Awaiting township status, Bartica applies for more land

Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford (fourth from left) flanked by paratroopers and a large crowd of Barticians on Sunday.

As the time creeps closer to when Bartica is to be proclaimed a town, Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford has disclosed that an application has been made to extend the community’s borders to almost three times the current size as they want to be “as independent as possible.”

Township orders for the upgrading of Bartica to a town were laid in the National Assembly on Thursday and President David Granger has said that Bartica will be a town on April 23rd next year.

Speaking on Sunday afternoon to reporters after Guyana Defence Force ranks parachuted onto the community’s playground, Bradford said that while Bartica’s borders currently encompass about five square miles, a proposal has been made to extend it to about