Georgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) The Ministry of Social Cohesion is hosting an Inter-Village Exchange Camp for 160 young people from 23 villages in South Central Rupununi in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine), which is aimed fostering an appreciation of differences in order to build more unified communities. The participants, aged between 16 and …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) The Ministry of Social Cohesion, today, opened a Diversity Education and Inclusion Training Workshop for Councillors of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown, a group it identifies as an important partner in the process of fostering solidarity at the community level. Several of the M&CC’s municipal staff …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, encouraged the 12 contestants vying for the Ms. Renaissance 2017 crown, to teach their children how to treat others with respect in order to foster self-confidence and healthy relationships, during a courtesy call at her State House office. The First Lady commended the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) President David Granger, today, conducted a fact-finding visit to the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) located on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway to meet and interact with students and instructors with the view of ensuring that the programmes being offered by the facility are adequately tailored to the developmental needs of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, last evening said that the recent success by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana team at the 2017 First Global Challenge in Washington, D.C is a testimony of what investments, particularly by Government and the Private Sector in STEM education can yield …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2017) President David Granger, today, met with 11 year old Tyra Walks from Den Amstel Village, West Coast Demerara, who topped her school at the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination with 501 marks, securing a place at St. Rose’s High School. She was accompanied to State House by …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2017) President David Granger has called on the judiciary to continue to exemplify the standards of excellence for which local judicial officers have become respected around the world. He said that the judiciary must remain unbiased, unblemished and unbribable in keeping with Article 122A (1) of the Constitution. The Head …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2017) President David Granger remains committed to respecting and upholding the Constitution of Guyana and is firm in his belief that Article 161 (2) was written the way it was to ensure that any Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must be independent and impartial. Speaking to members of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 17, 2017) Chief Justice, Madame Roxanne George-Wiltshire, today, upheld the Government’s conviction that it is the President who must determine whether the list of nominees submitted by the Leader of the Opposition for the position of Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is acceptable. The Chief Justice also confirmed in …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 17, 2017) The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP), through the Office of Climate Change, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Thursday July 13, 2017, launched the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) in Bartica, which will see the town benefiting from the installation of a 20Kwp grid connected …
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