Day: <span>November 9, 2016</span>
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“Become agents of positive change in your community”

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger emphasised the point that, teenage mothers must be empowered and given the tools to succeed, at the launch of the 2016 State of the World Population Report, today, at Umana Yana. “[Teenage mothers] must be given the opportunity to …become agents of positive change …

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South African High Commissioner pays respects at African Liberation Monument

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) Newly accredited High Commissioner of The Republic of South Africa to Guyana, Ms. Xoliswa Nomathamsanqa Ngwevela, this morning, placed a wreath at the African Liberation Movement Monument at the Umana Yana, in a show of appreciation for Guyana’s support for the struggle against apartheid in that country. The Liberation …

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Minister of Natural Resources receives interim report on Puruni mining incident

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, today, received the interim report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the mining pit collapse, and subsequent death of a miner, at Rock Creek, Puruni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) on October 8, 2016. Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary …

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‘Cordial relations between Guyana and the United States will continue’

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) President David Granger, today, extended congratulations to the President elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump and declared that he is confident that cordial relations between the two countries will continue. Mr. Trump will become the 45th President of United States following his victory over Democratic …

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South African High Commissioner to Guyana presents Letters of Credence

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 9, 2016) President David Granger said that Guyana looks forward cooperating with the Republic of South Africa in the area of climate change and environmental management as part of this country’s continued push toward the development of a ‘Green State’. The President made these comments today following an Accreditation Ceremony at …

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Palestine Government expresses gratitude for Guyana’s support

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 09, 2016) Newly accredited non-resident Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Guyana, Dr. Linda Sobeh-Ali, this morning, expressed her Government’s gratitude and appreciation to the Government and people of Guyana, for the country’s recognition and support for the rights of the Palestinian people, as she presented her Letters of Credence …

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