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Minister Felix urges General Register Office clerks to focus on accuracy, speed -as GRO starts digitising records

  • Posted: February 16, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 15, 2017) Minister of Citizenship, Mr. Winston Felix, today, charged the 62 data entry clerks at the General Register Office(GRO) in Guyana Post Office Corporation building, to make accuracy and speed their watchwords as plans move apace to digitise the agency’s records and create a national database. At the meeting, the …

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New group looking to target Non-Communicable Diseases through religious organisations -Minister Harmon pledges Government’s support

  • Posted: February 16, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 15, 2017) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, met with Professor of Social Epidemiology and Nutrition at the King’s College in London, Dr. Seromanie Harding, who is working in collaboration with the University of Guyana (UG) and other health practitioners here in Guyana, to build capacity for the reduction of …

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First Lady calls for increased sexual reproductive health education

  • Posted: February 16, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 15, 2017) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this morning, attended the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Coalition on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CCSRHR), Advocacy Workshop at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Conference Room in Georgetown. The launch of this initiative is being coordinated by the CCSRHR with support given by …

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President meets with Trinidadian counterpart ahead of CARICOM meeting

  • Posted: February 16, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 15, 2017) The Governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago will be re-establishing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which laid the framework for cooperation in the energy sector. This MoU was initiated between the two countries in 2013 but its life has since come to an end. Additionally, the two Governments …

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Statement by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) in response to the Private Sector Commission’s comments on the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Bill

  • Posted: February 16, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 15, 2017) In accordance with Article 54 (1) (c) of the United Nations’ Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), each State Party must “consider taking such measures as may be necessary to allow confiscation of property without criminal conviction”. In this context, the SARA Bill is designed to facilitate the recovery of illicitly …

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His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Commissioning of the Argyle International Airport St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2017.02.14

  • Posted: February 15, 2017
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I am happy to participate in this Opening Ceremony of the Argyle International Airport. I thank Dr. the Honourable Ralph Everard Gonsalves for his kind invitation to me to attend this event. I express my appreciation to the government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the warm welcome and the excellent arrangements …

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President to attend opening of new airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Posted: February 14, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 14, 2017) President David Granger, in his capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will today join with Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to declare open, the Argyle International Airport. The new airport will offer nonstop jet service from North America, Central and South …

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President to re-establish Guyana Youth Corps to advance youth empowerment

  • Posted: February 12, 2017
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Georgetown, Guyana – (February 12, 2017) President David Granger, today, announced that he will re-establish the Guyana Youth Corps on January 1, 2018, to empower the nation’s youth and provide them with the skills needed to prepare them for the work force and equip them to aid in the development of Guyana. The Head of …

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