First Lady celebrates with 24 graduates of ‘Care for the Elderly’ Workshop
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 7, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this afternoon, encouraged the 24 graduates of the second ‘Care for the Elderly’ Workshop to keep pressing on and to complete the other component of the programme [...]
President calls for preservation of the culture of data collection in the public service -at commissioning of new Bureau of Statistics headquarters
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 7, 2017) President David Granger said that good governance requires good statistics, which is vital in the process of decision-making and policy formulation. As such, he said that his Government is committed to prese [...]
Bartica Regatta Delegates pay courtesy call on First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 6, 2017) The eight delegates, who are vying for the crown in the 2017 Bartica Regatta Pageant, today, paid a courtesy call on First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, at her office at State House. This year, in keeping with [...]
President meets with PAHO/WHO Representative
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 6, 2017) President David Granger was paid a courtesy call by Country Representative of Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), Dr. William Adu-Krow at State House, earlier today, during [...]
First Lady commends GBCHA on health awareness programme
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 6, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this morning, said that she was pleased that the Guyana Business Coalition on Health Awareness (GBCHA) has expanded its mandate to include issues such as mental health in kee [...]
Caribbean, EU share similar goals for Peace and Economic Integration -President Granger
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 5, 2017) President David Granger, this evening, said that international peace and economic integration are the utmost goals of the Caribbean; goals, which he acknowledges are shared by the European Union, and were th [...]
Scholarship application service to be offered online by 2018 – transparent process now being employed in award
Georgetown, Guyana – (March 28, 2017) Even as Government of Guyana continues to work towards an efficient and professional public service through, in part, the digitisation of public records and the increased use of Information Communication Te [...]
First Lady receives donation of 1,000 pairs of shoes for students in need
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 4, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, expressed gratitude to the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), which presented her with a collection of 1,000 pairs of shoes in support of her programme to [...]
Government Ministers to meet with parents, private school operators -to discuss VAT on private tuition
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 4, 2017) Following the concerns raised by citizens regarding the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on private tuition, a team of Government Ministers will be meeting with parents and operators of private schools on Fr [...]
Chinese Army donates military equipment to Guyana Defence Force -Will enhance GDF’s infrastructural development role
Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) mandate to support the infrastructural development of the country was boosted with a donation of equipment from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The it [...]