Lo­cal busi­ness­es have op­er­at­ed un­der the strain of or­gan­ised crime and a State of Emer­gency for too long, ac­cord­ing to Bal­dath Ma­haraj, pres­i­dent of the Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (CCIC).

Ma­haraj spoke with Guardian Me­dia on Sat­ur­day night at a func­tion host­ed by Ch­agua­nas busi­ness­man Ra­jive Dip­nar­i­nesingh at Galera Road, Lange Park.

Ma­haraj said the CCIC wel­comes the re­cent en­gage­ment be­tween Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump dur­ing the Shield of the Amer­i­c­as Sum­mit in Do­ral, Flori­da.