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Over 500 persons receive free hearing screening -First Lady joins Phase I of Starkey Hearing Foundation’s 2018 mission to Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 7, 2018) Over 500 persons with hearing impairment, today, received free hearing screening during the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s first phase of its Guyana hearing mission initiative for 2018. First Lady, Mrs. [...]
Region Three communities gradually returning to normalcy -Minister Harmon pledges Government’s support, calls for increased personal responsibility
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 7, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, visited the villages of Leonora, Meten-Meer-Zorg and Uitvlugt where he assured the Chairman and Councillors of the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) as wel [...]
Department of Public Service launches scholarship website
Georgetown, Guyana — (March 7, 2018) Permanent Secretary of the Department of Public Service (DPS), Mr. Reginald Brotherson, this morning, declared open the Department’s scholarship website for current and prospective scholars. The websit [...]
‘Think big, think progress’ -First Lady urges ICT participants at Melanie Damishana
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 7, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, urged participants in the first Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training programme in the Melanie Damishana community to “think big” and [...]
‘Literacy is the backbone of a child’s education’ -First Lady says at opening of Region Six Literacy Conference
Georgetown, Guyana — (March 7, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger said that literacy is the backbone of a child’s education, which grants him or her the keys to future success, in her keynote address at the opening of the Inaugural Lit [...]
GDF to benefit from disaster response expertise of Mexican Army
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 7, 2018) With an already strong defence cooperation programme with several bilateral partners, the Guyana and Defence Force (GDF) is now set to benefit from the expertise of the Mexican Army in the area of disaster r [...]
Reconnaissance work for drilling of wells in Region Nine to commence on March 19 -Drilling to begin in October
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 6, 2018) The Government of Guyana, in collaboration with the Government of Brazil, will on March 19-29, 2018, conduct reconnaissance work in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine), which will pave the way for the [...]
Government welcomes ExxonMobil’s $2M donation, other companies’ support to flood relief efforts
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 6, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, this morning, said that the Government of Guyana welcomes the $2M donation from ExxonMobil Guyana towards the flood relief efforts for the residents and communities affe [...]
Training commence for supervisors, managers in the public service
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 5, 2018) The Department of Public Service, today, commenced its first training programme for 2018 with a batch of 60 participants, drawn from Ministries and Government agencies from across the ten Administrative Regi [...]
Government reviewing Japan funded ‘Oil and Gas Master Plan’ for Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 3, 2018) The Government of Guyana is reviewing an ‘Oil and Gas Master Plan’ for Guyana, which was developed and submitted by Mitsubishi Corporation and Chiyoda Corporation in collaboration with the Govern [...]