Baramita can now be recognized as a “titled community” having formally received its Land Title last weekend, giving its people exclusive rights to their territory.
This is according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs.
The distribution of land titles was announced last August during the Annual National Toshaos Council’s (NTC) Con-ference held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, where ten Indigenous Communities, including Baramita were identified as future recipients.
However, after some delay, due to what the Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock said was the need for additional consultation with the NTC, the Land Title was formally handed over to Toshao of the Community, Trevor Matheson last weekend, in the presence of the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Indigenous Peoples’ Ministry, Alfred King, Regional Executive Officer of Region One, Leslie Wilburg, Vice Chairman of Region One Sarah Brown, councilors and residents of the Community.
A move which was said to be well received by the Community, the Minister also
