President David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. Thank you Headmistress for your kind introduction and thank you students for coming out and giving me such a warm welcome when I entered the compound this afternoon. I know you’ve been here for a long time so I’ll try to be brief. Madam Chairperson, Ms. Sarah …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Members of the media, fellow Guyanese: I’m happy to be here, this is my third event in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region Six today. I started at sunrise at Fyrish and then I went up to Bara Cara and now I’m at Rose Hall and the day ain’t done yet. But what we’ve …
Read DetailsDirector of Communications Mr. Mark Archer: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the media. Welcome to the Cuyuni Room, which is the presidential press centre in the Ministry of the Presidency, welcome to our press conference. Today we have His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Minster of State, the …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s difficult to say how happy I am to be in this group this evening. Having grown up in colonial Guyana I could not imagine a British governor, living in government house, having this type of ceremony on the lawns of this residence. Certainly [it] is a great change …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: I would like to congratulate the Chamber of Commerce on its 126th anniversary. I am very happy to be here this afternoon because the Annual General Meeting comes just a few days after our Local Government Elections, which of course were held on the 18th March. For me, the elections represented more …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: We have been here for over three hours. Now that climate change has started to make its presence felt, now that we are closer to lunch and now that the valedictorian has spoken, I think I would become very unpopular if I stayed here too long. So I would try to reduce …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Members of the German community in Georgetown; members of the media; ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour this evening, on behalf of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to welcome His Excellency Dieter Lamle, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Federal Foreign Officer of the Federal Office of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Volda Lawrence, Minister of Social Protection; Mr. Jermaine Figueira, Member of the National Assembly; Mr. Mortimer Mingo, Former Chairman of the Upper-Demerara Berbice Region 10; special invitees; members of the media. Let me start by apologising for coming a bit late, but this is my third event for the day. I …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Vice President Carl Greenidge, performing the duties of the Office of the Prime Minister; Honourable Minister of State; Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier George Lewis; outgoing Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips; senior officers; relatives of the Chiefs of Staff; ladies and gentlemen; members of the media: The …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development, distinguished invitees, residents of New Amsterdam, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen. I’m very happy to be part of the celebrations this afternoon and to have witnessed the emergence of a Mayor’s Club. I didn’t know about this Mayor’s Club, calling each other two and …
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