Is the capital inching towards yet another garbage crisis?
With the time frame for central government’s bailout initiative designed to rescue City Hall from a mountain of outstanding debt to its two major garbage collection contractors having expired on December 31 there appears to exist the very real fear that the capital may return to the proverbial square one insofar as the service is concerned.
Food & Drugs clamping down on documentation waivers for food importers
The Government Analyst Food & Drugs Department will be significantly stepping up its efforts to ensure that Guyanese benefit from an enhanced food safety regime in 2018 and beyond, in keeping with the global shift by countries the world over towards raising food safety standards.
Two years after roof collapse, Stabroek Wharf attests to City Hall’s propensity for empty promises
To the extreme east of the enclosure that is Stabroek Market there are a handful of intrepid survivors of the incident in March 2015 when the roof above the wharf collapsed without warning, crushing a stall below and rendering the rest of what had been the trading area unsuitable for doing business.
Georgetown’s indefatigable pavement vendors
Making the argument for pavement vendors in downtown Georgetown being the most resilient group of businesspeople in urban Guyana is not as difficult as it may seem at first glance.
T&T Govt gets report on Petrotrin’s future
(Trinidad Guardian) The board of Petrotrin has handed in a status report to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the planned restructuring of the cash-strapped energy company.