Everyone in Santa Rosa knows Stanislaus ‘Aloysius’ Torres as Aloysius or ‘Uncle Sackie’. It was only when he got his birth certificate and had to vote as an adult that he found out his first name was in fact Stanislaus.
A tailor for 61 years and a long-serving village councilor, Torres, 78, has seen the village grow exponentially and thinks it is poised to be upgraded to a township with its commercial, business and social services.
“I would suggest that Santa Rosa village, the administrative centre for the sub-region, be made into the first full-fledged Amerindian township with its own laws and regulations governed under a revised Amerindian Act. That would be a challenge but it can be done,” he said in an interview with Stabroek Weekend.