Marrakech, Morocco – (November 15, 2016) President David Granger has supported the call for increased climate financing, particularly for adaptation, and based on vulnerabilities of countries and not their economies measured by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Head of State made these remarks, during his address at the High Level Session (HLS) of the …
Read DetailsThe Cooperative Republic of Guyana demonstrated its commitment to the Paris Agreement by becoming the seventeenth state to deposit its instrument of ratification of the Paris Agreement on climate change, to the United Nations. That Agreement was aimed at limiting the emission of greenhouse gases. It represented a collective global effort to safeguard the environment …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 15, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, earlier today, met with Ms. Natasha Clarke- Solomon, a Guyanese resident in the United States of America and founder of The El Dorado Foundation Incorporated, to discuss several youth targeted projects and proposals, which are being planned by the organisation. These proposals centre on …
Read DetailsMarrakesh, Morocco – (November 14, 2016) President David Granger has described Guyana’s ‘green state’ policy as central to the long term development of the country, following a briefing meeting with the technical team attending the 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) in Marrakesh, Kingdom …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 14, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, took her Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop to a group of women in Linden, Upper Demerara – Berbice (Region 10), who were eager to capitalise on the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to start and advance their small businesses. This …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 12, 2016) President David Granger, this evening, attended the University of Guyana’s 50th Convocation exercise at the Turkeyen Campus, Greater Georgetown, where he presented the 2016 Valedictorian, Mr. Kibwey Peterkin, who graduated with a near perfect Grade Point Average, with the President’s Medal. Mr. Peterkin, who graduated with a Bachelor of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 12, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday afternoon, joined Courts Guyana Incorporated, ‘Santa’ and his helpers to usher in the “season of love and joy” at the Courts Guyana Christmas ‘Light up’ hosted on Main Street, Georgetown. First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger (second, left), accompanied by her granddaughter (first left), …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 12, 2016) As part of heightened security activities to ensure domestic security, the Joint Services, today, conducted Operation Safe Guard at the Georgetown and New Amsterdam prisons and seized a large quantity of contraband items. At the Georgetown Prison 21 improvised weapons and knives, 20 razor blades, 558 grams of marijuana, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 11, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, said, “While we become more dependent on information and communication technology… we must always be mindful of the human element, the human capacity to dream, create, achieve [and] to build tomorrow’s greener, greater nation,” while delivering an address to the 2016 graduating class …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 11, 2016) The Government of Guyana has received credible information related to a potential domestic security threat. That coupled with increased criminal activity has resulted in the decision by the Administration to institute security measures in targeted areas, starting tomorrow. These operations will be conducted by the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana …
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