There was a standoff yesterday morning between sacked workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and police who sought to remove a makeshift barrier that had been erected across the Berbice River to obstruct the company’s operations.
While law enforcers had managed to remove the barrier on Wednesday evening, it was subsequently replaced.
The workers, who were initially laid off by the Russian mining company two weeks ago, had blocked the river to protest the company’s actions. As a result, barges belonging to BCGI have been docked at their wharf close to the mine site and unable to travel to New Amsterdam to offload.
