Police yesterday cleared a six-day-old blockade of the Ituni road and arrested fourteen protesters but the law enforcers’ action sparked condemnation from the region and this and other matters are to be discussed today at a meeting of the Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice council.
As the community entered the sixth day of protest action for a better 36 Mile Linden/Kwakwani road yesterday, residents maintained that they were engaged in peaceful activity. However, police said that 14 persons, ten men and four women, were arrested early yesterday for blocking the road at Ituni.
“Nobody that protesting here have guns or any sort of