Day: <span>November 17, 2016</span>

Meeting with UNEP’s Erik Solheim a reaffirmation of UN support for ‘green’ state

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Marrakesh, Morocco – (November 17, 2016) President David Granger said today, following a meeting with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme, Mr. Erik Solheim that the engagement has served to intensify the agency’s relationship with Guyana and concretises the commitments have already been made. Mr. Solheim, who is well known for having …

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Minister Ally presents brand new ambulance to Ituni

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 17, 2016) Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, today, said history has been created in Ituni, when she presented a brand new ambulance to the Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten) Regional Democratic Council for the community, at a simple ceremony hosted at the Ituni Recreational Ground.   Minister of Social Cohesion, …

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Guyana and Norway advance dialogue on climate partnership agreement

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Marrakech, Morocco – (November 17, 2016) President David Granger of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen of the Kingdom of Norway met today on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Convention in Marrakesh, Morocco, for a very constructive dialogue on the way forward for their forest and …

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‘Don’t ever give up on you’

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 16, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this afternoon, charged an enthusiastic group of 31 teenage mothers never to give up on themselves, in her address at the sixth graduation ceremony of the Women Across Differences’ (WAD) Comprehensive Empowerment Programme for Adolescent Mothers, which was held at the Umana Yana in …

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Ministry of Social Cohesion concludes Regional Consultation exercise

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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 16, 2016) The Ministry of Social Cohesion, yesterday, hosted the last of its 30 planned Regional Sensitisation and Strategic Planning Consultations in Kwakwani, Sub-Region Two and is poised to start its Validation Workshop, which will bring together key stakeholders, who participated in the process, to provide input and review a draft …

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