Linden protests limit banking

With protests continuing in Linden over the imposition of higher electricity tariffs, the town’s New Building Society (NBS) branch has not been in operation and account holders have been left without access to their funds.

The Linden Branch of the NBS was forced to close its doors at noon last week Wednesday when the protests began and to date it has not been able to service account holders, who have criticised the lack of access.

According to Robin McAlmont, she was surprised yesterday when told by three lines of officers that she would not have been able to do cash withdrawals while at the NBS main branch in