Month: <span>March 2016</span>
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26 more women graduate from First Lady’s Success in Business workshop

  • Posted: March 12, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 11, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, presented certificates to 26 women from Mahaica- Berbice (Region Five) who graduated from her fifth Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop.In her address at the graduation ceremony, held at the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) office in Rosignol, the First Lady said …

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Exercise your right to select council at Local Government Elections – President tells Rose Hall Town, Corentyne

  • Posted: March 11, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 11, 2016) President David Granger, last evening, called on the residents of Rose Hall Town, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) and its environs, to go out in their numbers on March 18 and exercise their democratic right to determine who manages their communities, at the Local Government Elections (LGEs). Addressing a large …

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Gov’t signs MoU with IAST for sustainable development of hinterland communities

  • Posted: March 11, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 11, 2016) The Ministries of Social Cohesion and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, today, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) for the provision of research and development, sustainable business development and analytical services. The agreement was signed between Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna …

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First Lady, Project Happiness host first workshop with Education Ministry stakeholders – training to augment HFLE schools’ curriculum

  • Posted: March 11, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 10, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, participated in the first ReThink- Project Happiness Train the Trainer workshop, held at the Ministry of Education’s National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD), aimed at providing teachers and other participants with the keys to boost children’s self-esteem and promote their emotional development. …

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President meets with Head of CDEMA

  • Posted: March 11, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 10, 2016) Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Mr. Ronald Jackson, today, met with President David Granger to discuss the work of the regional body, particularly in the context of Guyana’s disaster risk management expectations. Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Director General of the Civil …

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German Embassy to host 50th Independence Anniversary Reception

  • Posted: March 10, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 10, 2016) President David Granger, this morning, met with Germany’s Ambassador to Guyana, His Excellency Lutz Hermann Gorgens, at the Ministry of the Presidency, during which discussions were held on a number of local and global issues. Ambassador Lutz informed President Granger that the German Embassy will be hosting a special …

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Kuwaiti organisation interested in supporting ‘Five Bs’ programme

  • Posted: March 10, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 10, 2016) President David Granger was, today, paid a courtesy call by two officials from the Zakat House, a charitable government agency based in Kuwait, which has expressed an interest in supporting the ‘Five Bs’ programme. The officials were accompanied by Director of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), Shaikh …

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Women are stronger because of their struggles – First Lady tells congregation at Freedom Life Ministries

  • Posted: March 10, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 9, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger said women are stronger because of their struggles and urged them to practice compassion in their daily lives, in her address, earlier this evening, at the Women’s Conference 2016 hosted by the Freedom Life Ministries Cathedral in Georgetown. The four-day Conference is being held …

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President accredits new Australian High Commissioner

  • Posted: March 09, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 9, 2016) President David Granger, today, accredited His Excellency, John Pilbeam as the new non-resident High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia to Guyana. The new High Commissioner is based in Trinidad and Tobago. In presenting his Letters of Credence to the President, Mr. Pilbeam spoke of the friendly and fruitful …

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