Even though the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal fire at the Drop-In Center has recommended that some form of compensation be awarded to the mother of the two boys who died, the Ministry of Social Protection has not yet made contact with the family.
The report produced by the inquiry had found that there were “systemic failures at all levels” and made several recommendations, which included that Sonia George, the mother of Joshua and Antonio George, be compensated.
However, the two boys’ parents have not been contacted and they are frustrated. “We are getting quite agitated. We just want this whole thing to be over with and somebody to talk to us,” Leon George, the boys’ father told Stabroek News yesterday.
