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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Chairman calls for an end to the ban on open air cremations

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File Photo: Shore of the Peace cremation site, South Oropouche.

File Photo: Shore of the Peace cremation site, South Oropouche.

Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion Chair­man, Mr Gowrie Roop­nar­ine is mak­ing an ap­peal with the au­thor­i­ties to bring an end to the ban on open air pyre cre­ma­tions for the fu­ner­als of per­sons who were Covid-19 pos­i­tive at the time of their death.

Mr Roop­nar­ine says that the ma­jor­i­ty of the ceme­ter­ies in the Princes Town Re­gion are al­most filled to ca­pac­i­ty with on­ly a few more bur­ial spots re­main­ing avail­able. De­tails fol­low in this press re­lease from the chair­man.

Chair­man of the Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, Mr Gowrie Roop­nar­ine is plead­ing with the au­thor­i­ties to end the ban which pro­hibits fam­i­lies from uti­liz­ing open air pyre cre­ma­tions for the fu­ner­als of per­sons who were Covid-19 pos­i­tive at the time of their death.

This call comes off the heels where the ma­jor­i­ty of the ceme­ter­ies in the Princes Town Re­gion are al­most filled to ca­pac­i­ty with on­ly a few more bur­ial spots re­main­ing avail­able. Two ceme­ter­ies are filled to ca­pac­i­ty while the oth­ers are filled to sev­en­ty five per­cent (75%) of its ca­pac­i­ty. If this sit­u­a­tion per­sists, there will be lit­tle to no more spaces left at the ceme­ter­ies in the Princes Town Re­gion.

Chair­man is urg­ing those in au­thor­i­ties to as­sist the Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion with this trou­bling sit­u­a­tion which con­tin­ues to es­ca­late as the pan­dem­ic per­sists by end­ing the ban on Open Air Cre­ma­tions. This will give fam­i­lies an­oth­er op­tion when plan­ning fu­ner­als for their de­ceased loved ones and it will ease the bur­den on the Cor­po­ra­tion by re­duc­ing the speed at which bur­ial spots are be­ing filled.

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