Georgetown, Guyana (April 24, 2020): President David Granger, this morning, convened a meeting of the National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) and has directed that Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), Mr.Joseph Harmon should carry out the functions of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NCTF. The President said the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana (April 17, 2020): The Ministry of the Presidency notes with much concern several erroneous statements published in the media which suggest that the Government of Guyana and by extension President David Granger has hired United States lobby firm, JJ&B, LLC. The Government of Guyana has not hired JJ&B, LLC and has no contractual arrangement …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 16, 2020) Director General, Ministry of the Presidency, Mr. Joseph Harmon has announced that the Government, through the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will put new measures in place to strengthen its social relief response to the coronavirus COVID-19 disease, to ensure that every vulnerable person is assisted. Mr. Harmon also said …
Read DetailsToday, 11th April, marks one month since COVID-19 claimed the life of the first Guyanese on local soil. Six Guyanese have now died, forty-five have been confirmed as having been infected, thirty-one are in isolation, thirteen are in quarantine and eight persons have since recovered. I was happy to learn of the recovery of the …
Read DetailsEaster is the most sacred Christian festival. It celebrates Jesus’s resurrection – the most important event in Christianity – which is the core of Jesus’s message, ministry and mission on earth. The Holy Gospel recounts Jesus’s betrayal, arrest, trial, suffering, crucifixion, burial and glorious resurrection. It commemorates, also, the promise of the redemption of mankind …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 11, 2020) As the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) continues to work to bring relief to citizens during this month-long emergency curfew instituted by the Ministry of Public Health in response to the COVID – 19 pandemic , 1759 households in 25 communities from across five regions have already benefited. Since the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana (April 8, 2020): His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is saddened at the death of Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis. John Percy Leon Lewis was born on February 13th 1943; he died on April 7th 2020. He attended Saint Stanislaus College and later earned a Bachelor of Science …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 4, 2020) In light of the month-long emergency measures instituted by the Ministry of Public Health in the fight against COVID-19, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) through the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has embarked on a national mobilisation of resources aimed at supporting vulnerable persons and communities during this period. …
Read DetailsThese emergency measures are made pursuant to the paragraphs (1) and (2)(b) of the Direction by the President, given under the Public Health Ordinance, Cap. 145, and published in the Gazette, Legal Supplement B, 16th March 2020. The measures shall take effect from the 3rd April, 2020 and last for one month unless earlier terminated, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (April 02, 2020) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), today, met with members of the Private Sector to streamline collaboration to aid Guyana’s fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). At today’s second virtual focused meeting, representatives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association …
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