Rupununi village says no to Ramotar visit over short notice

A proposed visit by President Donald Ramotar to Mocomoco in Region 9 was denied by the village after residents were given just over a day’s notice.

“I want to make it clear I turned down the people on the ground, I never turned down the president…this is the president of our country and I respect that,” Toshao Mark George told Stabroek News last night during a phone interview.

He said “if the president is coming to my community I have to cater to them, how many people are coming, do I have to