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President welcomes 12th Chinese Medical Brigade to Guyana – lauds warm Guyana/China relations
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 15, 2016) President David Granger, this evening, attended a reception to bid farewell to the 11th batch of the Chinese Medical Brigade and welcomed their replacement; a 16-member team of medical professionals, who arr [...]
First Lady joins Starkey Foundation at Caribbean training session – Foundation plans to make Guyana regional hub
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 14, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, attended the second session of the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s Caribbean Region William F. Austin (WFA) Community-Based Hearing HealthCare training session at t [...]
Zero-tolerance for human trafficking in 50-year old Independent Guyana – First Lady tells participants at awareness workshop
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 14, 2016) First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger said that the Guyanese society is scarred and diminished by the blight of trafficking in persons and called on all stakeholders to go beyond hearsay and cultural barriers to ga [...]
First Lady takes Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop to Bartica
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 13, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, launched the Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop in the town of Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), where more than 25 women will over the next week benefi [...]
Main Street, Hopetown rehabilitated through Regional and self-help effort -Social Cohesion Minister re-commissions thoroughfare
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 12, 2016) Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, this afternoon, re-commissioned the newly rehabilitated Main Street in Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five) at a small dedication ceremony h [...]
Minister Harmon tells young leaders to be ‘Doers’ – Youth Leadership Training Programme graduation ceremony
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 12, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, charged 57 graduates of the Youth Leadership Training Programme, organised by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Youth Empowerment and the Department of Yo [...]
Government in Action – Stand up for Country… citizens urged amid Veneuela’s aggression
The mighty Essequibo has been the heart of an age old unsubstantiated claim on Guyana’s sovereign territory Venezuela, which spans over 170 years, beginning in the year 1840 when the British Government felt it was necessary to demarcate British [...]
President attends funeral of former Public Works Minister, Jules Kranenburg
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 10, 2016) President David Granger, today, attended the funeral service of the late Mr. Jules Richard Kranenburg, a former Minister of Public Works and Communications with responsibility for transport under the Hugh De [...]
President receives cross-stitched portrait
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 9, 2016) President David Granger was, today, presented with a portrait of himself cross-stitched with embroidery thread by Mrs. Carolyn Moffat, a huge fan of the Head of State. Mrs. Moffat was accompanied to the Minis [...]
Establishment of Rights Commissions achievable before year end – President Granger
Georgetown, Guyana – (June 9, 2016) President David Granger, today, said that establishment of the four rights commissions is achievable with the full cooperation of the Opposition by the end of this year and reiterated his commitment to meanin [...]