Month: <span>January 2016</span>
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President Granger commits to adding breakfast, books to ‘Boats, Buses and Bicycles’ Initiative – Calls for the establishment of Scholarship Trust for Region 10 students

  • Posted: January 24, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 23, 2016) President David Granger, today, pledged to add two more ‘B’s to his ‘Boats, Buses and Bicycles’ programme, in the form of books and breakfast, to ensure children from across the country are not hindered from attending school. The President was at the time speaking at the commissioning ceremony in …

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President advocates for servant-hearted leadership – at Seventh-Day Adventist Church convention

  • Posted: January 24, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 23, 2016) President David Granger underscored the importance of servant-hearted leadership in his address, on Friday evening, to declare open the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Convention and Workshop organised by the Guyana Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists.The event was held at the Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Oronoque and Church Streets, …

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Civil Society groups benefit from President’s perspective

  • Posted: January 24, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 23, 2016) Chief Executive Officer of Volunteer Youth Corp (VYC), the implementing agency for the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Guyana Civil Society Leadership (GCSL) Project, Mrs. Goldie Scott, Chairperson of the National Coordinating Coalition Incorporated (NCC), a group of 12 Non-Governmental Organisations, Mr. Dmitri Nicholson and other project …

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President Granger to attend CELAC Heads of State meeting

  • Posted: January 24, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 23, 2016) His Excellency President David Granger will be attending the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Ecuador on Wednesday, January 27, 2015.Providing a brief comment to the Ministry of the Presidency, Acting Director General at the Ministry …

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Over 1000 Region Nine students benefit from ‘shoes that grow’ – to complement President’s education drive

  • Posted: January 24, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 22, 2016) Minister of Social Cohesion Ms. Amna Ally and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, distributed footwear to more than 1000 students from Region Nine (Upper Essequibo-Upper Takutu) schools, to complement President David Granger’s “Boats, Buses and Bicycles” initiative aimed at ensuring that all the nation’s children can attend school. …

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Inter-Religious group calls on President in run-up to Harmony Week

  • Posted: January 21, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 21, 2016) Members of the Inter-Religious Organisation of Guyana (IRO) paid a courtesy call on President David Granger, today, at the Ministry of the Presidency, to inform him of the activities that are planned to observe ‘World Interfaith Harmony Week’. World Interfaith Week commences on February 1. It is a United …

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‘Oxygen with Nicole’ partners with Ministry of Social Cohesion to create ‘safe space’ in Guyana – pays courtesy call on Minister Harmon

  • Posted: January 20, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (January 20, 2016) Popular Trinidadian group ‘Oxygen with Nicole’, which will be collaborating with the Ministry of Social Cohesion, on several projects, this morning paid a courtesy call on Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, to inform him of their plan to expand the project to Guyana in an effort to provide …

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