Distribution of hundreds of plots of land begins shortly
Posted On: May 18, 2012
The landless will be given priority in the queue when government begins the distribution of approximately 600 plots of land, at concessionary prices, at the end of the month.
Those left holding the bag owing to the Antigua Labour Party’s (ALP) failed Land-for-Youth scheme are also in for a reprieve, Minister of Lands Hilson Baptiste said.
The latter group, which has been in limbo for a decade, can expect an announcement shortly, the minister said.
“Some of them paid down monies and some paid off for lands they never had. The former administration took their money but never gave them the land,” Baptise said.
He noted that these individuals would be allocated lands in an...
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