{"id":21830,"date":"2024-09-02T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21830"},"modified":"2024-09-02T02:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T02:15:06","slug":"new-police-outpost-established-at-bourda-market-to-address-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-police-outpost-established-at-bourda-market-to-address-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Police Outpost Established at Bourda Market to Address Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new police outpost has been set up at Bourda Market following a visit by President Irfaan Ali, addressing longstanding security concerns raised by vendors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outpost, located at the intersection of Bourda and Orange Walk, aims to enhance safety and prevent robberies that have affected the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vendors at the market expressed relief and gratitude for the initiative, noting that the increased police presence has already made them feel more secure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They highlighted the importance of the outpost, especially for those who operate late into the evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With inadequate street lighting and the need to close up shop around 8 or 9 PM, vendors welcome the extra protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the outpost, efforts are underway to connect security cameras and a monitoring system to improve surveillance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, led by PPP\/C Councillor Steven Jacobs, aims to ensure the safety of both vendors and shoppers in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings A new police outpost has been set up at Bourda Market following a visit by President Irfaan Ali, addressing longstanding security concerns raised by vendors. The outpost,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21830","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=21830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21832,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21830\/revisions\/21832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}