Over 14% of Guyana now titled Amerindian land
Stabroek News, Saturday, February 2nd 2008
Amerindian communities, numbering about 92, now control 14 per cent of
the country's landmass after additional land titles were recently
approved by Cabinet.
The communities of Rupanau; Katoka and Parikwarunawa, all in Region
Nine were granted land titles, while the Massara and Yakarinta
communities, also in Region Nine, received extension of titled lands,
Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said on Wednesday at his weekly
press briefing.
Luncheon noted that within the last three years 22 grants have been
made to Amerindian communities conferring absolute ownership to them.
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