Year: <span>2017</span>
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First Lady receives personal care hampers for WAD

  • Posted: April 21, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 20, 2017) Ms. Carol Felix-Bathersfield and Ms. Melanie Bryan-Bathersfield, this afternoon, presented 14 personal care hampers to First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger for the teenage mothers attached to the Women Across Differences (WAD) organisation. The presentation was made in the Office of the First Lady at State House. The women, who …

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Perry Centre officials call on President

  • Posted: April 19, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 19, 2017) President David Granger, was today, paid a courtesy call by officials from the William J. Perry Centre for Hemispheric Studies, a United States (US) Department of Defence institution. The delegation included the Centre’s Director, Mr. Mark Wilkins, Coordinator, Major General (ret), Richard Goetze, the Centre’s Regional Officer, Colonel Claudia …

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Framework document for Green State Development Strategy finalised

  • Posted: April 19, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 19, 2017) The framework document for Guyana’s development along a ‘green’ pathway has been finalised. The document, which is titled ‘Framework of the Guyana Green State Development Strategy and Financing Mechanisms’ is intended to provide guidance on the prioritised areas to be developed in the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS). It …

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First Lady participates in distributing hampers to over 800 children

  • Posted: April 18, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 18, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, joined the Battersfield family of Buxton to distribute over 800 toiletry hampers to children from six schools in and near the community, at the Arundel Congregational Church. The family, which is well-known in Buxton, said that they invited the First Lady to participate …

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First Lady joins WAD for Easter Hat Show and Brunch

  • Posted: April 18, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 17, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, joined with Ms. Clonel Samuels-Boston, Coordinator of Women Across Differences (WAD) for a fundraising Easter Hat Show and Brunch, held in the garden of the Critchlow Labour College, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. The First Lady serves as patron of WAD, a non-governmental organisation that …

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Governments plugs $1M into Rupununi Rodeo -Minister Harmon assures Rupununi residents of continued support

  • Posted: April 16, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 16, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Mr. Sydney Allicock, yesterday, handed over $1M to the Rupununi Rodeo Committee as Minister Harmon pledged the Government’s support towards the development of the Rupununi Rodeo and its facilities. The Minister, who was at …

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