UNCLE Eddie’s Association, which runs a home for the elderly at Jackson Street, Tucville, Georgetown, will soon be subject to developmental works, since Government has given approval for title of the 3.1127 acres of state land on which the home sits to be awarded to the home.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, made this announcement during a post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday at the Ministry of the Presidency.
He said, “The Government has found it necessary to grant title to the Association of Uncle Eddie’s Home, to facilitate the further development of the home for care of the elderly.”

The Uncle Eddie’s Association was registered as a friendly society in April 1973, and has since been occupying the State land on which the Home sits. Development of the Home had been stymied because the land was not titled, Harmon added.

“It is Cabinet’s hope that with the granting of this deed of gift so that the Home can have a title, it will facilitate better facilities for our elderly who live there,” Minister Harmon said.

(Ariana Gordon)