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Four Guyanese participating in Youth Climate Change Conference 2017 -through UNDP, OCC partnership

Posted: October 11, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 10, 2017) Four Guyanese students, drawn from Queen’s College, St. Rose’s High, St. Stanislaus College and the New Amsterdam Multilateral School, are currently in Jamaica, participating in the Youth Climate Conference 2017, with support through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Office of Climate Change. The Conference, …

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‘We hold gender rights as being one of the key in our pursuit of social cohesion and equality’ -President Granger

Posted: October 11, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 10, 2017) Even as Guyana joins the world to celebrate International Day of the Girl Child tomorrow, President David Granger has reiterated that Government gender rights are central to social cohesion and equality. The President made these comments during a visit to Cabinet by Ms. Martina Nedd, a student of the …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the People’s National Congress Tree Planting Exercise held at Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden October 1, 2017

Posted: October 11, 2017
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President David Granger: Thank you, Chairperson, for your brief introduction. It’s a sea of green; you all look so beautiful today. Chairman of the People’s National Congress, Mr. Basil Williams; General Secretary of the People’s National Congress, Ms. Amna Ally; Minister in the Ministry of Communities, Ms. Valerie Patterson; MP Jermaine Figueira; Chairman of the …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the Commissioning Ceremony of the David ‘G’ school buses in the Barima-Waini Region held a

Posted: October 11, 2017
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President David Granger: Thank you for that spectacular and rousing welcome as I came through the gate. Vice President Sydney Allicock; Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder, Minister of Communities; Regional Chairman; Mayor of Mabaruma, Members of the Regional Democratic Council, teachers, students. I’m very happy to be here once again. I launched a bus here, …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the National Investiture Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre on October 6, 2017

Posted: October 11, 2017
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President David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo; Honourable Yonette Cummings-Edwards, Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Orders of Guyana; Honourable Dr. Barton Scotland, Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Vice Presidents; Honourable Ministers of Government; Honourable Justice Allison Roxane George, Chief Justice; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the commemorative ceremony to mark the 41st Anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster, held at the University of Guyana October 6, 2017

Posted: October 11, 2017
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President David Granger: Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan; Ministers of the Government; Members of the National Assembly; His Excellency Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Guyana; other Members of the Diplomatic Corp; distinguished guests; members of the media; ladies and gentlemen. The Cooperative Republic of …

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Remarks by His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, on the occasion of the 175th Anniversary of the St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church October 1, 2017

Posted: October 11, 2017
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President David Granger: I must apologise for the disruption in the programme, but I have been, as you know, out of the country for about two weeks and I have got some assignments and engagements to fulfil. I was in Linden, this morning, planting a coconut tree on the West Bank of the Demerara River …

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First set of evacuees from hurricane-stricken islands arrive in Guyana

Posted: October 10, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 11, 2017) Ten Guyanese, including several young children, returned to Guyana last evening from Tortola as the Government of Guyana commences the process of evacuating Guyanese from hurricane-ravaged islands. Their names are: Mr. Randy Ragnauth, Ms. Avril De Santos, Ms. Nanshalee Foxe, Ms. Brianna Foxe, Mr. Cameron Foxe, Ms. Nia Gill, …

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Mocha residents given second chance at Self-Reliance workshop

Posted: October 09, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (October 9, 2017) Thirty-four participants, this morning, began their journey toward successful business ownership with the opening of the 21st Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop, organised by First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger. The opening ceremony for the one-week workshop was held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mocha Arcadia. Delivering …

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President Granger observes Tree Day and commissions Turmeric Factory in Region One

Posted: October 09, 2017
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Hosororo, Guyana – (October 8, 2017) President David Granger, today, emphasised the importance of agriculture to the development of Barima-Waini (Region One) even as he visited Hosororo to celebrate National Tree Day and to officially commission an ambitious move towards agro-processing and value added production through the Hosororo Turmeric Factory, which is a tangible demonstration …

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