Municipality
City Mayor wants revaluation for new, modified properties; PPP says hold wide-ranging consultations first
City Mayor Alfred Mentore Georgetown Mayor, Alfred Mentore on Friday said he wants the Ministry of Finance's Valuation Division to...
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Georgetown’s transformation plan to promote walking, fewer vehicles, history, culture, business
President Irfaan Ali (centre) and City Mayor, Alfred Mentore (extreme right). Also in picture are executives of Aiden by Best...
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PPPC Councillor raps Mayor for prematurely threatening legal action
PPPC Councillor Don Singh People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Councillor, Jainarine 'Don' Singh on Sunday scolded City Mayor Alfred Mentore...
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OPINION: National ‘sweep-up’ in Georgetown ignores the drainage problem
Uncollected bags of garbage and the cardboard 'mattresses' that are used by street dwellers. Those remained there throughout Monday. The...
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Guyana’s environmental protection rules force out Nalco chemical warehouse possibly to Trinidad
A United States (US)-headquartered company that has been facing resistance in setting up a petrochemical bond to supply oil to...
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City Hall to enforce order to stop construction of petrochemical bond
Left to right: City Engineer Kenson Boston, Deputy Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick, Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe, and Chairman of the...
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Culpable City Hall officers won’t be fired; no documents handed over to Auditor General
Local Government Commission Even as the Local Government Commission (LGC) prepares to decide the fate of several Georgetown City Council...
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European techniques for improving Georgetown
Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore. Guyana's capital, Georgetown, is poised to learn a few strategies from northern Europe, under the auspices...
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Attorney-at-law asks City Hall for GYD$250,000 monthly payment under Royston King-inked contract
Attorney-at-Law, Maxwell Edwards (left) and then Town Clerk, Royston King. Attorney-at-Law, Maxwell Edwards is asking the Georgetown City Council to...
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City Council agrees to cancel Bourda Market cleansing contract; rationalise municipal cleansing staff
Mayor Ubraj Narine (seated) and Councillor Clayton Hinds exchange views on the scrapping of a private cleansing contract for Bourda...
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