ExxonMobil makes 11th and 12th oil discoveries offshore Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana - (February 6, 2019) Director of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, this morning, announced that the Stabroek Block Operator ExxonMobil has made its 11th and 12th discoveries offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells in the southwe [...]
Composer Valerie Rodway to be honoured on birth centenary
Georgetown, Guyana (February 5, 2019): The Ministry of the Presidency will, next week, honour the life and work of Guyanese composer and teacher, Ms. Valerie Rodway, CCH with a roster of activities to mark her birth centenary, including the issuing o [...]
Plans in train to remove, relocate migrants from Non Pariel shoreline
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 4, 2019) The National Multi-Sectoral Coordinating Committee has noted with concern, reports of a group of Spanish-speaking migrants, believed to be Venezuelans, setting up makeshift housing structures along the se [...]
Message of condolence on the death of Mr. Isahak Basir, CCH
Georgetown, Guyana – (February 3, 2019) His Excellency David Granger, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, extends heartfelt condolences at the passing of Mr. Isahak Basir, CCH. Mr. Basir (87), a former Member of Parliament (MP) di [...]
Government in Action: Women on the rise
Women account for a major cross-section of the population and the economic empowerment of a woman can be transformative for the society in which she lives. Armed with business acumen learned while attending First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger’s Sel [...]
‘Disaster risk management is everybody’s business’ -Minister Harmon says at RDRM Conference for Regional Heads
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 31, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, who holds responsibility for the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), today, said that the responsibility of Disaster Risk Management and Response rests not only with the [...]
Message of condolence on the death of Mr. Horace James
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 30, 2019) His Excellency David Granger, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is saddened at the passing of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), [...]
First Lady opens third ICT training workshop in Linden
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 28, 2019) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, encouraged 40 youth drawn from several communities across Linden, Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten) to capitalise on the chance to learn Information and Commu [...]
‘Guyana aspires to be a success story in its implementation of the UNCCD’ -Minister Harmon at opening of CRIC 17
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 28, 2019) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, yesterday morning, recommitted Guyana’s support to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) while noting that Guyana aspires to be a succ [...]
Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the Guyana Defence Force Annual Officers’ Conference 2019.01.24
Deterrence, defence and developmentThe Guyana Defence Force moved swiftly to suppress the rebellion that erupted fifty years ago on 2nd January 1969 in the Rupununi District ― a zone in the south-west of the country of nearly 58,000 km² – [...]