Indigenous Peoples Commission elects Chairperson

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran (at head of table) during yesterday’s election. (GINA photo)

Toshao Doreen Jacobis of Tapakuma Village, on the Essequibo Coast, was yesterday elected Chairperson of the Indigenous Peoples Com-mission (IPC) during a special meeting at Parliament.

According to the Govern-ment Information Agency (GINA), chairperson of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Yvonne Pearson will serve as Vice-Chair of the IPC.

At the swearing in ceremony last year for the members of the IPC, President Bharrat Jagdeo noted that the administration will work with