Education, entrepreneurship among key drivers Indigenous Communities development – President says at Heritage Day celebrations at Mainstay/Whyaka
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 10, 2016) President David Granger said that the time is ripe for all Guyanese, including the nation’s first peoples, to work together with their elected leaders at the central, regional and municipal levels [...]
Private sector must play a more critical role in climate change mitigation -Minister Harmon at closing of NAMA training
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, called on the private sector to play a more critical role in mitigation efforts as the world continues to grapple with the climate change and global warming p [...]
Twelfth school bus commissioned under ‘Five Bs’ programme
Mabaruma, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) President David Granger said that nothing is worse than having a child grow up without an education. He was at the time speaking to residents of Mabaruma, Barima-Waini (Region One), where he commissioned a [...]
Caribbean Leadership Project to kick off on September 12 -Permanent Secretaries, senior government managers to be trained
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, received a courtesy call from the Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr. Pierre Giroux and the team that is in Guyana to kick-start the Caribbean Leadershi [...]
Cabinet greenlights development works contracts
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 8, 2016) Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, September 6, gave its no objection for the award of several contracts, including one valued over $1 billion for a management strengthening programme at the Guyana Powe [...]
Bartica residents engaged in consultation, awareness sessions on ‘green’ development
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (rtd) Gary Best, earlier this week, led a joint team comprising officials from the Ministries of the Presidency and Communities in a visit to Bartica [...]
UK-bound scholarship students pay courtesy call on First Lady
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 8, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger today met, in two meetings, with Guyanese students, who have been awarded scholarships in the United Kingdom (UK) by the Commonwealth and the London School of Economics an [...]
Leonora Diagnostic Centre to be upgraded to maternity care facility
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 8, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for the award of a $74.4 million contract to Builders Hardware and Quality Timber Project Company for the expansion and capacity building at the Leonora Diagnostic Centre [...]
Early Childhood Development rolled out in Mahdia – UNICEF and First Lady participate in site visit
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 7, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, joined the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Guyana team on a site visit to the Mahdia District Hospital, the Community Day Care Centre and the Mah [...]
President accredits new Filipino Ambassador
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 7, 2016) President David Granger, today, received the Letters of Credence from His Excellency, Jose de la Rosa Burgos, accrediting him as Non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Guyana. The [...]