Glendon Critchlow Jr., his spouse Natasha Daniels and their son Tyrique are among the many victims of a gold-mining industry that can be as cruel as it can be charitable.
Had all been well, the 37-year-old excavator operator would have been plying his trade at a Port Kaituma mining location to support his family and meet the expenses associated with managing his 11-year-old son’s medical condition. Instead, Glendon sits at his Friendship, East Coast Demerara home, waiting, he says, to be paid amounts totaling $2.3 million owing to him over several months by an employer who he says, has been oblivious to his appeals. All this time he has had to endure a wife who appears permanently unhappy and