‘Cash-strapped’ Bartica pleading with residents to pay up

The Bartica Town Council is pleading with residents and business owners to pay their rates and taxes as the fledgling municipality is “cash-strapped.”

Bartica was gazetted as Region Seven’s first town in October, 2015.

Chairman of the Finance Committee, Kenneth Williams related to Stabroek News on Friday that the council is owed over $9M for commercial and residential buildings. He pointed out that the figure has been accumulated since 2011 but the newly formed council is