Crowd gathers at Granger’s former home seeking COVID-19 relief
In clear breach of the COVID-19 emergency guidelines, a large crowd of persons on Thursday morning gathered outside the former Thorne Drive, D’Urban Backlands home of caretaker President David Granger.
A large gathering of persons outside caretaker President David Granger’s former Thorne Drive, D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown home
When Guyana Times arrived at the scene, no social distancing rules were observed and many persons were not wearing masks.
Large public gatherings are prohibited under the COVID-19 Emergency Measures instituted by the caretaker Administration.
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were on the scene, but they were unable to control the crowd.
This publication learnt that the crowd of persons assembled outside Granger’s former home amid rumours that they would have automatically benefited from monetary donations to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, this was not the case.
Three years ago, Granger had converted the house into to the Chetwynd Learning Centre, which bring together the Burnham Education Scholarship Trust (BEST); the Burnham Book Trust (BBT) and the Burnham Research Centre (BRC). It was recently announced that it would be use as the location where persons can go to fill out the necessary forms to apply for food hampers or vouchers under the Social Protection Ministry’s COVID-19 Response Initiative. (G11)
