Stabroek Business has learnt that some Corri-verton business houses are weighing the option of a one-day shutdown of their enterprises to draw official attention to their frustration over a worrying rise in violent crimes targeting business owners in the Corentyne.
Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce President Krishnanand Jaichand told Stabroek Business in an interview on Monday that the combination of frequent robberies and injuries to the victims, coupled with what he described as “no real response” from the police continues to place the chamber under considerable pressure. “We’re quite frustrated, actually,” Jaichand said.
The Chamber President was unable to say whether the threatened one-day shutdown of businesses at
