Month: <span>March 2018</span>

Former Presidents Arthur Chung and Cheddi Jagan to be honoured

  • Posted: March 23, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 23, 2018) The Government of Guyana will announce shortly, national symbols to celebrate the life and work of former Presidents of Guyana, H.E. Raymond Arthur Chung, OE and H.E. Dr. Cheddi Jagan, OE, within the context of set criteria for honouring eminent Guyanese. This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the …

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Conservation International’s President calls on Guyanese Head of State

  • Posted: March 23, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 22, 2018) President David Granger expressed Guyana’s appreciation for the continuous support of Conservation International (CI) over the past 25 years and more particularly, for the important role the international organisation is playing in the promotion of the country’s ‘green’ development agenda. He expressed these sentiments to the President of Conservation …

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St. Ignatius Secondary receives fire safety equipment donation -through UNESCO, CDC partnership

  • Posted: March 23, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 22, 2018) As the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to intensify its efforts to build capacity in community disaster risk management and preparedness, the Commission through a partnership with the United Nations’ Education Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), today, handed over more than 30 pieces of fire safety equipment as well …

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Office of Climate Change rolls out 2018 school outreach programme -51 schools across Guyana to benefit

  • Posted: March 22, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 22, 2018) A climate change education and sensitisation campaign aimed at raising awareness about the phenomena and what it means for Guyana was today launched at the St. Ambrose Primary School. The 2018 outreach programme, which targets the students of 51 primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in 11 districts countrywide, is …

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Office of Climate Change facilitates engagement with green Bartica stakeholders

  • Posted: March 22, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 21, 2018) The Office of Climate Change (OCC), this afternoon, hosted a meeting with representatives from the United Nations Environment (UNE), the Ministry of Communities, and other key stakeholders to ensure that there is synergy in their collaboration on the project to transition Bartica into a model ‘green’ town. The meeting …

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Message by His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the observance of International Day of Forests

  • Posted: March 22, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 21, 2018) Today Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Day of Forests. This global celebration provides a platform to raise awareness on the importance of all types of woodlands and trees and celebrate the ways in which they sustain and protect us. Guyana embraces this year’s theme …

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Preservation of peace and patrimony is foundation for sustainable tourism -President Granger at OAS sponsored Tourism Congress

  • Posted: March 21, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (March 21, 2018) President David Granger, this morning, said that the protection and preservation of the zone of peace and natural patrimony is the foundation on which sustainable tourism initiatives will grow and thrive in this hemisphere even as he called for the marketing of the Americas as a ‘zone of peace’. …

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Transcript of the address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the XXIV Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Tourism March 21, 2018

  • Posted: March 21, 2018
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Re-discovering the new world of the Americas President David Granger: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is honoured and happy to host this Congress of Ministers of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism. We welcome you to the ‘green’ state and I invite you today to celebrate Wednesday, 21st March as the International Day of Forest, …

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