Five-member authority to oversee, monitor implementation of decisions of Toshaos Council
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 22, 2016) President David Granger has announced today that he will take for Cabinet’s consideration, the recommendation made by Chairperson of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Mr. Joel Fredericks, to have a plot of lan [...]
President attends Mining Week opening and awards ceremony
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 21, 2016) President David Granger, this evening, attended the opening ceremony for Mining Week activities, a yearly event organised by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Ministry of Natural Resou [...]
Religious organisations must do more to address social problems, foster social cohesion -President Granger tells congregation at Solomon’s Temple in Berbice
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 21, 2016) President David Granger, today, issued a call on the church to take the lead role in helping to address social ills such as suicide, interpersonal violence, poverty and drug and alcohol abuse, which plague [...]
Innovation, economic diversification vital to transform resource-rich Corentyne -President Granger tells residents at opening of 12th Berbice Expo
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 20, 2016) The need for economic diversification, promotion of entrepreneurship, more focus on technical education, greater security, dealing with the high rate of migration, transitioning to a green economy and chan [...]
Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, on the occasion of the commemoration ceremony of the Demerara Revolt. 1823.
We are assembled today to commemorate the massacre, which occurred, and to pay homage to the martyrs, who were killed, on Wednesday 20th August 1823 at Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast, during the Demerara Revolt. This atrocity, the arrests an [...]
‘I believe in empowering women to speak for themselves’ – First Lady tells Port Kaituma Self Reliance graduates
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 19, 2016) Thirty women were, this morning, deemed women of success by First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, in her address at the closing ceremony of the Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop, held at the Port K [...]
Town Council endorses ambitious Green Bartica Development Plan – business community optimistic about benefits
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 19, 2016) The Bartica Town Council, on Wednesday, unanimously endorsed the proposed Green Bartica Development Plan, which seeks to transform Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region (Region Seven) into a model green town in [...]
President plugs national unity and celebration of Guyana’s diversity -at Lord Hanuman murti consecration at Blairmont
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 19, 2016) President David Granger has urged residents of Blairmont, West Coast Berbice to use their religious faith to promote peace, unity and harmony even as the administration continues to work to transform the country [...]
Nineteen care givers for the elderly complete first aid training
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 18, 2016) Nineteen women were, today, presented with certificates of completion in First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training as part of a ‘Caregivers fo [...]
IAC members call on President Granger
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 18, 2016) Members of the Indian Action Committee (IAC), today, called on President David Granger to inform him of a project that they are currently working on to augment the Government’s efforts towards foster [...]