Ituni, Kwakwani loggers to benefit from new market, fee waiver
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A section of residents (GINA photo)
Small loggers in the Ituni and Kwakwani communities in Region Ten will soon benefit from new markets to supply wallaba poles, GINA said.
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson told residents and small loggers of Kwakwani that the chairman of the Jamaican Electricity Corporation is currently in Guyana and is looking to source wallaba poles.
“I will notify him that there is a community here with wallaba poles,” Patterson said.
Residents of Ituni show Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Member of Parliament and Linden representative Audwin Rutherford the unacceptable sanitary block at the Ituni Primary school (GINA photo)
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman inspects a minibus which was converted into an ambulance to be used by the Ituni Health Centre. The vehicle is currently not working. (GINA photo)
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman inspect the Ituni well. Residents have been unable to receive water from their taps since the well is flooded with untreated water (GINA photo)
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman inspect the 10 Km bridge en route to Kwakwani (GINA photo)
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman interacting with a staffer of the Kwakwani Forestry Station, where he gave an undertaking to have the office fully air-conditioned. (GINA photo)
A section of residents gathered to express their concerns in the Kwakwani Workers’ Club (GINA photo)
