Month: <span>August 2016</span>
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President receives portrait from 14 year old student

  • Posted: August 04, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (August 4, 2016) President David Granger, today, received a portrait of himself, drawn with charcoal, from fourteen years old Hannah Monroe, a student of the Phoenix Elementary School, located on the Soesdyke Highway. The budding artist made the presentation during a visit to the Ministry of the Presidency today with her parents, …

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Shariff never communicated any fraud to Minister Harmon – sent on leave to facilitate police investigation

  • Posted: August 03, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (August 3, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, has reiterated that the reason Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Presidency, Mr. Omar Shariff was sent on leave, was to facilitate the ongoing police investigation into the acquisition of his personal assets and accounts. “The fact that Mr. Shariff has been sent …

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First Lady opens STEM Guyana Robotic Camp in Buxton/Friendship

  • Posted: August 02, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (August 2, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger is optimistic about the impact that the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana Robotic Camp will have on the participants, through the development of their knowledge about technology and its potential to spark their creativity. “I saw all the possibilities of robotics and …

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‘Emancipation transformed plantations into a nation’ – President tells Plaisance, Ithaca residents

  • Posted: August 02, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (August 2, 2016) President David Granger, yesterday, called on Guyanese to put their differences aside and to emulate our ancestors by pursuing education and by working together to build successful villages, communities and a better Guyana for all, as the nation joins other Caribbean countries in observing 178 years of Emancipation. “Today …

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‘Let bygones be bygones’ for the good of Region 5 -President Granger initiates RDC reconciliation at Ithaca Emancipation Celebrations

  • Posted: August 02, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (August 1, 2016) President David Granger, today, called on the members of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) to end the months long impasse, which had been sparked after the Regional Chairman, Mr. Vickchand Ramphal had been absent, during several visits to the Region by the Head of State. …

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Government committed to providing enabling environment for job creation – President Granger

  • Posted: August 02, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 31, 2016) President David Granger has said that his Government is committed to working towards the provision of an enabling environment for job creation for young Guyanese and is taking an active role in ensuring sustainable gainful employment. The President, in an invited comment, earlier this evening, said that the Government’s …

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President calls on villages to return to historical pillars of success – Emancipation message at Den Amstel

  • Posted: August 02, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 31, 2016) President David Granger, today, called on the residents of Den Amstel Village, West Coast Demerara, to take up the mantle of continuing to build strong villages, through the upholding of the four historical pillars of success; family, religion, education and gainful means of employment, especially in the area of …

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