June 4, 2017 – Office of the President

President calls for more public-private partnerships, investments to transform local tourism sector

Posted: June 04, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 3, 2017) President David Granger said that with a strong public-private sector partnership, tourism in Guyana can be developed into a competitive world-class industry. This, he said, would require increased investment, innovation, improved infrastructure and the penetration of international markets. “Investment is needed to convert this natural wealth into a world-class …

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Guyana is on the brink of self-sufficiency but much more needs to be done -President Granger

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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 3, 2017) President David Granger said that in a world where one in every nine persons does not have enough to eat and where approximately 795,000,000 people are starving, it is his Government’s mission to ensure that no Guyanese citizen is left hungry. He added that while Guyana is on the …

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Sustainable Development Goals Laboratory Workshop concludes -aimed at identifying solutions to critical issues

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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 3, 2017) A Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Laboratory Workshop, which was hosted by the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Biomimicry Roraima and the University of Massachusetts, Boston in collaboration with the Department of Environment, concluded on Thursday at the Cara Lodge. The workshop, which brought together three clusters …

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US$650,000 Grant for Bartica ‘Green’ Town project

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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 3, 2017) The Government of Guyana has received a US$650,000 grant from the Government of Italy in support of its Model ‘Green’ Town, Bartica Project. The primary objective of the grant is to establish a reliable point of reference for the existing state of energy use in Bartica. The data generated …

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