Georgetown, Guyana – (October 5, 2017) Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said that approximately 80 Guyanese will be flown home after the recent hurricanes, which left the Caribbean islands of Dominica, British Virgin Islands and Barbuda with catastrophic damage. The Prime Minister made this announcement today at the John Fernandes Limited (JFL) wharf when he, along …
Read DetailsIt was a great day for British Guiana when, sixty years ago on 5th October 1957, the People’s National Congress was established.It was a great day when, happily, Comrade Forbes Burnham, our founder-leader, together with Comrade Joseph Prayag Lachhmansingh, our founder-chairman and Comrade Jane Phillips-Gay our founder of the Women’s Movement, set out on a …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 4, 2017) Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton, today, welcomed the launching of the 7th Guyana Softball Cup Cricket Tournament organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association, which he says will boost sport tourism in Guyana. During his remarks at the opening …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 3, 2017) The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) firmly rejects and condemns as iniquitous and misleading, the contents of a letter written by Mr. Christopher Ram, headlined “What are the real curses” and published in the Stabroek News on Sunday, October 1, 2017. The contents of that letter were then carried …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 4, 2017) President David Granger expressed his Government’s willingness to explore deeper cooperation with its bilateral partners, particularly in the areas of e-governance, electronic services, oil and gas and renewable energy generation, agriculture, culture, education, environmental protection, forest management, information technology, investment, public health and various other fields of economic enterprise. …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 4, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, toured the Morning Glory Rice Cereal Plant, located at Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast, where he said that the business venture is one the rest of Guyana can learn from as it utilises rice, both whole and broken, to manufacture a …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 4, 2017) President David Granger has made it clear that he is committed to doing what is required of him in accordance with the Constitution of Guyana with respect to the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Speaking to members of the media at State House today, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 3, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, today, inspected six containers, valued at approximately $20 million in relief supplies, which are at the Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) wharf awaiting shipment to the islands of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, which were severely affected by …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger recently attended the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York, where he stressed, in his speech, the importance of the three P’s, people, planet and peace in keeping with the assembly’s theme this year: ‘Focusing on people: Striving for peace and a decent life for all …
Read DetailsLinden, Guyana – (October 1, 2017) President David Granger, this morning, kicked off the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s National Congress (PNC) with a tree planning exercise on Burnham Drive in Wismar, Linden in Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten). The event, which comes ahead of National Tree Day, which will be observed on …
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