{"id":14283,"date":"2023-11-28T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14283"},"modified":"2023-11-28T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:03:51","slug":"police-investigate-alleged-misappropriation-of-funds-at-lmtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/police-investigate-alleged-misappropriation-of-funds-at-lmtc\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Investigate Alleged Misappropriation of Funds at LM&amp;TC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>An officer at the Constabulary of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&amp;TC) has been placed on administrative leave as police investigate allegations of the misappropriation of funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly appointed Town Clerk, Lennox Gasper, has expressed concerns and is taking steps to implement systems to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the exact amount involved was not disclosed, Town Clerk Lennox Gasper mentioned that a significant sum cannot be properly accounted for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police have been called in to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter. Gasper emphasized that accountability is paramount, and any officer found to have breached the law will face consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the situation, Gasper highlighted the dual role of the council as policy makers and administrators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that any authorization for construction or similar activities must be granted by the council&#8217;s administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gasper also urged cooperation between the council and the central government to maintain the municipality&#8217;s integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development comes as the LM&amp;TC works to address issues of financial integrity and governance within its ranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An officer at the Constabulary of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&amp;TC) has been placed on administrative leave as police investigate allegations of the misappropriation of funds. The newly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14283","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=14283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14285,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14283\/revisions\/14285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}