{"id":26945,"date":"2025-03-17T19:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26945"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:35:52","slug":"president-ali-reaffirms-support-for-mocha-squatters-following-court-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-reaffirms-support-for-mocha-squatters-following-court-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Reaffirms Support for Mocha Squatters Following Court Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>February 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Mocha\/Arcadia squatters suffered a legal defeat in their battle for over $200 million in damages, President Irfaan Ali has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to assisting the affected residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squatters, who had been resisting eviction from state-owned lands in the Mocha Arcadia\/Cane-view area, had received formal eviction notices from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&amp;PA), along with relocation incentives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they opted to challenge the eviction in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court recently ruled against the squatters, ordering them to pay $2 million in costs to the three respondents: CH&amp;PA, Guysuco, and the Attorney General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Following the ruling, President Ali addressed the situation, promising support to the affected families as they begin rebuilding their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his remarks, the President noted that the squatters had been misled by opposition forces, who had used their plight for political gain and have now abandoned them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disputed area, Block \u2018X\u2019 Plantation Herstelling, located on the East Bank of Demerara, is part of the route for the newly developed four-lane Heroes Highway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickFebruary 14, 2025 After the Mocha\/Arcadia squatters suffered a legal defeat in their battle for over $200 million in damages, President Irfaan Ali has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26946,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26945\/revisions\/26946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}