CDC on standby to support regions impacted by heavy rainfall, flooding
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 17, 2020) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has mobilized resources, and is on standby to offer support to the Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five), East Berbice- Corentyne (Region Six) and Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo (Re [...]
Address by His Excellency David Granger President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana 2020.06.06
Guyanese, I had met the Chairman and members of the Elections Commission and the Leader of the Opposition during 2019 and committed to work towards ensuring that the expected General and Regional Elections would be free and credible and would be held [...]
Guyana observes World Environment Day
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 4, 2020) Tomorrow, June 5, Guyana joins approximately 143 countries around the world to observe World Environment Day. This year’s observance is being held under the theme ‘Biodiversity’, under the [...]
Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the Inaugural General Meeting of the Cooperative Credit Union of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly ─ Guyana 2020.06.02
Cooperative credit unions and economic empowerment The General Assembly of the United Nations designated the decade 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2024 as the International Decade for the People of African Descent [via Resolution 68/237 of 23rd De [...]
Ministry of the Presidency condemns malicious Gail Teixeira letters
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 1, 2020) The Ministry of the Presidency condemns two letters penned by Ms. Gail Teixeira, titled, “Concede defeat and make an honourable retreat for the sake of Guyanese” and “Granger’s Adminis [...]
Message from His Excellency David Granger, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the PAHO/WHO virtual concert for Public Health workers 2020.05.31
Guyana and the world are enduring the excruciating effects of the Novel CoronavirusDisease 2019 (COVID-19). Twelve of our citizens have died. The competence of our public health workerscontributed to the recovery of sixty-seven persons and to the con [...]
Presentation of His Excellency David Granger President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 2020.05.28
Excellencies, Guyana records its appreciation to the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica and the Secretary-General of the United Nations for convening this important high-level event. Guyana, one of the smallest states on the continent of South Am [...]
Address of His Excellency David Granger President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of Guyana’s54th Independence Anniversary 2020.05.26
Guyanese, We celebrate the 54th Anniversary of Independence recalling the sacrifice, suffering and struggle of our working people who struck the first blows against colonial oppression one hundred and fifteen years ago in Georgetown. We remember the [...]
Flooded Gunns/ Masekenari village benefit from relief efforts
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2020) A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), today, travelled to Gunns/Masekenari Village in the Konashen District, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to conduct a disaster risk assessment and hand [...]
Message of His Excellency David Granger President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr 2020.05.24
Eid Mubarak!I extend greetings to all Muslims and to all other Guyanese on the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. This sacred festival commemorates the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan during which Muslims performed acts of abstinence and engaged [...]