Over 130 persons in shelters following Rupununi flooding

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday led a team to Lethem, Tabatinga and other locations in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to assess the flooding of several communities and he was told that over 130 persons are in shelters.

He was accompanied by Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Director General (ag), Major Loring Benons, Mayor John Macedo, Town Clerk Keisha Vincent, and representatives from the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) along with other government agencies.