Goegretown, Guyana – (May 2, 2017) President David Granger, today, was paid a courtesy call by British Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Rt. Hon. Baroness Anelay of St. Johns DBE. The British Minister, who is visiting Guyana for the first time, is on a three country tour in the region …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo; Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland; Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Greenidge; Vice President Sydney Allicock; Ministers of the Government, Members of the National Assembly; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Members of the Légion d’Honneur, Sir Shridath Ramphal and …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Inspector General of the Guyana Defence Force, Colonel Nazrul Hussain; Senior Colonel Zeng Xianglin, Head of the Military Delegation of the People’s Liberation Army; senior officers; technical officers of the People’s Republic of China; special invitees; members of the media; ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be here this afternoon to …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Minister of Legal Affairs; Honourable Noel Holder, Minister of Agriculture; His Excellency Mr Cui Jianchun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China and Madam; President of the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Guyana Kevin – well that’s an easy one to pronounce – Liu; members of the Association of Chinese Enterprises in …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Minister of Communities, Mr. Ronald Bulkan; Ministers within the Ministry of Communities, Ms. Valerie Patterson and Ms. Dawn Hastings-Williams; the Mayors; Deputy Mayors; special invitees; members of the media: I don’t know why they chose the 1st of April for your effective date, but I’m not going to query the Ministry of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Patrick West; Heads of the Disciplined Services, Inspector General Colonel Nazrul Hussain; Commandant of the Guyana People’s Militia Colonel Beaton; United States of America Military Liaison Officer; Officers; ranks; ladies and gentlemen: It’s always a pleasant responsibility of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: I would like to respond to the matters that you’ve raised and after I’ve finished you can add any other comments you want to make. First of all I decided to come here, I’d received a letter from Mr. [Mark] Archibald and I had intended for him and other members of the …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Chairman of the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region; His Worship Mr. Carwyn Holland, Mayor of the municipality of Linden; dear Ms. Sandra Adams, Chairman of the PNCR Region; Mr. Klenzil Grenville, Chairman of the Linden Enterprise Network; Mr. Kevin DeYounge; Mr. Keiron Williams, the MC – I should have greeted you first, but having …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: His Excellency Mitsuhiko Okada and Mrs. Okada; former President of Guyana Mr Samuel Hinds, members of the Diplomatic Corps, honorary consuls, distinguished guests, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is pleased to extend congratulations and best wishes to His Imperial Majesty Akihito on the occasion of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Members of the National Road Safety Council, special invitees, school children, members of the media: This month as you know, we celebrate National Road Safety Month and those of you who read the papers would realise that today’s paper – Guyana Chronicle: “Two died in Corentyne smashup”; yesterday’s paper – “Eleven hurt …
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