The Vice-Chairman of Region Six was yesterday accused by a resident of the crime-hit No 19 Village, Corentyne of breaching a promise on street lights and this prompted Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee to say that unfulfilled promises by officials give government a bad name.
Rohee was responding to a resident’s complaint during a meeting with residents of Number 19 Village, Coren-tyne at the Bohemia Primary School yesterday. Deputy Commander of ‘B’ Division, Eric Bassant, Region 6 Chairman, David Armogan, and Member of Parliament, Faizal Jaffarally as well as several other officials accompanied the minister. Three main issues raised were the need for streetlights, landline telephones and firearms.
Residents complained of crime rates. Villages that run along the Number 19 Public Road have seen increasing levels of crime in the past few months including armed robberies. A few weeks ago, armed bandits fired shots wildly in
