Hague is a small West Coast Demerara village located about 12km away from Vreed-en-Hoop. It was once a Dutch plantation and took its name from the capital of the Netherlands. Nowadays it is home to over one thousand people, many of whom are Hindu, and has as its neighbours the villages of Den Amstel and Cornelia Ida. Residents enjoy a potable water supply, electricity, a good access road and the “cool Atlantic sea breeze.”
Stabroek News was greeted by many smiling faces on a visit to the area. The villagers are very welcoming and take pride in saying “I live in Hague.” This newspaper met Indardeo Persuad, 77, a friendly man who expressed his satisfaction with living there.
According to him, the Leonora estate was once the employer of the community, hence most people worked there: “I was a carpenter for over 30 years there… but I left and did a little of