2017 – Page 10 – Office of the President

Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the opening of the 71st Sitting of the 11th Parliament 2017.11.02

Posted: November 03, 2017
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The common goodIt is my honour, in the exercise of my privilege enshrined in the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at Article 67 (1), to address you today as I have done before, at every new session of the National Assembly. The Constitution states: The President may, at any time, attend and address …

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Get tested early for a fighting chance against cancer – First Lady says as GTT hands over $4.7M to the GCF to wrap up PINKtober

Posted: November 02, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 1, 2017) As the Guyana Cancer Foundation (GCF) and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT) close the curtains on the month-long PINKtober activities aimed at raising funds to support the fight against cancer, First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger reiterated the importance of early detection in the fight against the …

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First Lady encourages Harmony Secondary students to keep on learning

Posted: November 02, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 1, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, last evening, encouraged the students of the Harmony Secondary School in Wismar, Linden, Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten) to persevere through challenges, focus on learning and take bold risks as they plan for their futures. Delivering the feature address at the school’s eighth Graduation and …

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First Lady and Linden Mayor discuss potential areas of collaboration

Posted: November 01, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 1, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this morning, met with Mayor of Linden, Mr. Carwyn Holland to discuss potential areas of collaboration. The meeting, which was held at the Office of the First Lady at State House, focused mainly on improving youth literacy. Mayor Holland, who was accompanied his wife, …

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Minister Harmon calls for ‘green’ people centred approach to wildlife management -as public consultations begin

Posted: November 01, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (November 1, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, called on the Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission to adopt a ‘green’, people centred approach to the formulation of regulations for the hunting, trapping, protection, conservation, management and sustainable use of wildlife. Speaking at the opening of public consultations for the development …

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Remarks by His Excellency, Brigadier David Granger, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, at the official ceremony declaring Lethem a town, held at Lethem, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo October 21, 2017

Posted: November 01, 2017
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President David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. I’m hurrying because I know you all are hot and hungry and I don’t want you to feel that the next two hours will not be passing in the ‘twinkling of an eye’ so you wouldn’t even realise two hours have passed by the time I finished …

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Remarks by His Excellency, Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the Opening of the Lethem Regional Agriculture Commercial Exhibition (RACE) held at Lethem, South Rupununi October 20, 2017

Posted: November 01, 2017
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President David Granger: This is the longest day in Lethem and it is good that it should be so because we are opening the door to a new economic future for this great region. Ministers of the Government; Ambassador of Guyana to the Federative Republic of Brazil, George Talbot; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Chairman …

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Minister Harmon calls on EPA for more focus on technical expertise, environmental management

Posted: October 31, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 31, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, who holds responsibility for the Department of Environment (DOE) under whose purview the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) falls, yesterday, called on the agency to place greater focus on concrete research to guide environmental management in new and developing sectors such as oil and …

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Public access to historical records now more accessible -as National Archives continues digitisation process

Posted: October 31, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 30, 2017) Historical records are being made more accessible to students and members of the public as the process of digitisation of valuable primary source documents continues. Archivist at the National Archives of Guyana, Department of Culture, Ministry of Social Cohesion, Ms. Nadia Gamel-Carter, today, provided this update at the opening …

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Linden senior citizens feted at State House -as curtains come down on Month of the Elderly observances

Posted: October 31, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 30, 2017) As Month of the Elderly comes to an end, First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, teamed up with Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Ms. Valerie Patterson-Yearwood to host a special luncheon for senior citizens from Upper Demerara-Berbice Region (Region Ten) at State House. For …

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