{"id":17877,"date":"2024-04-03T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17877"},"modified":"2024-04-03T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:12:35","slug":"georgetown-municipality-and-guyana-fire-service-conduct-clean-up-exercise-at-stabroek-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/georgetown-municipality-and-guyana-fire-service-conduct-clean-up-exercise-at-stabroek-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Municipality and Guyana Fire Service Conduct Clean-up Exercise at Stabroek Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Fabiana McKlmon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a collaborative effort to maintain a healthy environment and ensure the well-being of vendors and visitors, the Georgetown Municipality and the Guyana Fire Service recently conducted a clean-up exercise at the Stabroek Market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Town Clerk and Solid Waste Director, Walter Narine, provided insights into the initiative, highlighting the focus on addressing internal drainage issues within the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine explained that the clean-up initiative was prompted by the realization of severe internal drainage problems at the Stabroek Market, adversely affecting vendors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aimed to tackle three main objectives: cleaning all internal drains, addressing external drainage issues, and washing the entire market premises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Public Health Department from the municipality was tasked with fumigating the market to ensure a hygienic environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the exercise, Narine took the opportunity to urge vendors and citizens to refrain from littering, emphasizing the collective responsibility in maintaining the cleanliness of the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the detrimental impact of disposing garbage in public drainage systems, urging vendors to dispose of waste properly to prevent blockages and environmental pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clean-up exercise at the Stabroek Market is part of a broader effort to enhance cleanliness and sanitation in municipal markets across Georgetown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar initiatives are expected to be carried out throughout the week at other municipal markets, including the Bourda Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collaborative efforts between the Georgetown Municipality and the Guyana Fire Service underscore the commitment to creating a clean and healthy environment for all stakeholders involved in market activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana McKlmon In a collaborative effort to maintain a healthy environment and ensure the well-being of vendors and visitors, the Georgetown Municipality and the Guyana Fire Service recently conducted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17877","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=17877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17878,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17877\/revisions\/17878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}