A BREAK-IN at the head office of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on New Garden Street, Queenstown, Wednesday night has left the party suffering untold losses after intruders gained entry by breaking a window at the front door and an inside bar.

Speaking with this publication, WPA Administrative Assistant Alleyne Allen said that yesterday morning when she was on her way to work, Member of Parliament Desmond Trotman, who is the WPA Manager, called to inform her about the incident. She said he told her that someone had broken into the office, which is located in a rental building.
Allen said that she then rushed to work to see what was happening. When she and Trotman, among other staffers, began checking the office to determine losses they discovered that among the missing articles were computers, monitors, printers, speakers, back-up batteries, a cheque book and a public address system.
They then contacted the Alberttown Police Station and shortly afterwards ranks from the Brickdam Police Station arrived. They checked for fingerprints but their efforts were of no avail.
The ranks then patrolled the entire Alberttown/Queenstown community looking for any clues but saw nothing of consequence.
When this publication contacted the Chairman of the WPA, who is also the vice-chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, he said that he was nowhere there (where burglary occurred) and did not really know anything about the incident.
He said all he heard was that there was a break-in at the office but he was tied up at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry when the news came. However, he visited the office late yesterday afternoon.

(By Asif Hakim)