Day: <span>June 21, 2017</span>
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CI fully supports Government’s ‘green state’ agenda

  • Posted: June 21, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 21, 2017) President David Granger, today, received a courtesy call from Executive Vice-Chair of Conservation International (CI), Dr. Russell Mittermeier, who expressed his full support for Guyana’s ‘green’ state agenda. Dr. Mittermeier was accompanied to State House by Executive Director of CI-Guyana, Dr. David Singh, Programme Director of the Andes Amazon …

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Guyana to strengthen bilateral ties with Vietnam, Mauritius -as President accredits new diplomatic representatives

  • Posted: June 21, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 21, 2017) President David Granger, today, accredited His Excellency Do Ba Khoa as the new Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Guyana and His Excellency Sooroojdev Phokeer as the new High Commissioner of the Republic of Mauritius to Guyana. The former is resident in Brasilia with the latter resident …

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$13M disbursed to bolster science and technology delivery in schools

  • Posted: June 21, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 21, 2017) The Government of Guyana, in a tangible demonstration of its commitment to strengthen STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education delivery, today presented $1M cheques to 13 secondary schools under the National Endowment for Science and Technology (NEST) programme. The schools are: Queen’s College, Bishops High School, St. Roses …

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First female Chairperson of Public Utilities Commission sworn in

  • Posted: June 21, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (June 21, 2017) President David Granger, today, administered the oath of office to Attorney-at-Law, Ms. Dela Attakuma Britton as Guyana’s first female Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The swearing-in ceremony, which accorded with Chapter 25:01 of the Constitution of Guyana, was held at State House in the presence of Minister …

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