Joseph Harmon appointed CEO, NCTF – no longer Director General of Ministry of the Presidency
Georgetown, Guyana (April 25, 2020): The Ministry of the Presidency wishes to clarify that Mr. Joseph Harmon is no longer performing the functions of Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency. President David Granger has appointed Mr. Harmon [...]
Govt to implement multi-faceted approach to bring relief to citizens – category of vulnerable persons, farmers, business owners targeted
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 25, 2020) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Permanent Secretariat, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, said the Government is focused on implementing a multi-faceted approach to bring rel [...]
Guyana not shut out of international aid to fight covid-19
Georgetown, Guyana (April 25, 2020): The Ministry of the Presidency has noted reports published in Friday’s (April 24, 2020) daily newspapers which suggest that foreign partners as well as international financial institutions, are unwilling to [...]
NCTF being strengthened to keep ahead of challenges posed to COVID-19 campaign
Georgetown, Guyana (April 24, 2020): President David Granger, this morning, convened a meeting of the National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) and has directed that Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), Mr.J [...]
President, Gov’t did not hire U.S. lobby firm – Head of State is Guyanese
Georgetown, Guyana (April 17, 2020): The Ministry of the Presidency notes with much concern several erroneous statements published in the media which suggest that the Government of Guyana and by extension President David Granger has hired United [...]
New measures to be put in place for social relief efforts -Govt to consider stronger enforcement of emergency measures
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 16, 2020) Director General, Ministry of the Presidency, Mr. Joseph Harmon has announced that the Government, through the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will put new measures in place to strengthen its social relief r [...]
Statement by His Excellency, David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, on the Coronavirus Disease 2020.04.11
Today, 11th April, marks one month since COVID-19 claimed the life of the first Guyanese on local soil. Six Guyanese have now died, forty-five have been confirmed as having been infected, thirty-one are in isolation, thirteen are in quarantine and ei [...]
Easter Message of His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana 2020. 04.12
Easter is the most sacred Christian festival. It celebrates Jesus’s resurrection – the most important event in Christianity – which is the core of Jesus’s message, ministry and mission on earth. The Holy Gospel recounts Jesus& [...]
1759 households in 25 communities benefit from relief distribution
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 11, 2020) As the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to work to bring relief to citizens during this month-long emergency curfew instituted by the Ministry of Public Health in response to the COVID – 19 pa [...]
President Granger saddened at death of Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis
Georgetown, Guyana (April 8, 2020): His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is saddened at the death of Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis. John Percy Leon Lewis was born on February 13th 1943; he died on April 7th 2 [...]