Aviation Sector key to development of hinterland -President Granger
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 17, 2015) With a solid plan set out by the new administration for the improvement of the local aviation sector, President David Granger has called on stakeholders to exploit the opportunities that will present themselv [...]
First Lady launches workshop to help women market their entrepreneurial skills
Georgetown, Guyana, September 17, 2015 – First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger today launched a business/entrepreneurship workshop at the Good Hope Learning Centre for a group of women in that community. The workshop is being conducted by Mr. Wayne Barrow f [...]
French Ambassador meets with Minister Trotman ahead of Climate Change Conference
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 17, 2015) Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, today, received a visit from French diplomat, Mr. Jean Mendelson, who is currently on a world tour to promote awareness on climate change. The diplomat was accompanied [...]
President Granger to participate in upcoming 70th session of UN General Assembly
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2015) Head of State David Granger will be heading a delegation to the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, which has already begun in New York. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, is als [...]
Kaieteur National Park re-opened -Body retrieved and transported to Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2015) The Kaieteur National Park (KNP) has been re-opened as of today, Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The body of the woman, who had gone missing, was retrieved and transported by plane to Georgetown, today, for a [...]
UNODC proposes Anti-Corruption Academy
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 16, 2015) Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, today met with a visiting team from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment's Boardroom, where s [...]
Guyana, Mexico’s mutual respect for democracy, human rights celebrated -at 205th independence anniversary of Mexico
Georgetown, Guyana, September 16, 2015 – President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger last evening attended a reception in commemoration of the 205th anniversary of the independence of Mexico at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston. The Pres [...]
First gold poured at Aurora-President Granger pushes for economically strong, well-managed mining industry
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 15, 2015) "This enterprise can become a successful model for large scale mining, and for sound environmental stewardship. It can become a matrix for our mineral driven economic renewal." These were the sentiments expre [...]
First Kazakhstan Ambassador to CARICOM accredited -US $250,000 MoU inked for Caribbean Water Resource Management
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 15, 2015) His Excellency, Konstantin Zhigalov, Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan to Canada and Concurrent Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, today became the first Kazakhstan [...]
Minister Trotman meets GGMC, GGDMA to discuss COI’s Mining Report
Georgetown, Guyana – (September 15, 2015) Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, who has responsibility for the Natural Resources and the Environment sector, yesterday met with a delegation from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and th [...]