The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has sounded an alarm over ongoing criminal activities across the country, which it says warrants a national consultation.
“In as much as crime is not a new social phenomenon, it is obvious that in recent months it has escalated to a level that, in our view, threatens to destroy the social fabric of our nation,” the trade union umbrella organisation said in a statement issued yesterday, while lamenting what it called the “virtually-daily occurrence of criminal activities” being experienced.
According to police statistics released for the first 11 months of last year, there was an overall 9% increase in serious crimes when compared with the figures for the corresponding period in the preceding year. Serious crimes include
