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 State House, focused mainly on improving youth literacy. Mayor Holland, who was accompanied his wife, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, 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 hunting, trapping, protection, conservation, management and sustainable use of wildlife. Speaking at the opening of public consultations for the development …
Read DetailsPresident 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’t even realise two hours have passed by the time I finished …
Read DetailsPresident 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 Republic of Brazil, George Talbot; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Chairman …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, 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 to place greater focus on concrete research to guide environmental management in new and developing sectors such as oil and …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, 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 Guyana, Department of Culture, Ministry of Social Cohesion, Ms. Nadia Gamel-Carter, today, provided this update at the opening …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, 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 to host a special luncheon for senior citizens from Upper Demerara-Berbice Region (Region Ten) at State House. For …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, 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 brief session to the students of Monkey Mountain Primary School and an extended session to the Monkey Mountain residents at a …
Read DetailsHis 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 agreed to the establishment of a High -Level Task Force comprising on one hand, representatives from …
Read DetailsBarima, 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 to adopt a model that not only promotes agro-processing but also builds a solid partnership between companies, communities and citizens. …
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