Region Five guards want contract yanked from security service

The Region Five guards protesting yesterday.

The guards providing services at government buildings in Region Five yesterday held a protest demanding that the contract be taken away from the security company and awarded to someone else, as most of them are still awaiting January wages.

In February, the guards had complained that two months’ money was owed to them by Integrated Security Services, however, they have said that most persons have since received one month’s payment at a rate of $225 instead of $255 per hour.

The guards throughout Region Five downed tools yesterday and held the protest opposite the region’s compound, shouting for the project to be taken away, as well as “REO got to go”, in an effort to convey their disappointment at the Regional Executive Officer (REO), Ovid Morrison, who they believe did not represent them as he should have.