Day: <span>June 15, 2017</span>
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First Lady commends librarians on completion of Library Management Workshop

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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 15, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger said that she is confident that the librarians, who completed the Guyana Library Association’s Library Management Workshop, yesterday, are now better equipped with the technological knowledge and skills pertinent to efficiently meeting the modern information needs of clients in a digital era. The First …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger at the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Ombudsman May 17, 2017

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President David Granger: Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Minister of Public Security; Honourable Raphael Trotman, Minister of Natural Resources; Honourable Joseph Harmon, Minister of State; Justice Winston Patterson, Ombudsman of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Mr. Reginald Brotherson, Permanent Secretary, the Department of the Public Service; members of Justice Patterson’s family; members of the media; ladies and …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger at the Swearing-in Ceremony of Justices of the Court of Appeal held at State House May 17, 2017

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President David Granger: Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards; Minister of State, Honourable Joseph Harmon; Chief Justice, Roxane George; Justice of Appeal, Justice Dawn Gregory; Members of the Judiciary; distinguished guests; members of the media; ladies and gentlemen.Allow me to join in congratulating Justices Dawn Gregory and Roxane George on their elevation in the …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger, Commissioning Ceremony of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary Arch at the Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown May 13, 2017

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President David Granger: Members of the media. I’m very grateful for the sunshine – this is our monsoon season here in Guyana; the only thing that doesn’t fail is the May-June rains, so I’m very happy that we have a few hours of sunshine. Ladies and gentlemen, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana welcomes the erection …

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Former UNFPA Executive Director remembered for his Family Planning advocacy

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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 14, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, said that she was struck by former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the late Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin’s commitment to women’s rights and empowerment, his advocacy of family planning and the reduction of teenage pregnancy, cervical cancer and the elimination …

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