After Enterprise fire…
RK’s Guyana Securities Services awarded two of its guards yesterday, for the bravery and alertness which was instrumental in saving Enterprise Primary School, on East Coast of Demerara, from a recent arson attack.
Shamir Ishak and Chatter Pooran are the two guards awarded. However, only one showed up at the simple presentation ceremony yesterday.

Shamir Ishak turned up at the ceremony and he was presented with a certificate of appreciation and a cash bonus of $10,000 by Mr. Roshan Khan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chairman and founder of RK’s Security Group.

Pooran was also slated to receive the same thing (a certificate and $10,000 cash) but because he did not attend the presentation ceremony, Khan – a stickler for timeliness and discipline – made an on-the-spot decision to give Pooran’s prize money to Ishak, who ended up receiving $20,000.

Khan expressed special gratitude to media houses for highlighting the positivity of the act of bravery and the community for assisting in putting the fire out,
while encouraging the awardees to build a good relationship with people in the area.
Also present at the ceremony were Ms. Rosheena Latifan Khan, Trainee Administrator of RK’s Security Group; Ms. Sylvia Pitt, Headmistress of the school; Ms. Shenaine
Henry, from the Ministry of Education, representing Minister Shaik Baksh and Mr. Desmond Leitch, General Manager of the RK’s Security Group.
They also complimented both guards for a job well done.
Ishak recalled that he was standing in front of the building when, at 04:00 hrs, he heard a cracking sound for between five and 10 minutes, then saw a light through
a vent.
He said he had access through the canteen and threw some water to extinguish the blaze while calling for assistance and members of the community responded, shortly
after, resulting in only the floor and walls being scorched.
In the absence of Pooran, his reward was handed to Ishak, to give the intended recipient.
Pitt was also grateful that the guards were alert and doused the flames before major damage was done.
“If it was not for them, we would not have a building to operate in,” she admitted, noting that 1,000 children are on register at the school and would have suffered
a great loss.
Khan commended the guards for not only seeing the fire but to also call on the neighbourhood, in which a bucket brigade helped prevent destruction of computers,
other equipment and furniture.
He remarked that hundreds if not thousands of lives would have been affected and could have created great inconvenience for the parents and children, affecting
their education and future.
Khan said, despite the constraints of improper fencing and lighting, the guards at Annandale, another East Coast Demerara village also performed brilliantly,
attracting credit to themselves and RK’s Security Group.