Gov’t agrees to demarcate Sawariwau

President Donald Ramotar (second from left) with (from left) Toshao Gregory Thomas, Deputy Toshao Tony Andrew and attorney Melinda Janki

The land belonging to the indigenous village of Sawariwau in the south Rupununi will be demarcated this year, according to the community’s legal advisors.

“After more than thirty years delay, the land belonging to the Wapichan people of Sawariwau in the south Rupununi region of Guyana, will be demarcated,” the Justice Institute Guyana announced in a press statement on Saturday.  The Institute said that it has been providing the people of Sawariwau