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Youth development programmes aimed at improving employment opportunities -President tells KKTC students during fact-finding visit

Posted: July 20, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) President David Granger, today, conducted a fact-finding visit to the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) located on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway to meet and interact with students and instructors with the view of ensuring that the programmes being offered by the facility are adequately tailored to the developmental needs of …

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STEM Guyana’s success is a testimony of investment in STEM Education -Mrs. Granger says Guyana is proud

Posted: July 20, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, last evening said that the recent success by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana team at the 2017 First Global Challenge in Washington, D.C is a testimony of what investments, particularly by Government and the Private Sector in STEM education can yield …

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Top NGSA student from Den Amstel was inspired by President

Posted: July 19, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2017) President David Granger, today, met with 11 year old Tyra Walks from Den Amstel Village, West Coast Demerara, who topped her school at the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination with 501 marks, securing a place at St. Rose’s High School. She was accompanied to State House by …

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President appoints Justice of Appeal, Puisne Judges

Posted: July 19, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2017) President David Granger has called on the judiciary to continue to exemplify the standards of excellence for which local judicial officers have become respected around the world. He said that the judiciary must remain unbiased, unblemished and unbribable in keeping with Article 122A (1) of the Constitution. The Head …

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President Granger remains committed to upholding Constitution -says GECOM’s Chairman must be independent and impartial

Posted: July 19, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2017) President David Granger remains committed to respecting and upholding the Constitution of Guyana and is firm in his belief that Article 161 (2) was written the way it was to ensure that any Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must be independent and impartial. Speaking to members of …

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Chief Justice confirms President must determine list is acceptable, ‘fit and proper’ criteria -AG on GECOM Chairmanship ruling

Posted: July 18, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 17, 2017) Chief Justice, Madame Roxanne George-Wiltshire, today, upheld the Government’s conviction that it is the President who must determine whether the list of nominees submitted by the Leader of the Opposition for the position of Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is acceptable. The Chief Justice also confirmed in …

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Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership launched -Bartica to benefit from installation of Solar Photovoltaic system

Posted: July 17, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 17, 2017) The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP), through the Office of Climate Change, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Thursday July 13, 2017, launched the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) in Bartica, which will see the town benefiting from the installation of a 20Kwp grid connected …

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Minister Ally pledges to support 43 graduates of Buxton Self Reliance workshop

Posted: July 14, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 14, 2017) Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Amna Ally, today, pledged to provide support to the 43 graduates of First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger’s 17th Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop for stakeholders from Buxton and its environs. The ceremony was held in the Tipperary Hall, Buxton, Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four). …

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Guyana and Spain to foster closer ties in trade and investment -Spanish Secretary of State calls on Minister Harmon

Posted: July 14, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 14, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, earlier today, received a courtesy call by Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Latin America, His Excellency Fernando Garcia-Casas, Ambassador of Spain to Guyana, His Excellency Javier Maria Carbajosa Sanchez along with the rest of their delegation. Spain’s role in holding …

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President to celebrate quiet, reflective birthday

Posted: July 14, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 14, 2017) Even as President David Granger prepares to celebrate a quiet and reflective 72nd birthday, at a difficult time in the country’s history, the Head of State attended a luncheon at State House with his Cabinet colleagues, whom he referred to as his “second family”. The President, whose birth anniversary …

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