Day: <span>October 23, 2015</span>

Transparency Institute of Guyana meets with President

  • Posted: October 23, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 23, 2015) The Director and members of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Incorporated, met with the President, His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, and discussed means of collaboration, to tackle any incidence of corruption, within state agencies. The team visited the Ministry of the Presidency and met with the President and Minister …

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“Our young girls must be protected” -First Lady Sandra Granger at GRPA fund raising dinner

  • Posted: October 23, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 23, 2015) First Lady Sandra Granger, has issued a call for those responsible for statutory rape to be pursued and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Addressing the gathering at the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association’s (GRPA) Fundraising Dinner on Thursday evening, at the Pegasus Hotel, Mrs. Granger pointed out …

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President called on by members of Gideon International

  • Posted: October 23, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana (October 23, 2015) – President David was today paid a courtesy call by Mr. Lionel Persaud and Mr. Peter Assing from the Gideon International Organisation, who presented him a copy of the Bible. Gideons International is an evangelical Christian association whose primary activity is distributing copies of the Bible free of charge. In …

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Short term plans underway to achieve social cohesion -Civic Education in schools, legislative changes being examined

  • Posted: October 23, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 22, 2015) Almost two months since the Ministry of Social Cohesion held its Roundtable on Social Cohesion at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC), several short term recommendations made at the forum, are already being implemented. Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, in an invited comment, today, said that while the …

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“The border takes first place” -President Granger tells National Assembly

  • Posted: October 23, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 22, 2015) In a move that shows no regard for diplomacy, Venezuela’s Ambassador to Ottawa, Canada issued a warning letter to Guyana Goldfields Incorporated, Canadian mining company operating in Guyana, informing them, that its operations are “infringing on the territorial sovereignty of Venezuela”. Guyana Goldfields has a mining operation in the …

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