{"id":26505,"date":"2025-02-09T03:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26505"},"modified":"2025-02-09T03:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:09:52","slug":"city-mayor-vows-to-address-delinquent-taxpayers-amid-financial-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/city-mayor-vows-to-address-delinquent-taxpayers-amid-financial-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"City Mayor Vows to Address Delinquent Taxpayers Amid Financial Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | January 22, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgetown\u2019s Mayor, Alfred Mentore, has pledged to pursue all delinquent taxpayers as the city council seeks to resolve its ongoing financial issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&amp;CC) has faced repeated challenges in paying its workers&#8217; wages and covering basic expenses, leading to concerns over the city&#8217;s cash flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent statement, the Mayor emphasized that the council must collect outstanding revenues from both individuals and businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the major defaulters is Maikawak Company Ltd., a company linked to the People&#8217;s National Congress (PNC), the party currently in control of the city council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company reportedly owes approximately 6.4 billion dollars to the council, an issue that has sparked calls for accountability, particularly given its significant debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo publicly urged the city council to take action against such large-scale defaulters, including the PNC-related company, Mayor Mentore acknowledged the need for widespread efforts to tackle unpaid taxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he refrained from specifically targeting the PNC-owned company, stating that the council&#8217;s focus should be on ensuring that all taxpayers meet their obligations, including political parties, businesses, and citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentore expressed his willingness to collaborate with citizens to find workable payment solutions but made it clear that tax holidays would not be granted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, he emphasized the need for practical approaches to resolve the city\u2019s financial situation, ensuring that individuals and businesses contribute fairly to the city\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | January 22, 2025 Georgetown\u2019s Mayor, Alfred Mentore, has pledged to pursue all delinquent taxpayers as the city council seeks to resolve its ongoing financial issues. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26506,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26505\/revisions\/26506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}