Newly-elected Mayors and Deputy Mayors were sworn in Wednesday by President Granger during a ceremony at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The President during his remarks congratulated the mayors and deputy mayors, who were elected by their Town Councils as a result of the Local Government Elections, held on March 18, 2016.

The President emphasised that the new ‘capital towns’ are all administrative centres of their respective regions. They would be expected to lead economic development in each region by encouraging infrastructure extension, investment, information and communications technology and innovation.

The President expects that the new ‘capital towns’ will be better equipped to attract investment, promote business and drive the economic development of the country’s ten regions.

Those sworn in are:

Municipality  (MAYOR)	Name	Municipality (Deputy Mayor)	Names
Georgetown	Patricia Veronica Chase-Green	Georgetown	Sherod Duncan
New Amsterdam	Kirt Anthony Solomon Wynter	New Amsterdam	Winifred Rebecca Heywood
Corriverton	Ganesh Gangadin	Corriverton	Krishnand Jaichand
Linden	Carwyn Rowell Holland	Linden	Waneka Odetta Arrindell
Rose Hall	Vijay Kumar Ramoo	Rose Hall	Dave Budhu
Anna Regina	Rabindranauth Mohan	Anna Regina	Darshan Persaud
Bartica	Gifford Eldon Marshall	Bartica	Nageshwari Lochanprashad
Lethem	Carlton Peter Beckles	Lethem	Maxine Ann Welch
Mabaruma	Henry Rupert Smith	Mabaruma	Astrille Odetta Gamell