Georgetown, Guyana, September 23, 2015 – Government is looking to extend the River Taxi initiative beyond the planned one-month trial period. This comes in light of the overwhelmingly positive response from citizens. Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said persons on the East …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 23, 2015) The Government of Guyana has begun putting measures in place to deal with contractors who are not meeting deadlines and whose costs exceed their initial bids.This stern message was communicated to the media by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon at today’s post Cabinet press briefing. Minister Harmon said that …
Read DetailsSeptember 23, 2015 Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said that there are a lot of political and strategic considerations for the building-up of Venezuelan troops along its borders with Guyana, but assured that the Administration is on top of the situation, which will be raised at every forum at which Guyana is represented. Speaking at …
Read Details(September 23, 2015) CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for Environment and Climate Change, earlier this week, convened a high level meeting in St Lucia, where the Region’s position on climate change, which will be presented at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference, was discussed. Guyana was represented by Minister of Governance …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 23, 2015) Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Mark Phillips, MSM has said that there is no increase in the number of GDF troops at the Guyana Venezuela border in light of the recent increase of activity by the Venezuelan armed forces. Brigadier Phillips, in response to …
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