-residents refuse to leave
Officials from the Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) pulled down two homes and one shop at Yarowkabra on Thursday last and threatened to return to do the same to the homes of about 50 other householders who refused to leave.
Two households had to build temporary structures on Thursday evening while the owner of the shop is counting her losses after the structures were demolished by workers from the Lands and Surveys Commission.
Stabroek News yesterday contacted Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Robert Persaud who subsequently provided a response from the GLSC, stating that the body for some time had been monitoring the group who were located on a