Georgetown, Guyana – (September 30, 2017) Minister of Social Cohesion, with responsibility of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton, today, with the help of Toshao of Orealla and Siparuta, Mr. David Henry turned the sod at the site earmarked for Orealla’s first radio station. Minister Norton, who visited the East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) communities …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 30, 2017) The youth of Orealla and Siparuta, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) dazzled Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. George Norton with their cultural performances, which were held as part of their annual Heritage Day celebrations. The Minister travelled to the far-flung Indigenous communities on …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana (September 29, 2017) Two graduates from First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger’s 20th Self-Reliance and Success in Business workshop, today, announced plans to establish a library to benefit residents of Timehri North, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The women numbered among the 37 graduates from the five-day workshop, which was held in the auditorium of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 28, 2017) The Ministry of Social Cohesion in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), today, hosted the National ‘Skip to my Lou’ (Jump Rope) Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown. The competition, which was officially launched on September 22, is in keeping with the theme for Education Month …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 27, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, said that the Government of Guyana is fully committed to upholding all tenets of the Rio Conventions and will continue to play its role in the fight against climate change and global warming, which are wreaking havoc on all countries around the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana (September 27, 2017) Director of the Department of Environment (DoE), Ministry of the Presidency, Ms. Ndibi Schwiers, today, said that the National Training Workshop in the Utility and Application of the Caribbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG) Tools and Portal and other Supporting Systems for Decision Making is particularly important because it made available …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 27, 2017) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) today, received over GY$16M worth of much needed relief supplies from the members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), which will be shipped to the hurricane-ravaged islands including Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica. This is in addition to the US$100,000, which has been donated …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (September 27, 2017) His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, MSS, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is deeply saddened to learn of the death of six year-old, Glenshaun Skeete, who died under tragic circumstances, today. Glenshaun, who was a student of the St. Paul’s Primary School located at Plaisance on the East …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo; Honourable Dawn Hastings-Williams, Minister of Public Affairs; Ministers of the Government; Members of the National Assembly; His Excellency, Ivan Roberto Sierra-Medel, Ambassador of Mexico to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Mrs. Sierra-Medel; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Members of the Mexican Community; Distinguished Guests; Members …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo; Honourable Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry; Ministers of the Government; Members of the National Assembly; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Directors; Principals; Heads; Teachers; Students; Members of the Media. Today we celebrate another National Education Day. When I was here last year, I said the …
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