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Government Ministers to meet with parents, private school operators -to discuss VAT on private tuition
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 4, 2017) Following the concerns raised by citizens regarding the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on private tuition, a team of Government Ministers will be meeting with parents and operators of private schools on Fr [...]
Chinese Army donates military equipment to Guyana Defence Force -Will enhance GDF’s infrastructural development role
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) mandate to support the infrastructural development of the country was boosted with a donation of equipment from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The it [...]
Agenda of Guyana’s diplomatic envoys overseas must be guided by national interests -President Granger tells Heads of Missions
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) President David Granger said that a small State like Guyana, with limited resources, can ill afford the contentious and confrontational amphitheatre of international relations and, therefore, it must pursue [...]
First Lady opens second certified ‘Care for the Elderly’ workshop -urges young women to take advantage
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, opened the second certified ‘Care for the Elderly’ Workshop, which was organised by her office, at the Ministry of Social Protection’s Boardroom, wit [...]
President Granger attends Guyana Veteran’s Legion Anniversary Service
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2017) President David Granger, today, attended the Third Anniversary Church Service of the Guyana Veterans’ Legion (GVL) at the St. Sidwell's Anglican Church. The service was also attended by members of the [...]
First Lady participates in Autism Awareness walk
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, joined the Step by Step Foundation and Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, in their annual 'Light it up Blue' Autism Awareness Walk. The Foundation also signed a Memorandu [...]
Remarks by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger at the Fourth Annual State of the African Guyanese Forum held under the theme “African Guyanese Self-realisation: Challenges for the next 50 years”, organised by the Cuffy 250 Committee held at the Critch
President David Granger: So we have been this way before my brothers and sisters. We have passed through the [United Nations] International Year for People of African Descent. The International Year for People of African Descent, at the dawn of that [...]
Investment must be aligned to local employment -President Granger tells Chinese investors
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 01, 2017) President David Granger said that Guyana welcomes Chinese investment but called for such investments to be more closely aligned to local employment and national development. He said that deepened integratio [...]
First Lady says “Nurturing care is the basic right of every child” at Lancet Series’ launch
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 31, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this evening, joined with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the Caribbean Regional Launch in Guyana of The Lancet Series on Early Childhood Development (ECD) [...]
Guyana benefits from training to bolster climate risk planning
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 31, 2017) The Office of Climate Change (OCC) of the Ministry of the Presidency in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Centre on Climate Change (CCCCC or Five Cs), today, concluded a five day Caribbean Climate [...]