Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the National Assembly October 18, 2018
The future is brightIt is my honour, in the exercise of my privilege enshrined in the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, as stated by the Speaker, to address you today as I have done at the commencement of every new session of the Na [...]
Local Government Elections can transform Guyana – President Granger says at Linden community meeting
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 18, 2018) President David Granger, yesterday, told residents of Linden, Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten) that Local Government Elections (LGE) should be used as a tool to transform Guyana. “Use the Local G [...]
The Church has a role to play in fostering equality – President Granger says at Linden Prayer breakfast
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 17, 2018) President David Granger, yesterday, said the church has a role to play in fostering equality, by encouraging respect not only in terms of race but also gender. “We have to treat and love our neighbo [...]
CDC hosts consultation on draft Disaster Risk Management Bill
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 17, 2018) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) which is a beneficiary of financing from the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) and Services for the Implementation of External Aid 2018 (SIEA) Framework, today, hoste [...]
Estonia e-government team briefs Cabinet on digital governance roadmap
Georgetown, Guyana — (October 17, 2018) Chairman of the Management Board of the e-Governance Academy (eGA) of Estonia, Dr. Arvo Ott, accompanied by Ms. Marit Lani and Mr. Tõnis Mäe, presented a draft report on the project, Digital G [...]
CDC hosts Region-specific DRM workshop
Georgetown, Guyana — (October 17, 2018) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), today, hosted a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Workshop that targets agencies and inhabitants of the Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four). The one-day workshop was held at th [...]
Fourth successful well drilling underway in Awaruwaunau
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 17, 2018) Pursuant to the terms of the agreement on technical cooperation between the Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Federative Republic of Brazil, the drilling of the fourth well in Awar [...]
Ministry of Social Protection donates supplies to Pineapple Street fire victims
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 17, 2018) The Ministry of Social Protection’s Difficult Circumstances Unit (DCU), today, donated a quantity of emergency supplies to Ms. Shanice Barrington and family, who suffered losses when their Pineapple [...]
First Lady to address PMNCH Forum on Women, Children and Adolescent Health in India
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 16, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, will join 1,200 global partners, who are dedicated to the ‘Every Woman, Every Child’ (EWEC) movement and the achievement of the Global Strategy for Women&rsquo [...]
‘Regional approach needed to tackle land issues’ -Minister of State says at UNCCD capacity building workshop
Georgetown, Guyana — (October 15, 2018) There is need for the Caribbean to have a unified approach to tackling land issues in the Region, Minister of State Mr. Joseph Harmon said this morning at the opening of a capacity building workshop for N [...]