Protests caused severe dislocation to business activity

Fiery protests: The burnt remains of vehicles at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice (WCB) yesterday. These vehicles were torched during several days of unrest along the WCB road over the deaths of teen cousins Isaiah Henry and James Henry. Yesterday there was calm along the areas. There were dozens of reports of vehicles being damaged and commuters being attacked and robbed. (David Papannah photo)

A large number of persons were directly affected by the protest actions over the murders of Isiah and Joel Henry and were unable to carry out their daily activities over the past few days due to the blocking of the roadways in Regions Five and Six.

The main access road in the regions was blocked with old machinery, pieces of wood and tyres at several locations, including at Number 5, Bellevue, Number 28, Number 40 and Hopetown, resulting in the disruption of traffic. The reads were cleared yesterday.

Rohan Oudit, a contractor said on Wednesday that he was  doing some works to seal a breach at the Mahaicony sea defence and had been unable to work since Sunday since he could not move around materials nor could his employees travel to work.