in debts. According to Duncan,