AS part of the Government’s initiative to thoroughly clean up Georgetown, which is now referred to as the “garbage city,” work at the Le Repentir Cemetery, which began some time ago, is continuing despite much controversy which

surrounded the employment of prisoners. 

As is evident, work around the cemetery has picked up significantly, now slightly moving towards exposing the beauty of the largest cemetery in the Caribbean.

A sum of $1B was earlier this year set aside by the Government of Guyana to finance a clean-up project which will see the rehabilitation and restoration of various parts of the country. Of that sum, some $500M was designated towards the Georgetown clean up exercise.

The Le Repentir Cemetery, which was in dire need of a restoration,

was allotted $100M of the $500M allocated for Georgetown’s restoration.

(Ravin Singh)