Mother and Daughter Pageant participants pay courtesy call on First Lady
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 04, 2016) The participants of the 2016 Mother and Daughter Pageant, this morning, paid a courtesy call on First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger at her office at State House. The founder of the pageant, Ms. Ingrid Fung and he [...]
First Lady opens IT, skills training programme for youths of Victoria Village
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 03, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this afternoon, officially declared open an Information Technology (IT) and vocational skills training programme for the youths of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara. The e [...]
Private sector has a role to play in the pursuit of a ‘green economy’ – says President Granger at launch of Eureka Medical Laboratories’ solar powered facility
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 1, 2016) President David Granger, last evening, speaking at the launch of the Eureka Medical Laboratories building, which is fully powered by solar energy, said that the private sector has an important role to play in [...]
President calls for greater emphasis on sports at level of the regions
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 30, 2016) President David Granger, last evening, called for new sporting initiatives and greater emphasis on the development of sporting facilities within the 10 Administrative Regions in order to bring about a new w [...]
Guyana to participate in AML/CFT forum, workshop
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 30, 2016) Government has granted its approval for Mr. Lancelot Wills, Manager (ag), Legal Services, Division, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to attend the KAW Management Services Limited’s Eighth Annual Anti-Mo [...]
President Granger to attend Energy Summit
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) President David Granger will be joining his counterparts from the Region and the hemisphere at the United States Caribbean Central American Energy Summit in Washington DC from May 3-4, 2016. The discussions [...]
Finance Minister participating in ‘Governance for Growth with Equity’ forum
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Jordan is participating in the World Bank’s Regional Conference “Cuentas Claras: Governance for Growth with Equity in Latin Americana and the Caribbean” in [...]
First Lady praises efforts to support autism awareness, fundraising – over $600,000 raised for new Step by Step school
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this evening, encouraged donors and well-wishers of the Step by Step Foundation to continue to support the initiatives to build a new school for children affected by Autism [...]
Guyana to participate in Tropical Forest Monitoring Programme
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for six staff members from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to travel to Belem do Para, Brazil for the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation’s 2016 Training Progr [...]
Guyana to participate in WHO Good Regulatory Practices Consultative Meeting
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) The Cabinet has granted approval for Ms. Jewel Sears, Deputy Director of the Food and Drug Department, within the Ministry of Public Health, to attend the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Good Regula [...]