More towns to be established

At least four more towns are expected be established, according to President David Granger, who believes they will lead to economically stable communities and regions.

Speaking on the Ministry of the Presidency’s ‘The Public Interest’ programme, which was broadcast last evening, the President said that it is intended that each of the ten administrative regions has a capital town.

“It is a matter I have raised with the Minister of Communities. There are three coastal regions which do not have capital towns—Region Three, Region Four and Region Five—but I am looking to create three towns in these regions so that every region can have a capital town. So that it can have its own banks,