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Jul 18, 2018 News
The Ministry of the Presidency says it is not responsible for the delay in the name change that was proposed for St. Cuthbert’s Mission, but rather there appears to be some disagreement among residents of the community.
“At a meeting held at St. Cuthbert’s on June 3, 2018 to confirm the resolution, a group of residents indicated that they were not in favour of a name change, while others claimed that the process for the name change was completed a while ago.
“The meeting was attended by Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Mr. Sydney Allicock, Attorney-at-law, Mr. David James, Advisor on Land and Development, Mr. Doorga Persaud and the newly-elected Toshao, Ms. Beverly Clenkian.”
There were complaints, Monday, at the National Toshaos Council Conference at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre that there were inordinate delays in the name change.
According to the Ministry, during the deliberations, the decision was made for a vote to be taken; however, at that moment, it was brought to the attention of the gathering that a number of residents were not present at the meeting and the request was made for another meeting to be scheduled to discuss the issue of the change.
“It was then decided that Sunday, July 15, 2018 would be the date of the next meeting for which residents would be properly invited. It was also decided that it would not be necessary for the Minister and his party to attend said meeting.
“It was further decided that the results of that July 15, 2018 meeting will be communicated by the Village Council of St. Cuthbert’s Mission to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs for its attention.”
St. Cuthbert’s Mission is an Amerindian village on the Mahaica River in the Demerara-Mahaica region (Region 4) of Guyana. It comprises approximately 200 households.
The nearest large settlements are the capital city, Georgetown (57 miles away) and Mahaica (65 miles away by river). It is surrounded by savannah and shrub lands on its east side, and dense vegetation on its west side. St Cuthbert’s Mission was founded in the late 1800s by Joseph Ferguson, who was also the village’s first Kafotay (or Chief ).
At that time, it was named “Pakuri” after the Platonia tree that were then plentiful in the area. The village was renamed St. Cuthbert’s Mission when the first Anglican missionaries arrived at the village and founded a mission there on Saint Cuthbert‘s Day in 1889.
In September last year, during the ‘Heritage Village Day’, President David Granger announced that he has approved a name change of the village to Pakuri, the application had been made by the village leaders.
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