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Guyana needs rich Administrative Regions -President tells heads of local government organs at NRDCC meeting
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 19, 2018) President David Granger, today, reminded regional officials and heads of municipalities that a rich country cannot be built on poor regions and as such, cooperation among local government organs is paramo [...]
Brazil’s Health Minister calls on President
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 19, 2018) President David Granger was, today, paid a courtesy call by Brazil’s Minister of Health, Dr. Ricardo Jose Magalhᾱes Barros and a delegation from that country who are currently in Guyana on an offici [...]
Unions pledge cooperation with Government on future of sugar industry -President Granger urges open dialogue and flexibility
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 19, 2018) President David Granger, along with members of Cabinet, today, met with the President and members of the Guyana Agricultural and Workers’ Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, C [...]
Civil Defence Commission boosts Disaster Risk Management capacity in Potaro-Siparuni
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 18, 2018) Stakeholders in Potaro-Siparuni, Region Eight, are now better equipped to prepare for and respond to emergencies within the Region as the Civil Defence Commission, last week, concluded the Orientation Ses [...]
Guyana committed to preserving land assets, promoting more efficient mining, logging practices -President Granger says at signing of US$15M sustainable land development project
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 18, 2018) President David Granger, today, committed to ensuring that Guyana preserves its land assets and promotes more efficient mining and logging practices at a signing ceremony for a US$15M project document for [...]
Government committed to reversing 20 years of mismanagement of security sector -President Granger says at handing over of UK Security Sector Reform Programme Report
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 18, 2018) President David Granger, today, pledged his Administration’s commitment to addressing the root causes of crime and correcting the errors of over two decades of mismanagement of the security sector. [...]
State Minister meets with delegation from Estonia
Georgetown, Guyana — (January 18, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, was today paid a courtesy call by a delegation from Estonia, which included a member of the Estonian President’s Advisory Committee on the United Nations Securi [...]
Four distinguished legal practitioners appointed Senior Counsel
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, presented four distinguished, long-serving legal practitioners with their instruments of commission, elevating them to Senior Counsel. Mr. Kalam Azad Juman Yassin, Mr. Fitz [...]
New Qatari Ambassador accredited
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, invited the State of Qatar to examine ways of investing in the development of the emergent oil and gas sector. He made these remarks when he accepted the Letters of Credenc [...]
Dr. Christopher Bulkan sworn in as new Justice of the Court of Appeal
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, reaffirmed his Government’s commitment to ensuring that the judicial system remains independent as he swore in Human Rights Activist and Attorney-at-law, Dr. Christop [...]