Georgetown, Guyana – (September 21, 2017) President David Granger today, met with the Chairman of the Council of Delegates of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), Brigadier-General Luis Rodríguez Bucio in Washington, D.C. The IADB, which is considered the oldest organisation dealing with military and defence matters in the world, recently, celebrated its 75th anniversary. President …
Read DetailsHuman safety and environmental security in the Caribbean BasinA motley crew of eighty-eight undocumented and unwelcome European immigrants landed on an island in the Bahamas here in the Caribbean 525 years ago on 12th October 1492. The trickle of interlopers turned into a torrent. The Caribbean, in succeeding years, witnessed the establishment British, Danish, Dutch, …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Vice President Carl Greenidge, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Dr. Barton Scotland; His Excellency, Ambassador, Mr. Lineu Pupo de Paula, Ambassador – the Federative Republic of Brazil to Guyana; Ministers of the Government; Members of the National Assembly; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; military attachés of Brazil …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you brother Clement Duncan, a stalwart and veteran of the Pan African Movement Guyana branch; Brother Deon Abrams, another warrior in the field of civil and human rights; Dr. Joycelynne Loncke, Secretary of the Pan African Movement, Guyana branch; other members of the Pan African Movement Council Secretariat, would have taken …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you very much for your introduction, Chairman of the Queen’s College (QC) Board of Governors; Principal of Queen’s College, Ms. Jackie Benn; Deputy Principal, Ms. Lenise Parker; other members of the Queen’s College Board; members of staff; parents and guardians; students; members of the media. As Mr. Alfred Granger said, I …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you Bishop Charles for inviting me to deliver a message on behalf of the State. Honourable Vice President, Carl Greenidge; Canons; Priests; Deacons and other members of the Clergy of the Anglican Diocese; members of the laity; brothers and sisters; congregation. On behalf of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana I am …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Carl Greenidge, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Honourable Joseph Harmon, Minister of State; Honourable Dawn Hastings-Williams, Minister of Public Affairs; Chief of Staff, Brigadier Patrick West; Colonel Nazrul Hussain, Inspector General; Colonel Gary Beaton, Commandant, Guyana’s People’s Militia; senior officers, officers; Non-commissioned Officers (NCOs); members of the militia and …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Madam Chairperson, thank you for your introduction. Honourable Moses Nagamootoo, First Vice President and Prime Minister; Vice Presidents Khemraj Ramjattan and Sydney Allicock; Ministers of the Government; members of the National Assembly (on both sides); executives of the National Toshaos Conference Council; citizens of Georgetown; distinguished guests; special invitees; members of the …
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