Day: <span>December 22, 2015</span>
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Late President Desmond Hoyte ‘is an example of selfless service’ – President Granger says at Remembrance service

  • Posted: December 22, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana-(December 22, 2015) President David Granger has described Former President Hugh Desmond Hoyte, S.C. as an example of selfless service to the people of Guyana and a man who possessed an acute awareness of the need to change the direction of the country, which verged on the brink of bankruptcy. “Guyana remembers Desmond Hoyte, …

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Indigenous producers receive quality assurance training at IAST labs – via partnership with Ministry of Social Cohesion

  • Posted: December 22, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (December 22, 2015) The first group of Indigenous producers from Region Nine to benefit from assistance to improve their standards of production, via a partnership between the Ministry of Social Cohesion and the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), has been participating in enhancement and quality assurance training at the IAST …

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Great things in store for Bartica – President said as he delivered Christmas presents to children in the soon to be town

  • Posted: December 22, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (December 21, 2015) President David Granger, today, declared that there is a lot in store for Bartica, during a toy drive at the Bartica Secondary School, where approximately 400 children received Christmas presents, compliments of the Government of Guyana. Referencing the official naming of the community as a town in 2016, the …

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Department of Natural Resources hosts first Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative meeting – Guyana to apply for candidacy in 2016

  • Posted: December 22, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (December 21, 2015) The Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE), today, hosted its first technical working group meeting with stakeholders and members of civil society on the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), which is a globally recognised governance framework for the natural resources sector. Minister of Governance, Mr. Raphael Trotman, who …

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More bicycles donated to President Granger’s ‘Three Bs’ initiative

  • Posted: December 22, 2015
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Georgetown, Guyana – (December, 21 2015) The local business community continued to support President David Granger’s ‘Boats, Buses and Bicycles’ initiative, even as another 21 bicycles were, today, presented to First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger and Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally. The bicycles were donated by David and Margaret Enterprise, of Potaro, Mahdia, …

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