On the occasion of the 108th anniversary of the Rose Hall Estate Martyrs, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday announced in the East Canje, Berbice area that the Rose Hall Estate will be the first of the three closed sugar estates to be formally reopened.
The minister along with officials from GuySuCo and GAWU joined regional executives in a wreath laying ceremony at the Rose Hall Martyrs Memorial site located a stone’s throw away from the estate.
At the location, Mustapha said that it is important to remember the Rose Hall Estate Martyrs who would have made the ultimate sacrifice for citizens for Guyana “to enjoy what we are enjoying here today.” Fifteen persons were shot and killed by colonial police.
