Gov’t, opposition unite on motion to clean up Georgetown
(Demerara Waves) 14 March 2013
Picture: Parliament Building where the National Assembly sits.
The government late Thursday night 14th March 2013 threw its support behind an opposition motion which calls for a concerted effort to restore Georgetown to its former glory.
The motion was piloted in the National Assembly by the APNU’s Volda Lawrence.
It called on the government to utilise “every machinery, work force, and agencies at its disposal” in an effort to “restore Georgetown to the Garden City of the Caribbean.”
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