Eight ‘blackouts’ per day in June to August period
From June 1st to August 31st, Guyanese customers experienced power outages an alarming eight times per day on average, according to statistics produced by electricity utility, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company, at a stakeholders’ forum yesterday.
“I wish to acknowledge that GPL’s management is not proud of the situation in which its customers find themselves,” Chairman of the utility’s board Rawle Lucas said, even as he once unintentionally called the company “GP Hell” – a moniker long bestowed on the utility by dissatisfied customers – much to the consternation of other GPL executives.
Water ‘smelling like urine’ flowing from Timehri taps
GWI to send trucks to affected residents
Water from a Timehiri tap
Something stinks at Timehri.
For the past two weeks, residents of that East Bank Demerara community have been expressing alarm over the discoloured and smelly water that is flowing through their taps.
Some residents said that the water is ‘rusty looking’, and is emanating a smell reminiscent of urine. They said that no amount of boiling removes the smell or makes the water any clearer.
The Timehri residents have been forced to purchase water to cook and do their chores.
Overpass elevator breaks down, operator, others trapped for over an hour
It was literally high drama at Eccles, East Bank Demerara yesterday after one of the recently commissioned overpass elevators broke down, with the operator and others inside.
The occupants were trapped for over an hour before another operator arrived to release them.
Cash Transfer to the Poor: I’d rather Clive Thomas’ economics than economics grounded in Social Prejudice -
THIS BANNA DAVID HINDS IS SETTING UP BLACK PEOPLE FOR A WAR...WITH HIS CONSTANT PEDDLING OF FREE MONEY. BLACK PEOPLE WILL REBELL IF NO FREE MONEY IS GIVEN TO THEM.
Since Clive Thomas and the WPA announced their policy proposal for direct disbursement of a tiny fraction of the coming oil resources to the citizens of Guyana in the form of annual Cash Transfers, some members of the ruling class and others in the chattering classes have gone berserk.
Some immediately reached for their economic textbooks while others grabbed their Capitalism Handbook and other Anti-Socialist literature. Then there have been those who climbed into the dustbin of history and resuscitated the narrative of the “lazy African” and to some extent the “lazy Indian and Amerindian” whose purpose in life is to “sport, drink and smoke.”
Passengers forced to use tarmac despite million-dollar air bridge
Despite the millions of dollars in improvements being made at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), passengers on social media vented their frustration as they were forced to use the tarmac after one of the airport’s air bridges reportedly malfunctioned.
In a social media post, one such passenger complained about the fact that despite being forced to pay CJIA’s increased fees of $7500, he had no choice but to disembark and walk on the tarmac while the boarding bridges were inoperable.
Last month, CJIA had announced that as of April 1, arriving and departing passengers would have to pay an additional US$35… all to support the ongoing CJIA expansion project.
https://guyanatimesgy.com/pass...n-dollar-air-bridge/
