Month: <span>September 2016</span>

President Granger accepts role as patron of St. John’s Association of Guyana

  • Posted: September 15, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 15, 2016) President David Granger, this morning, accepted an invitation to become patron of the St. John’s Association of Guyana, during a meeting with its members at the Ministry of the Presidency. The visiting delegation was led by Chairman of the Association, Mr. Vibert Parvatan and included Dr. Jose DaSilva, Mr. …

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Rose Hall Town can lead a commercial revolution in the Region

  • Posted: September 15, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 14, 2016) President David Granger, this afternoon, described Rose Hall Town as a “powerful commercial dynamo” in a Region with tremendous potential and reaffirmed his Government’s commitment to working with the regional and municipal authorities to ensure that it continues to develop. He also reiterated his call for East Berbice-Corentyne (Region …

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Education, entrepreneurship among key drivers Indigenous Communities development – President says at Heritage Day celebrations at Mainstay/Whyaka

  • Posted: September 11, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 10, 2016) President David Granger said that the time is ripe for all Guyanese, including the nation’s first peoples, to work together with their elected leaders at the central, regional and municipal levels to convert promises into performance and to transform potential into prosperity. The Head of State was at the …

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Private sector must play a more critical role in climate change mitigation -Minister Harmon at closing of NAMA training

  • Posted: September 09, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, called on the private sector to play a more critical role in mitigation efforts as the world continues to grapple with the climate change and global warming phenomena. The Minister, who was at the time addressing participants at the closing of the …

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Twelfth school bus commissioned under ‘Five Bs’ programme

  • Posted: September 09, 2016
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Mabaruma, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) President David Granger said that nothing is worse than having a child grow up without an education. He was at the time speaking to residents of Mabaruma, Barima-Waini (Region One), where he commissioned another 30-seater school bus. The vehicle was donated by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry …

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Caribbean Leadership Project to kick off on September 12 -Permanent Secretaries, senior government managers to be trained

  • Posted: September 09, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, received a courtesy call from the Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr. Pierre Giroux and the team that is in Guyana to kick-start the Caribbean Leadership Project, which will see the training of top level managers and Permanent Secretaries of the Government …

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Cabinet greenlights development works contracts

  • Posted: September 08, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 8, 2016) Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, September 6, gave its no objection for the award of several contracts, including one valued over $1 billion for a management strengthening programme at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). Please see table below with full details of the contracts, which have been …

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Bartica residents engaged in consultation, awareness sessions on ‘green’ development

  • Posted: September 08, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 9, 2016) Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (rtd) Gary Best, earlier this week, led a joint team comprising officials from the Ministries of the Presidency and Communities in a visit to Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) to conduct awareness and consultation sessions on the greening of the town. The team …

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UK-bound scholarship students pay courtesy call on First Lady

  • Posted: September 08, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 8, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger today met, in two meetings, with Guyanese students, who have been awarded scholarships in the United Kingdom (UK) by the Commonwealth and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Meeting first with Mrs. Granger was Ms. Mariscia Charles, who will be pursuing her …

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