Georgetown, Guyana – (February 9, 2018) President David Granger, joined by some Ministers of Government and members of the Defence Board, today, hosted Brazil’s Minister of Defence, Mr. Raul Jungmann Pinto, along with a high-level delegation, which included Brazil’s Minister of Justice, Mr. Torquato Lorena Jardim. The bilateral engagement, which was hosted at State House, …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Members of the media. I was tempted to interrupt the Chancellor when she was describing the challenges that the Magistrate would be having to move around this huge region with his vehicle. I think she might have ignored the number of horses in the community and the fact that there is a …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 8, 2018) As Guyana prepares to host the 17th Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC17) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in January 2019, the first such meeting to be held in the region, Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 8, 2018) President David Granger, today, visited Global Seafood Distributors, a seafood processing and packaging facility, which supplies products in Guyana and the Caribbean. Speaking to the owner, Mrs. Allison Butters-Grant after touring the West Ruimveldt facility, the Head of State reaffirmed Government’s support for small and medium-scale enterprises and said …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 7, 2018) The Ministry of the Presidency puts on record that Dr. Jan Mangal, Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, is not authorised to speak on behalf of His Excellency, President David Granger or the Government of Guyana.
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 7, 2018) Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, this evening, failed to show up for a meeting with President David Granger after he took a one-month period to do, what he described as “his due diligence” with regard to Constitutional appointments, which require meaningful consultations between him and the Head …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 7, 2018) President David Granger, today, convened a ministerial meeting to discuss the establishment of the Guyana Youth Service (GYS), the body that will be responsible for consolidating all of the youth programmes and organisations to offer a standardised education and training curriculum and is expected to significantly improve youths’ marketability …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 7, 2018) The Ministry of Social Cohesion with the responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, today, received a $2.8 Million cheque from Republic Bank to support the 2018 Pan-O-Rama Steel Pan Competitions, a premier scheduled activity on the Mashramani calendar of events for quite a number of years. The handing over …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister and First Vice President, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo; Vice President, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan; Honourable Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr. Basil Williams; Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Jordan; Honourable Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon; Chief of Staff; Heads of Services; Officers of the Guyana Defence Force; invitees; members of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, Brian, for your hard work in putting this engagement together and thank you all for coming and accepting the invitation. I would like to thank the dancers; I wish I was twenty-three instead of seventy-three, you know, I could have been there, it really opens your appetite. Mr. Brian Smith, …
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