Georgetown, Guyana – (November 12, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday afternoon, joined Courts Guyana Incorporated, ‘Santa’ and his helpers to usher in the “season of love and joy” at the Courts Guyana Christmas ‘Light up’ hosted on Main Street, Georgetown. First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger (second, left), accompanied by her granddaughter (first left), …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 12, 2016) As part of heightened security activities to ensure domestic security, the Joint Services, today, conducted Operation Safe Guard at the Georgetown and New Amsterdam prisons and seized a large quantity of contraband items. At the Georgetown Prison 21 improvised weapons and knives, 20 razor blades, 558 grams of marijuana, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 11, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, said, “While we become more dependent on information and communication technology… we must always be mindful of the human element, the human capacity to dream, create, achieve [and] to build tomorrow’s greener, greater nation,” while delivering an address to the 2016 graduating class …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 11, 2016) The Government of Guyana has received credible information related to a potential domestic security threat. That coupled with increased criminal activity has resulted in the decision by the Administration to institute security measures in targeted areas, starting tomorrow. These operations will be conducted by the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 10, 2016) Reducing the high incidence of violent crime continues to be a priority for the administration and President David Granger said that his Government will continue to work with the security forces to ensure the safety of all Guyanese. Among the changes to be instituted are the tightening of border …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 10, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this afternoon, told the 2016 graduating class of the Carnegie School of Home Economics’ Craft Production and Design Division that “education must be a lifelong pursuit” in her feature address at their graduation ceremony, which was held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal. …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 10, 2016) President David Granger, this evening, called on the Guyana Trade Unions Congress (GTUC) to embrace a new model of trade unionism, one which can ensure that the workers they represent are prepared and equipped for the future in a changing world, where technological advancements and the pursuit of a …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger emphasised the point that, teenage mothers must be empowered and given the tools to succeed, at the launch of the 2016 State of the World Population Report, today, at Umana Yana. “[Teenage mothers] must be given the opportunity to …become agents of positive change …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) Newly accredited High Commissioner of The Republic of South Africa to Guyana, Ms. Xoliswa Nomathamsanqa Ngwevela, this morning, placed a wreath at the African Liberation Movement Monument at the Umana Yana, in a show of appreciation for Guyana’s support for the struggle against apartheid in that country. The Liberation …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, today, received the interim report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the mining pit collapse, and subsequent death of a miner, at Rock Creek, Puruni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) on October 8, 2016. Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary …
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