Cathy Richards

Kwakwani residents yesterday walked out on Junior Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker after they took exception to an insult he directed to a resident at a community meeting.

The relatives of a man whose body was found in a drain at Linden are crying foul and are calling on police to take swift action to investigate.

Workers of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) and residents of the area are threatening to take to the street again in protest action to force the commencement of works on Casuarina Drive at Mackenzie.

Region Ten Regional Executive Officer Yolanda Hilliman has been given up to Tuesday to submit a detailed report on the completion of contracted capital works in the region.

Ramesh Praimlall, aka Sharukh, 27 years old of 14 Supply, Mahaicony and Airy Hall perished in an early morning accident yesterday at Kairuni, Linden-Soesdyke Highway while others escaped with minor injuries.

Ramesh Praimlall, aka Sharukh, 27 years old of 14 Supply, Mahaicony and Airy Hall perished in an early morning accident today at Kairuni, Linden-Soesdyke Highway while others escaped with minor injuries.

Kwakwani residents last evening cast ballots to elect a committee to run the community, even as the government’s threatened strong measures against the Region Ten leadership for encouraging what it deemed an “irresponsible and illegal” act.

The reopening of the One Mile Primary School has been shifted back by two weeks to facilitate preparatory works while systems are in place to make up for lost time.

“We are a community already stripped and struggling to lift our heads again and injustices continue to rip our hearts out,” lamented a security guard attached to  Kanhai Security Services working in Region 10.

Lindeners were yesterday urged not to lose focus after one month of dogged protests which yielded concessions in several areas and Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon warned that if the promised results do not flow in two weeks, residents would be back out on the streets.

The reconstruction of the One Mile Primary School at Linden is likely to take more than a year, Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced yesterday, while assuring that none of the students displaced by the situation would be disadvantaged.

The Vivienne Parris Health Centre at Central Mackenzie, Linden went up in flames yesterday morning and arson is suspected.

The Vivienne Parris Health Centre at Central Mackenzie, Linden went up in flames early this morning leaving Lindeners in disbelief and disgust.

Preparatory works for the reconstruction of the One Mile Primary School started yesterday with many Lindeners participating to the sounds of a recently produced song recounting the events in the mining town over the past 33 days of protest.

“To the question of if you should return to work on Monday remember I will be signing the agreement on Monday and the struggle continues, but victory is in sight,” Regional Chairman Kuice Sharma Solomon told Lindeners yesterday who had gathered to mark the one month anniversary since the killing of three men and the wounding of many others by the police.

Residents of Linden were told yesterday that the tear-gassing of residents early on Friday was a deliberate attempt to derail the discussions for an agreement which would bring an end to the protest.

Ahead of another meeting with President Donald Ramotar today, Linden representatives are sticking to their position that unless the proposed increase in the electricity tariff is “withdrawn”, the protest -now in its 19th day – will continue.

Fuel trucks bound for the Konawaruk mining district, in Region Eight, were yesterday disabled and damaged by protestors as an attempt was made to bypass a roadblock along Amelia’s Ward, in Linden, to get supplies to interior regions.

Allan Lewis, Shemroy Bouyea, and Ron Somerset. For the slain trio, a community mourned yesterday.

The Joint Services last evening announced that they had secured the approach to Linden and vowed to keep the corridor clear even as residents continue to place roadblocks elsewhere as protests continued for the 12th day yesterday in the wake of the killing of three protesters by police.