Sellers of cellphone accessories and other vendors were on Tuesday removed from the pavement on the western side of Demico House at the Stabroek Market Square, with the Mayor and City Council justifying their actions by explaining that criminal activities in the area have been on the increase.
At last Monday’s statutory meeting, Town Clerk Royston King informed the council that the vendors would be removed. He made reference to a statutory meeting in August where Councillors had highlighted that vendors were taking up space on the pavement. Councillor Carlye Goring during that meeting had said that persons were involved in gambling activities there and questioned why the City Constabulary was not doing anything about it.
Mayor Patrica Chase-Green added that the Management of Demico had written to her office, expressing concerns about safety and requesting that the vendors be removed.
