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First Lady to be Patron of Women’s World T20 Tournament
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 12, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, at the request of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has accepted the role of Patron of the first ever stand-alone Women’s World Twenty20 Tournament to be ho [...]
Exxon’s second exploration vessel scheduled to arrive in Guyana in October -Minister Harmon advocates for more investments in environment, sport and capacity building
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 12, 2018) Exxon Mobil is bringing to Guyana, a second exploration vessel, the Noble Tom Madden, which is due to arrive in October. This vessel will focus primarily on exploration of high potential areas and will [...]
Minister Harmon meets with former Jamaican Prime Minister, PJ Patterson
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 12, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, met with former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Percival Noel James (P.J) Patterson, ON, PC, QC, at the Ministry of the Presidency. During the meeting, the t [...]
Message of Condolence on the death of Roman Catholic Bishop, The Right Reverend Benedict Singh, CCH
Georgetown, Guyana - (September 12, 2018) His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana extends heartfelt condolences at the passing of Bishop Benedict Singh, CCH. Ganesh Benedict Singh was born on December 2, 1927 in [...]
MoTP calls for retraction of misleading Citizens’ Report article
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 12, 2018) The Ministry of the Presidency condemns the deliberate publication of false information by Citizens’ Report, an online news outfit, regarding President David Granger’s reason for not attendi [...]
Drilling of wells in Region Nine to commence on October 4
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 11, 2018) The Government of Guyana, in collaboration with the Government of Brazil are set to commence the drilling of eight wells in eight villages in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) from October [...]
Settlement plan for Venezuelan migrants still under consideration at Dept. of Citizenship
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 10, 2018) The Department of Citizenship is still considering a proposal that was made regarding the settlement of Venezuelan migrants in the township of Mabaruma in the Barima-Waini Region (Region One) but thus f [...]
Transcript of the address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the Meetings of the Executive Committee and Council of Legal Education September 7, 2018
President David Granger: Honourable Moses Nagamootoo, Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Republic of Guyana; Honourable Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, Chancellor of the Judiciary; Honourable Carl Greenidge, Vice President and Minister [...]
‘Guyana-Brazil relations have never been stronger’ -President Granger at 196th anniversary of Brazil’s independence
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 7, 2018) As Brazil celebrates its 196th anniversary of independence and 50 years of bilateral ties with the Cooperative Republic of Brazil, President David Granger, this evening, said that the ties between the tw [...]
President calls on CLE to find ways of improving the delivery of affordable legal education
Georgetown, Guyana — (September 7, 2018) President David Granger, this morning, called on the Council of Legal Education (CLE) to find new ways to improve the delivery of affordable legal education across the Region. The Head-of-State was at th [...]