Georgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for six staff members from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to travel to Belem do Para, Brazil for the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation’s 2016 Training Programme in Tropical Forest Monitoring under the “Monitoring Forest cover in the Amazon Region” programme from May 30 to …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) The Cabinet has granted approval for Ms. Jewel Sears, Deputy Director of the Food and Drug Department, within the Ministry of Public Health, to attend the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Good Regulatory Practices Consultative Meeting, which is scheduled to be held at the WHO headquarters from May 2-5, 2016. …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) The Government of Guyana has endorsed the Paris Agreement, which was adopted by 195 countries on December 12, 2015 at the twenty first session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. On Friday last, President David Granger traveled to the United Nations …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for the award of contracts to the tune of $297,940,140 in the areas of health and infrastructural development. Four agencies were awarded contracts for the supply of Tuberculosis medication for the Ministry of Public Health while a contract for the construction of Rip Rap …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) The Cabinet has granted approval for Climate Change Officer Kandila Ramotar and Advisor on Climate Change Ndibi Schwiers-Ceres to represent Guyana at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held May 16-26, 2016 in Bonn, Germany. The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are annual conferences held in the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for the appointment of nine members to the Poor law Commission. The members of the Commission are: Dr. Holly Alexander, Chairman, Ms. Simone Blair, Mr. Glen King, Ms. Hazel Pindar, Mr. Oswald Young, Ms. Sandra Roman, Ms. Simone Poole, Ms. Kathy Smith and Ms. …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Schools in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region (Region Three) will soon benefit from the donation of a school bus under the “Boats, Buses and Bicycles plus Breakfast and Books” initiative in an aim to assist students in getting to school, since education is seen as a significant means of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Guyana will be participating in the Regional Technical Training Workshop on Climate Outlook and the Implications for the 2016 Wet/Hurricane Season, which will be held in Roseau, Dominica from May 25-31, 2016. Guyana will be represented by acting Forecaster and Meteorological Technician Mr. Eron McPherson. The workshop is being …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for Guyana to participate in the Internship programme hosted by the agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico from July 11 to December 9, 2016. The Secretariat of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 29, 2016) Cabinet has granted its approval for the appointment of Ms. Xoliswa Nomathamsanqa Ngwevela as Non-Resident High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Guyana. Ms. Ngwevela will be resident in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The tour of duty for South Africa’s previous High Commissioner to Guyana, …
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