Around 100 members of the Berbice Hire Car Association demonstrated yesterday at the Tain Koker, Corentyne against the government’s ban on used tyres.
The ban was announced in the 2017 budget and took effect from April 1st.
As the rain poured, the drivers did not give up. They stood in line, some with umbrellas, and some without, all in an effort for their voices to be heard.
Former Regional Executive Officer of Region Six, and well known political activist, Veerasammy Ramayya, who was present at the protest, told Stabroek News, that the protest is justified, since it will be a
