Georgetown, Guyana – (September 21, 2015) – The South Central People’s Development Association of Rupununi, has become one of 20 organisations to capture the United Nations Development Fund’s Equator Prize for the year 2015. This is the first time Guyana has managed to capture that prize. The South Central People’s Development Association is a local …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana, September 21, 2015 – Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, today met with General Manager of Oldendorff Carriers (Guyana) Incorporated, Paul Mohn at the Ministry of the Presidency and the company’s Director of Projects, Scott Jones. Minister Harmon assured the company’s executives of the Government’s full support for the continuation of its operations in …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana, September 21, 2015 – President David Granger, today, handed over laptop complete with a printer, headphones, a DVD writer and a flash drive to Ceion Rollox an 18-year old, visually impaired first year student of the University of Guyana. Rollox, who resides at Sophia, lost his sight at the age of 14. However, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 21, 2015) – Economic Advisers at the Oceans and Natural Resources Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Daniel Wilde and Dr. Ekpen Omonbude, today, met with Minister of Governance, with responsibility for the Natural Resources and the Environment,, Raphael Trotman, to discuss and begin work on the upgrading of the Upstream …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana, September 20, 2015 – Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, today, attended the Guyana Equality Forum’s Peace Day, Novelty Sports and Health Fair organised by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), in collaboration with the United States Embassy and the Peace Corps. The event was held at the Eve Leary Sports Ground …
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