{"id":22097,"date":"2024-09-03T19:21:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2024-09-03T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:21:13","slug":"national-cleanup-exercise-scheduled-for-august-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/national-cleanup-exercise-scheduled-for-august-17\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cleanup Exercise Scheduled for August 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s government, in collaboration with the private sector, will conduct a National Cleanup Exercise on August 17, led by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to complement the country\u2019s infrastructural advancements with a cleaner environment, promoting healthier lifestyles and a tidier community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Sonia Parag emphasized that the exercise, starting at 6 a.m., will involve all administrative regions, with specific focus on Georgetown and surrounding areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She encouraged all citizens to take pride in keeping their communities clean, stressing the importance of cleanliness in maintaining the nation\u2019s transformation agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The private sector has shown strong support for the exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathy Smith, Senior Vice President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), urged business owners to contribute to ensuring a clean, healthy environment for both residents and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This national effort is part of President Irfaan Ali\u2019s broader initiative to enhance community development and public engagement across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana&#8217;s government, in collaboration with the private sector, will conduct a National Cleanup Exercise on August 17, led by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. The initiative aims&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22097","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\/22097","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=22097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22098,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22097\/revisions\/22098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}