Month: <span>July 2018</span>

“Engage us on issues of good governance” -Minister Harmon to religious leaders

  • Posted: July 22, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana — (July 22, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, called on the leaders of religious organisations across Guyana to petition the Government on issues that concern their organisations, congregations and communities. The Minister of State made this call at the 14th Anniversary Service of Prophecy One Deliverance Ministry (PODM), located on …

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President engages youth leaders on matters of national development

  • Posted: July 20, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 19, 2018) President David Granger, today, met and interacted with members of the Linden Youth Leaders (LYL) and its regional chapters, whom he urged to explore the endless opportunities that await them in the area of entrepreneurship and enterprise as he noted that everything they need to venture into manufacturing and …

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Minister Harmon meets with World Bank representatives

  • Posted: July 20, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 20, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, met with Mr. Pierre Nadji, Senior Country Officer, Guyana, Suriname and Belize, Latin America and Caribbean Region and Mr. Vickram Cuttaree, Program Leader- Sustainable Development, Caribbean Countries of the World Bank, to discuss the setup of the Department of Energy, which is …

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President calls for history, as a subject, to be given its rightful place in Guyana’s education system -at Professor Winston McGowan’s book launch

  • Posted: July 20, 2018
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President David Granger, this evening, placed on record his disappointment at the fact that history is no longer offered as a stand-alone discipline at the University of Guyana (UG). Speaking at the launch of Professor Emeritus Winston McGowan’s book entitled ‘A Survey of Guyanese History’, the Head of State said that “what use to be …

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First Lady calls for health curriculum to be implemented in schools -at World Population Day event

  • Posted: July 18, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana — (July 18, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, called for a comprehensive health curriculum to be implemented in the education system at the early childhood level. Mrs. Granger delivered this charge while addressing attendees of the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) observance of World Population Day, themed “Family planning is a …

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Statement by Minister of Citizenship in response to misinformation published in the Kaieteur News

  • Posted: July 18, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 17, 2018) I write to respond to an article in the Kaieteur News titled “Felix dodges another Parliamentary meeting to explain unaccounted Haitians, Cubans” dated Thursday, July 12, 2018. This wholly fallacious and unsubstantiated account suggests that as Minister of Citizenship, I have been attempting to avoid investigation into what appears …

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Ministry of the Presidency clarifies St. Cuthbert’s name change matter

  • Posted: July 17, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 17, 2018) The Ministry of the Presidency wishes to clarify that the Government of Guyana is not responsible for the delay in the name change that was proposed for St. Cuthbert’s Mission, but rather there appears to be some disagreement among residents of the community. At a meeting held at St. …

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NTC is not a political party; it must take the lead in driving Amerindian development -President Granger

  • Posted: July 16, 2018
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Georgetown, Guyana – (July 16, 2018) President David Granger, today, called on the National Toshaos Council (NTC) to take the lead in developing Village Improvement Plans (VIPs), which are aimed at ensuring more sustainable and secure livelihoods, boosting human wellbeing, creating increased opportunities and reducing the inequalities between the coastland and hinterland communities. “Plans for …

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