Year: <span>2016</span>

Message of Condolence from His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, on the passing of Professor Emeritus, Dr. Doris Elrina Rogers

  • Posted: September 30, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 30, 2016) His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, MSS, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and his Cabinet of Ministers extend heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Professor Emeritus Dr. Doris Elrina Rogers, who passed away on September 22, 2016. Dr. Rogers was a distinguished national expert in the …

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President Granger attends funeral service of former Minister Fitz Carmichael

  • Posted: September 30, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 30, 2016) President David Granger, this morning, attended the funeral service of former Regional Minister and Minister of Forestry, the late Mr. Fitz Uriel Alexander Carmichael, who died on September 22 at the age of 81. The service was held at the St. James The-Less Anglican Church, Kitty, Georgetown. Attorney General …

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Tapacuma, Mainstay/Whyaka students welcome school bus

  • Posted: September 29, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 29, 2016) Approximately 14 months after President David Granger made the initial call on his 70th birthday for the provision of transportation to get children to school, the thirteenth school bus was commissioned today, at Tapacuma Village, Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two). The 26-seater vehicle was donated to the Buses, Boats, Bicycles + …

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First Lady receives courtesy call from Giving Hope Foundation

  • Posted: September 29, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 29, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, met with a group of women, who are in the process of forming a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Giving Hope Foundation, at her office and discussed possible areas of collaboration with its representatives.  The Leader of the group, Dr. Latoya Gooding, along with …

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‘An error which ought to have been avoided’ – President Granger on Barry Dataram -urges law enforcement to use every legitimate avenue to locate suspect

  • Posted: September 29, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 29, 2016) President David Granger, today, urged members of the local law enforcement community to work with their counterparts in neighbouring countries and to use every possible legitimate avenue to locate and transport convicted drug lord, Mr. Barry Dataram back to Guyana. In an invited comment, President Granger said that while …

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‘Be all you can be but never forget where you came from’

  • Posted: September 29, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 28, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this evening, urged the National Grade Six Assessment 2016 top performers from the East Coast of Demerara to ‘be all they can be’ even as she reminded them that they must never forget where they came from or whose shoulders they stood on to …

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100 institutions connected to eGovernment network country wide

  • Posted: September 28, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 28, 2016) The eGovernment Agency has completed the first phase of the Improving Digital Equity, Access and Learning (IDEAL) Programme, which has provided for 100 institutions to be connected to the eGovernment network along the Coast and Chief Executive Officer of the eGovernment Agency, Mr. Floyd Levi said that the Agency …

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Situation Analysis on women and children report completed

  • Posted: September 28, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 28, 2016) Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Volda Lawrence, was today, joined by First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger at a ceremony hosted by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the official handing over of the Situation Analysis of Women and Children Report (SitAn), which was a collaborative effort between the Ministry …

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Over 70 youths participated in sixth Youth Leadership Training Programme

  • Posted: September 27, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (September 26, 2016) The Office of the Presidential Advisor on Youth Empowerment in collaboration with the Department of Youth, Sports and Culture, Ministry of Education, hosted its sixth Youth Leadership Training Programme over the past two weekends at the Madewini Training Centre. A total of 76 youths from Barima-Waini (Region One), Pomeroon-Supenaam …

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