Transformative projects Envisaged for Region Six

REGIONAL CHAIRMAN DAVID ARMOGAN PLANS TRANSFORMING THE 36,234
KM 2 AREA CALLED EAST BERBICE/CORENTYNE (REGION SIX) in the ‘Ancient
County’ to benefit its 109, 430 residents.
He told last Thursday’s statutory Regional Democratic Council (RDC) meeting work places for
government employees will be more people-friendly, and in keeping with the administration’s
philosophy, there will be more “green spaces for all”
“We will be enhancing the buildings that people work in here so that people can be comfortable, we will
ensure that the aesthetics are improve so that people coming to the region will not see it in a dilapidated
condition but as nice building, a user-friendly building and we are also looking to provide a green space
so that people can come out and relax,” the Regional Chairman said addressing Councillors.
THE COUNTRY’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM OREALLA AND SIPARUTA can
expect enhanced accommodation at the hostel, while the learning sector can expect an infusion of
financial investment ensuring that children from those communities have more comfortable environment
to pursue their education.
Agriculture is the backbone of East Berbice/Corentyne and the preponderance of farming and its related
productive activities were not lost when Armogan addressed his colleagues.
“We will continue… to provide drainage and irrigation (D&I) facilities to ensure that more lands are
opened up for agricultural purposes to increase agriculture produce especially rice and cash crops,”
Armogan stated.
East Berbice-Corentyne is one of 10 Regions in Guyana and covers the entire east of the 216,000 km 2
country.
It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north; Suriname to the east; Brazil to the south; and the Regions of
Mahaica-Berbice, (Region Five); Upper Demerara-Berbice, (Region Ten); Potaro-Siparuni, (Region
Eight) and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, (Region Nine) to the west.

Although this Region is difficult to drain and irrigate, it is nevertheless an important rice-producing,
cattle-rearing and sugarcane-producing area. Yet, most of its resources to this day remain under-exploited.
Like the rest of the country, Region Six is preparing for schools’ reopening following hardships due to the
global CORONA VIRUS pandemic.
“The schools are going to be reopened in the Easter Term and we must have the right systems in place, so
we are working on that. Some schools are going to be extended, some schools are going to be repaired
(and) so we are trying to make our school environment much more conducive to better learning, so that
our children…and teachers can be happier and (examination) results can be improved,” Armogan
declared.
RESIDENTS CONFIDENCE IN THE REGION SIX HEALTH SECTOR HAS DIPPED
and RDC officials are working aggressively to regain trust, he assured.
“We are working to bring back confidence into the health system because apparently the public has lost
some degree of confidence in our public health system especially when it comes to ready supply of drugs
and medicines. We are now putting systems in place to ensure that we can prevent, or minimize, these
kinds of thing for happening in the future,” he said.
On the infrastructure front, a number of streets, main thoroughfares and bridges are slated for repairs to
further improve and enhance residents’ lives, “so the landscape of the Region will change tremendously
this year and going forward,’ Chairman Armogan promised.