St John is the patron saint of the St. John Association – the international organisation known for its charitable, humanitarian and civic work. I am happy, as Patron, to extend greetings to all Guyanese on the occasion of the observance of St. John’s Day – the Christian celebration of the nativity of St. John the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana-(22 June 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, attended the closing ceremony of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Training programme in Linden, Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten), which saw 37 youths receiving certificates accredited by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). In brief remarks, the First Lady said that the programme is aimed at …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (22 June, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, attended the closing ceremony of the fifth Self-Reliance in Business Workshop for 2018, where 32 persons successfully completed the one-week programme, which was held at the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region (Region Three) Regional Democratic Council (RDC) boardroom. The First Lady, in her brief …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (June 20, 2018) Head of the Office of Climate Change (OCC), Ms. Janelle Christian, today, charged the residents of Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) to take ownership for the Transitioning to National Energy Security (TNES): Bartica as a model ‘Green’ Town Project and the ‘greening’ of their town as she noted that while …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (June 19, 2018) The Office of Climate Change (OCC), today, hosted the first session of a two-part National Stakeholder Forum for the Transitioning to National Energy Security (TNES): Bartica as a model Green Town Project. The Stakeholder Meeting was held in the Ogle Room of the Herdmanston Lodge in Queenstown. The TNES …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (June 18 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, encouraged policy-makers and educators to uphold and protect the rights of children, especially adolescent mothers who have suffered sexual abuse. The First Lady made these statements at over the handing over of the National Policy for the Reintegration of Adolescent Mothers in the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana -(June 18, 2018) First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger, this morning, opened the second Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop for residents of the Essequibo Islands- West Demerara Region (Region Three), where she informed that there will be national dialogue centred on Domestic Violence in Guyana. This event which is slated for August 3, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (June 17, 2018) The island of Wakenaam, Essequibo Islands- West Demerara (Region Three) is returning to normalcy after experiencing flooding early this morning due to high tides and a breach in the sea defence at Melville and Sans Souci. Already, the water has receded from the land and remedial works have commenced …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (June 16, 2018) The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) has commenced the clean-up exercise at the residence at Fifth and Sixth Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, where a resident of the community had dug a well, resulting in an eruption of mud, water, methane gas and damage to several homes in the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (June 15, 2018) The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) in collaboration with the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) are expected to undertake works in the coming days to recap the well, which was dug at Fifth and Sixth Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, by a …
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