H. E. Brigadier David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. Did any of you see me when I fell down when I was coming in here? Is now I fall in love; you can now say the President fall in love with Baracara. [Applause] And to Amsterdam, thank you for your warm welcome and your …
Read DetailsI appreciate the brief introduction. Madam Chairperson, Honourable Prime Minister, Mr Moses Nagamootoo and Mrs Sita Nagamootoo, Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland, Vice Presidents and Ministers of the Government, particularly our hostess, Mrs. Volda Lawrence, Minister of Social Protection, Members of the National Assembly, members of the diplomatic corps, members of women’s …
Read DetailsHis Excellency President David Granger: Please be seated, thank you. Thank you, Bhai Sasenarine for your introduction. We would have met each other on the university campus, not only in the VIP lounge of the airport, many years ago and, of course, he is the former distinguished Minister of Finance and a great Guyanese citizen. …
Read DetailsMaster of Ceremonies, Reverend Ronald McGarrellVice President Sydney AllicockMinister of Social Cohesion, Honourable Amna AllyMinister of Natural Resources, Honourable Raphael TrotmanMinisters of the GovernmentMembers of the National Assembly,Members of the diplomatic corps,Representative of the United Nations, Mr. Reuben RobertsonMembers of the religious communityMembers of the civil societyDistinguished inviteesStudentsMembers of the mediaFellow Guyanese: I am very …
Read DetailsH. E. Brigadier David Granger: Chief of Staff, thank you for your kind introduction. Honourable Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Vice-President and Minister of Public Security; Honourable Basil Williams, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General; Honourable Joseph Harmon, Minister of State; Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud; Chief Fire Officer; …
Read DetailsH. E. Brigadier President David Granger: Thank you very much for bestowing this honour on me this evening. Chairperson, Master of Ceremonies, Nial Nazeer; other President Matthew Langevine; Wesley Cummings, Chairperson of the Council of Governors; Mr. Ivor English, past Chairperson of the Council of Governors; Mr. Leon Rutherford, Secretary of the Lions Club of …
Read DetailsH. E. Brigadier President David Granger: Members of the diplomatic corps, executive members of the Chinese Association in Guyana, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to start by endorsing the remarks of His Excellency in paying tribute to the high quality of service of New Thriving. I believe I can say that I have …
Read DetailsHis Excellency Brigadier David Granger: Guyanese, the New Year 2016 is a time for renewal. This is a time for reform. This is a time for a national renaissance. The prospects are bright. The portents are propitious. This New Year is a time to chart our course for the next five years to 2020 and …
Read DetailsHis Excellency Brigadier David Granger: Please be seated. Thank you, madam chair, for your generous introduction. Of course, you all give me a very difficult act to follow after that poem; a very beautiful poem. Congratulations; of course the person next to me had to tell me it came from Ebenezer. Chairperson of the Guyana …
Read DetailsMinisters of Government;Members of the National Assembly;Chancellor of the Judiciary;Chief of Staff;Former chiefs of staff of the Guyana Defence Force;Members of the Diplomatic Corps;Heads of Service;Senior Officers;Officers and other ranks of the Guyana Defence Force;Newly Commissioned Officers;Special invitees;Ladies and gentlemen: It is my honour and obligation as Commander-in-Chief and on behalf of the Cooperative Republic …
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