{"id":23606,"date":"2024-10-28T16:45:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23606"},"modified":"2024-10-28T16:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:45:26","slug":"ncn-staff-member-verbally-abused-during-statutory-meeting-in-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ncn-staff-member-verbally-abused-during-statutory-meeting-in-linden\/","title":{"rendered":"NCN Staff Member Verbally Abused During Statutory Meeting in Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>October 4, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another troubling incident involving staff from the National Communications Network (NCN) Linden Branch, camerawoman Ayana Benjamin was verbally abused by Councillor Abdullah Hamid during this week\u2019s statutory meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confrontation occurred shortly after Mayor Sharma Solomon prematurely adjourned the meeting due to a disagreement with Town Clerk Lennox Gasper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The altercation arose as Benjamin was fulfilling her duties, capturing the events of the meeting, when Hamid launched a tirade against her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident marks the second attack on an NCN employee this year, the first occurring when APNU councillors interrupted an interview being conducted with the Town Clerk at his office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conflict between the Mayor and the Town Clerk escalated over updates on two ongoing projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Solomon expressed frustration when Gasper did not rise to address him, leading to the abrupt end of the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Gasper pointed out that standing to address the Mayor was not stipulated in the standing orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest adjournment marks the fourth time the Mayor has ended a meeting prematurely, further hindering the services intended for the residents of the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The repeated disruptions raise concerns about the effectiveness of local governance and the treatment of media personnel covering these important civic meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 4, 2024 In another troubling incident involving staff from the National Communications Network (NCN) Linden Branch, camerawoman Ayana Benjamin was verbally abused by Councillor Abdullah Hamid during this week\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23606","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\/23606","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=23606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23607,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23606\/revisions\/23607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}