ONE hundred and twenty guards attached to  Strategic Action Security Services on the Essequibo Coast are frustrated over the long delay in payment of their August salaries. Placed at government buildings, including the offices of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) at Anna Regina, the Drainage and Irrigation (D&I) Department, Education and State House, schools and hospitals, they said they are finding it difficult to continue working without pay.
According to them, they have been experiencing the problem since Kanhai Security Services won the contract to guard government offices and other buildings.
They said the situation has become unbearable as they need money to buy food, send their children to school and pay electricity and water bills.
The guards are to receive $120 per hour or $960 for an eight-hour shift but no official from the company is telling them when they will be paid and some are seeking employment elsewhere.(Rajendra Prabhulall)