GWI, GDF engineers complete assessments of Region 8 communities’ water and infrastructure needs
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 26, 2017) The team from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Engineer Corps, which were dispatched to the flood-affected communities in Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight), have completed t [...]
President Chairs CARICOM Bureau meeting today
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 26, 2017) President David Granger, today, visited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat at Liliendaal, where he chaired a video conference meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government (HOG), a [...]
First Lady urges youth to invest in their future – at National Youth Week Symposium
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, urged those in attendance at the National Youth Week Symposium to seek inspiration from individuals, who have overcome adverse circumstances and to invest in themselves [...]
National Awards
On the occasion of the 51st Anniversary of the Independence of Guyana, His Excellency David Granger, MSS, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Chancellor of the Orders of Guyana is pleased to mak [...]
31 women among those recognised for sterling contributions to national development
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2017) Thirty-one women from various fields are among those who will be conferred with National by President David Granger and the Government of Guyana on the occasion of the 51st Anniversary of Guyana’s Indep [...]
Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of Independence – Diversity and destiny
Guyanese,Independence Day celebrates the moment in history when, after 350 years of Dutch and British colonisation, our peoples abolished foreign rule. We established a ‘free state’ with the hope of ensuring equality and eradicating pover [...]
New Commercial and Deeds Registry Board appointed
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2017) Cabinet at its Tuesday, May 23, 2017 meeting granted its approval for the appointment of the Governing Board of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority, which will be Chaired by Ms. Christine MC Gowan. [...]
Lottery Committee, CH&PA Audit Reports handed over to Cabinet
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2017) Cabinet has directed that the Reports and Reviews of the operations of the Guyana Lottery Committee (GLC) and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) be handed over to the Commissioner of Polic [...]
Cabinet notes award of contract for emergency repairs to MV Kanawan
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2017) Cabinet, at this week’s sitting, noted the award of a contract for emergency repairs to the generator set of the Transport and Harbours Department Ferry, MV Kanawan. The contract, which is to the tune o [...]
Senior Statistician to attend World Census of Agriculture -Guyana has not had an agricultural census since early 1950s
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 25, 2017) Senior Statistician of the Bureau of Statistics, Ms. Jacqueline Tull will be attending a workshop on the World Census of Agriculture 2020 round, to be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from May 22-26 [...]