Garbage collection in city resumes

Puran Brothers Disposal Inc and Cevons Waste Management resumed garbage collection in Georgetown yesterday after withdrawing their services last week due to the failure of the Mayor and City Council to meet financial commitments to them.

This is after negotiations with the council over the past few days over the failure to pay in excess of $300 million owed to the contractors.

“I am happy to say that as I speak they have resumed duties…all things are under control.” Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green told a press conference yesterday, while adding that negotiations are still ongoing with the hopes that all outstanding debts will be settled.

She informed that in the interim, two