I wish to extend greetings to all Guyanese on the occasion of Arrival day 2017. This day has been set aside to celebrate the arrival of all indentured immigrants to Guyana under a system, which has long been described as one of “struggle, sacrifice and resistance.” The East Indians, Chinese, Portuguese and Africans were brought …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, thank you very much; please be seated. Honourable Joseph Harmon, Minister of State; Honourable Dawn Hastings-Williams, Minister within the Ministry of Communities; Honourable Simona Brooms, Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources; Chairman of the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Mr. Gordon Bradford; His Worship the Major of the town of Bartica, Reverend …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: I will have to depend on the children to save me so thank you Toshao. Chairman of the Region, Mr. Rennis Morian; Chairman of the [People’s National Congress Reform] PNCR District, Ms. Sandra Adams; other officials; teachers; parents, but most of all the children from Upper Demerara, particularly Muritaro and Malali, I …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (May 4, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, earlier this afternoon, received a courtesy call from His Excellency Antoine Joly, the newly accredited Non-Resident Ambassador of the French Republic to Guyana. Ambassador Joly, this morning, presented his Letters of Credence to President David Granger. He replaces Ambassador Michael Prom, whose tour …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (May 4, 2017) The Government will next Wednesday deploy a team of engineers and other officials from various Ministries to the community of Coomacka, located in Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten), to conduct a final scoping mission for the planning and execution of projects to address impassable roads and frequent flooding during the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (May 4, 2017) President David Granger, today, said that as Guyana transitions toward becoming a ‘green’ State, the stakeholder agencies must work together to develop a collaborative approach toward protecting and preserving the environment. The President was, at the time, addressing the board members of the five gazetted agencies within the environmental …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Ministers; UNDP [Deputy] Resident Representative Ms. Shabnam Mallick, representatives of other international organisations: PAHO [Pan American Health Organisation], FAO [ Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations], Chief of Operations of [Inter-American Development Bank] IDB and IICA[Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture], special invitees; members of the media. I am …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Good afternoon to the other president, Mr. Jones. [Laughter.] Yeah, well I said the other president first; everybody has a pecking order but most of all the athletes and those who supported them, their coaches and, of course, family members and I would say the whole Guyanese nation have been supporting you …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Members of the National Assembly; exhibitors; residents of Region Five; members of the media; ladies and gentlemen. I’m very happy to be here and to re-engage with Mr. Imran Saccoor and his team. I believe they were one of the first Chambers of Commerce to visit me in 2015. I’m very happy …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: It is always good to be in Leguan and particularly back in this school hall as Mr. Amjad Shaw reminded you. I was here a couple of years ago; it is good to be back. So thank you very much for your warm welcome from the stelling and all of the students …
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