Although it was announced by the Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture that the upcoming 51st Independence Anniversary Flag Raising Ceremony would be held at the Stabroek Market Square, a source from the ministry says that the decision is not “set in stone” and could be changed but D’Urban Park is not being considered.
Despite developing D’Urban Park at a cost of approximately $1.3B last year to host the Golden Jubilee 50th independence anniversary celebrations, the government last week announced that this year’s flag raising would be held at the Stabroek Square.
Town Clerk Royston King told Stabroek News last week that he
