Ministry ‘extremely disturbed’ at Timehri squatting

This Ministry of Public Works photo shows what it says are activities by squatters.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said it is extremely disturbed and disappointed by what it said was the “barefaced actions” of squatters who continue to clear lands vested to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

The Ministry and squatters around the airport have had numerous standoffs in recent years. While the ministry has said that squatters have to remove to permit the CJIA expansion programme, some of the settlers in the area have said that they had been permitted to occupy lands there and had