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First Lady and Linden Mayor discuss potential areas of collaboration
Georgetown, Guyana – (November 1, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this morning, met with Mayor of Linden, Mr. Carwyn Holland to discuss potential areas of collaboration. The meeting, which was held at the Office of the First Lady at Stat [...]
Minister Harmon calls for ‘green’ people centred approach to wildlife management -as public consultations begin
Georgetown, Guyana – (November 1, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, called on the Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission to adopt a ‘green’, people centred approach to the formulation of regulations for the [...]
Remarks by His Excellency, Brigadier David Granger, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the official ceremony declaring Lethem a town, held at Lethem, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo October 21, 2017
President David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. I’m hurrying because I know you all are hot and hungry and I don’t want you to feel that the next two hours will not be passing in the ‘twinkling of an eye’ so you wouldn&r [...]
Remarks by His Excellency, Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the Opening of the Lethem Regional Agriculture Commercial Exhibition (RACE) held at Lethem, South Rupununi October 20, 2017
President David Granger: This is the longest day in Lethem and it is good that it should be so because we are opening the door to a new economic future for this great region. Ministers of the Government; Ambassador of Guyana to the Federative Republi [...]
Minister Harmon calls on EPA for more focus on technical expertise, environmental management
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 31, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, who holds responsibility for the Department of Environment (DOE) under whose purview the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) falls, yesterday, called on the agency [...]
Public access to historical records now more accessible -as National Archives continues digitisation process
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 30, 2017) Historical records are being made more accessible to students and members of the public as the process of digitisation of valuable primary source documents continues. Archivist at the National Archives of [...]
Linden senior citizens feted at State House -as curtains come down on Month of the Elderly observances
Georgetown, Guyana – (October 30, 2017) As Month of the Elderly comes to an end, First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, teamed up with Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Ms. Valerie Patterson-Yearwood [...]
Social Cohesion Ministry hosts open forum in Monkey Mountain
Georgetown, Guyana- (October 30, 2017) Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth, and Sport, Dr. George Norton led two sensitisation sessions today in Monkey Mountain, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight). Dr. Norton offered a brie [...]
Joint Statement from the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Teachers’ Union
His Excellency, President David Granger met a delegation from the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), today, at State House to discuss the way forward with regard to negotiations between the Government and the Union. During the meeting the two sides [...]
Tried and tested agro-processing model key to economic development across Guyana -President David Granger at Drum Hill, Region One
Barima, Guyana – (October 29, 2017) With agriculture still one of the most important economic activity across the 10 Administrative Regions of Guyana, President David Granger is urging farming communities and local and international investors t [...]