{"id":19840,"date":"2024-05-27T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19840"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:25:24","slug":"young-teacher-laurence-vandenburg-elected-new-toshao-of-orealla-siparuta-village-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/young-teacher-laurence-vandenburg-elected-new-toshao-of-orealla-siparuta-village-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Teacher Laurence Vandenburg Elected New Toshao of Orealla\/Siparuta Village Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Royan Abrams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant development for the Orealla\/Siparuta community, 26-year-old Laurence Vandenburg, a dedicated teacher, has been elected as the new Toshao of the Orealla\/Siparuta Village Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vandenburg emerged victorious in yesterday&#8217;s election, securing 206 votes, surpassing his competitors, including former Toshao Lewis Devair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing his gratitude to the community for their support, Vandenburg outlined his priorities for the village, focusing on improving access to essential services such as electricity and water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also emphasized the importance of transparent financial management within the council, pledging to provide monthly financial reports presented at quarterly general meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Regional Executive Officer, Narindra Persaud, who served as the Returning Officer for the election, underscored the government&#8217;s commitment to collaborating closely with the council to ensure the community benefits from ongoing development initiatives across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persaud highlighted the significance of every village in Guyana and pledged continued government support for Orealla\/Siparuta&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election, held without any reported hiccups, concluded smoothly on Wednesday evening, with polling stations closing at 18:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Following the tallying of votes, Laurence Vandenburg was officially sworn in as the new Toshao, marking a new chapter in the community&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Royan Abrams In a significant development for the Orealla\/Siparuta community, 26-year-old Laurence Vandenburg, a dedicated teacher, has been elected as the new Toshao of the Orealla\/Siparuta Village Council. Vandenburg&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19840","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\/19840","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=19840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19842,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19840\/revisions\/19842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}