Day: <span>April 21, 2016</span>
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May 12 deadline set for D’urban Park Development Project – Minister confident he has resources to meet time limit

  • Posted: April 21, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 21, 2016) Minister of Public Infrastructure, Mr. David Patterson, this morning, said that the outstanding works at the D’urban Park Development Project site will be completed by May 12, in time for Guyana’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations. The Minister announced this deadline at a press conference he hosted at the Ministry of …

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President visits centenarian who turns 105 next month

  • Posted: April 21, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 21, 2016) President David Granger, this morning, visited the home of Mrs. Olive Blackmore, who will reach the mile stone of 105 years old next month, in Cummings Street, Georgetown. She was born on May 23, 1911 in Charlestown and is the mother of 10 children, eight of whom are alive. …

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Minister Ally engages entertainment community to ‘big up social cohesion’

  • Posted: April 21, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 20, 2016) Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, this morning, engaged members of the entertainment fraternity to “big up social cohesion”, declaring that she was eager to see the benefits that would accrue from partnering with them as they are able to reach the public in their comfort zone. Minister …

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Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes pays courtesy call on President Granger

  • Posted: April 21, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 20, 2016) President David Granger, today, received a courtesy call from Brazilian Cardinal, Claudio Hummes and Head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown, Bishop Francis Alleyne, OSB, at the Ministry of the Presidency. During the meeting, the Catholic Church’s emerging initiative ‘Ecclesial Pan Amazon Network’, which aims to raise awareness …

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President Granger to attend UN’s Paris Climate Agreement Signing Ceremony

  • Posted: April 21, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 20, 2016) President David Granger will travel to the United Nations Headquarters in New York tomorrow to participate in UN’s Paris Climate Agreement Signing Ceremony on April 22, 2016. The high-level signature ceremony is expected to focus on highlighting how all actors of society and economy can accelerate action, learn from …

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