Minister of the PPP/C government [Photo: Department of Public Information/ July 04, 2022]
HEALTHCARE
With respect to healthcare, subject Minister Dr. Frank Anthony reminded the gathering that the country was now exploiting its oil and gas resources to improve standards and expand services.
In his own words, “that can take the country to another level.”
To this end, Dr. Anthony said construction will soon begin on a regional hospital and a diabetic center along the East Coast
Additionally, a new children’s hospital will soon be constructed.
ROADS
Buxtonians made repeated requests for roads to be done across the villages but among them was a specific request for attention to be given to the construction of an all-weather access road into the backlands.
On resident said this will not only facilitate easier access from the farms to the markets but it will also open up ancestral lands for which many Buxtonians have ownership.
Both Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and Minister of Local Government and Regional Development assured that these road rehabilitations and extensions will be done in short order.
In so doing, they have promised job opportunities for locals and contractors from the area bidding for government contracts.
“We are going to spend some $2 billion in villages along the East Coast and we have advertised and are calling for contractors.
“As I said before you can’t eat roads but roads can make you eat,” Edghill said.
HOUSING
The issue of housing was not an escapable one with Housing Minister Collin Croal advising that the Ministry currently has 83, 000 pending applications, up from the 70, 000 he reached when he took over the Ministry in 2020.
Notwithstanding, he said persons on the East Coast were given 2, 6000 land allocations in the last 18 months as the government continues to work towards its goal of 50, 000 house lots by 2025.
To achieve this, he said thousands of acres would soon be made available from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuC0P) to be used to support this housing drive.
Meanwhile, there were on-the-spot surprises which included scholarships and the delivery of sporting gears.
Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr. delivered several items on Monday including a lawn mower for the field.
“Within two weeks a team at ministry and basketball players here will work on a community project to install together.”
