Georgetown, Guyana (October 26, 2018) President David Granger, yesterday afternoon, urged recipients of the seventh annual Burnham Education Scholarship Trust (BEST) awards to make good use of the educational opportunities available to them, particularly now as funding is available to support to the tertiary education level. Speaking to the recipients at the award ceremony, which …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana (October 26, 2018) President David Granger, yesterday, in his address declaring Mahdia Guyana’s newest ‘capital’ town charged the residents to vary their economy by pursuing agricultural production and manufacturing among other sectors, in order to diversify their economy. The President said that his vision for Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight) now that it is …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 25, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, received a courtesy call from the Deputy Chair of the Department of Development and Special Studies of the Medgar Evers College, Mr. Ivor Baker. The institution is a senior college of the City University of New York. During the meeting, which was held …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (October 25, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, last evening, reiterated Guyana’s commitment to ‘green’ governing and development in his feature address at the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management’s (CAPAM) Banquet and International Innovations Awards (IIA) Ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Marriott Hotel, Kingston. “Guyana is totally …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 25, 2018) Minister of Public Affairs, Mrs. Dawn Hastings-Williams, yesterday, encouraged 148 Bartica youth who successfully completed the Board of Industrial Training’s (B.I.T) Sixth National Training Project for Youth Empowerment, to continue to invest in their futures and pursue higher education. The programme was hosted in collaboration with the Hope Foundation. …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 23, 2018) Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Amna Ally, this morning, presented a quantity of relief items to five families, who suffered losses after their Section ‘B’, Sophia apartment was destroyed by fire on Sunday. The presentation was done at the Minister’s Lamaha Street office. Minister Ally expressed her heartfelt regret …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 22, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, received the first Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) to be presented in the South American Region from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The report which was presented by UNICEF’s Representative to Guyana, Ms. Sylvie Fouet, is an assessment of the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 22, 2018) Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Amna Ally, on Sunday, delivered on government’s promise to provide much-needed farming equipment to farmers of Hamlet Chance Village, West Coast Berbice and Crabwood Creek, East Berbice- Corentyne. The farmers had made a request to the Ministry of Social Protection for farming equipment and …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (October 22, 2018) Vice President and Prime Minister, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo, who was performing the functions of President, yesterday morning, said the public sector must be prepared to grapple with environmental and climate governance challenges. “We ourselves are engaged in reorienting and repositioning our public sector to embark on the path of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (October 21, 2018) Minister of Public Service Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, this morning, said Guyana is primed and focused on building a roadmap to good governance. The Minister was at the time addressing government ministers from across the Commonwealth who gathered at the Marriott Hotel for a Ministers’ Forum prior to the opening …
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