Year: <span>2017</span>

Scholarship application service to be offered online by 2018 – transparent process now being employed in award

  • Posted: April 05, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 28, 2017) Even as Government of Guyana continues to work towards an efficient and professional public service through, in part, the digitisation of public records and the increased use of Information Communication Technology (ICT), the Department of Public Service, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of the Presidency, is …

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First Lady receives donation of 1,000 pairs of shoes for students in need

  • Posted: April 04, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 4, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, expressed gratitude to the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), which presented her with a collection of 1,000 pairs of shoes in support of her programme to provide footwear for students, who are in need, particularly in the hinterland. The presentation was made …

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Chinese Army donates military equipment to Guyana Defence Force -Will enhance GDF’s infrastructural development role

  • Posted: April 04, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) mandate to support the infrastructural development of the country was boosted with a donation of equipment from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The items were officially handed over today during a brief ceremony at the Coast Guard Ship Hinds, Ruimveldt, where President David …

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Agenda of Guyana’s diplomatic envoys overseas must be guided by national interests -President Granger tells Heads of Missions

  • Posted: April 03, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) President David Granger said that a small State like Guyana, with limited resources, can ill afford the contentious and confrontational amphitheatre of international relations and, therefore, it must pursue in its national interest, the of safeguarding its territorial integrity and promotion of trade and economic development through diplomacy. He …

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First Lady opens second certified ‘Care for the Elderly’ workshop -urges young women to take advantage

  • Posted: April 03, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 3, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, opened the second certified ‘Care for the Elderly’ Workshop, which was organised by her office, at the Ministry of Social Protection’s Boardroom, with the charge to 34 participants that they take full advantage of the opportunities presented. Mrs. Granger noted that while it …

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President Granger attends Guyana Veteran’s Legion Anniversary Service

  • Posted: April 03, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2017) President David Granger, today, attended the Third Anniversary Church Service of the Guyana Veterans’ Legion (GVL) at the St. Sidwell’s Anglican Church. The service was also attended by members of the Legion as well as Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Patrick West, other senior …

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First Lady participates in Autism Awareness walk

  • Posted: April 03, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, joined the Step by Step Foundation and Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, in their annual ‘Light it up Blue’ Autism Awareness Walk. The Foundation also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education to improve access and delivery of education for children …

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Remarks by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger at the Fourth Annual State of the African Guyanese Forum held under the theme “African Guyanese Self-realisation: Challenges for the next 50 years”, organised by the Cuffy 250 Committee held at the Critch

  • Posted: April 02, 2017
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President David Granger: So we have been this way before my brothers and sisters. We have passed through the [United Nations] International Year for People of African Descent. The International Year for People of African Descent, at the dawn of that year was already dire; the situation of people of African descent was already dire.It …

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