{"id":22183,"date":"2024-09-04T03:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T03:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22183"},"modified":"2024-09-04T03:16:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T03:16:01","slug":"rdc-meeting-highlights-dengue-control-infrastructure-and-education-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/rdc-meeting-highlights-dengue-control-infrastructure-and-education-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"RDC Meeting Highlights Dengue Control, Infrastructure, and Education Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Shannon Totaram<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) convened its monthly statutory meeting on Thursday to address key regional issues, including health, infrastructure, and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main topics discussed was the ongoing dengue fever mosquito fogging exercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first phase of the program has reduced the number of reported dengue cases in the region to just two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To further minimize the risk of outbreaks, a second phase of the fogging exercise is set to begin over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrastructure challenges were also brought to the forefront, particularly the incomplete construction of the Bamia Primary School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite receiving three extensions, the project remains unfinished and will not meet its intended September deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the education sector, the council discussed plans to reintroduce music programs in schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, a proposal to hire a crop assistant officer was put forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This officer would oversee the maintenance of school farms during vacation periods to ensure agricultural activities continue smoothly in the absence of students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic is set for further discussion at the RDC\u2019s upcoming education committee meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shannon Totaram The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) convened its monthly statutory meeting on Thursday to address key regional issues, including health, infrastructure, and education. One of the main topics&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22183","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\/22183","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=22183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22184,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22183\/revisions\/22184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}