Ten Region Three councils receive brush cutters

Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker (centre with glasses) with the recipients. (Ministry of Local Government photo)

Ten Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in Region 3 each received a brush cutter valued at $114,935 on Wednesday, under the auspices of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

The brush cutters were procured through a grant given to the NDCs as an annual subsidy, a press release from the ministry said. The beneficiaries were Wakenaam, Leguan, Hydronie/Good Hope, Greenwich Park/Vergenoegen, Stewartville/Cornelia Ida, Hague/Blankenburg, La Jalousie/Nouvelle Flanders, Best/Klien Pouderoyen, Malgre Tout/Meer Zorgen and Toevlugt/Patentia.

The release said that while handing over the brush cutters, Minister Norman Whittaker, told the NDCs that it was expected that they