Says Guyana has received several international proposals for private healthcare facilities Lethem, Guyana—(October 15, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali assured residents of Lethem today that Region Nine’s healthcare and that of the entire country would continue to improve while pointing to the need for an enhanced administrative approach. The President, who recommitted to providing first-world …
Read Details–Key stakeholders engaged in the process Georgetown, Guyana – (October 13, 2021) THE Office of the President on Monday, October 11, convened a stakeholder engagement session to discuss the revision of Guyana’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, countries are required to …
Read DetailsI am pleased to extend greetings to all Guyanese, but especially to our Hindu brothers and sisters, as theycommence the celebration of Navratri – the auspicious nine-day period of fasting and worshipping of the Goddess Durga. The festival of Navratri is one of awakening and self-consciousness. It is my hope that this festival will help dispel ignorance and adversity from within our midst and instil wisdom and fortune in our lives. Navartri ignites a …
Read Details-Says One Guyana modelled after his ‘Saints family’ Georgetown, Guyana—(October 06, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali this afternoon implored new graduates of his Alma Mater—St Stanislaus College—to position themselves to be part of the solutions and to be versatile in their pursuits in life. President Ali gave a heartfelt speech to the Caribbean Secondary Education …
Read DetailsBridgetown, Barbados—(October 5, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados, engaged in bilateral discussions on October 4, 2021, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados. They were accompanied by their Ministers and Senior Government officials as well as members …
Read DetailsYour Excellencies Heads of Delegations Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I am exceedingly pleased to have been afforded the opportunity to deliver the keynote address at today’s launch of The Inaugural Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit 2021 (CATIS 2021). This platform is extremely useful for highlighting the Region’s efforts in promoting the transformation of food production and …
Read DetailsTells CWA2021 region has enough resources to feed itself Georgetown, Guyana—(October 4, 2021) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali today said that Guyana will push aggressively for the dismantling of barriers that restrict intra-regional agricultural trade in a bid for the country, and by extension, the Caribbean, to not only attain food security but to also export food. …
Read DetailsChairperson, Your Excellency Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat, Heads of Organisations, Heads of Agencies, ladies and gentlemen, especially those fo us in the audience who are farmers and stakeholders in the agriculture sector, giood morning to all of you. Permit me at the very onset to commend the Secretariat, in association with …
Read DetailsAgriculture is on a transformative trajectory The designation of October as Agriculture Month is in recognition of the importance of the sector’s contributions to the country’s economy, and its critical role in guaranteeing food security and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Agriculture has long been a mainstay of Guyana’s economy. In 2020, the value of agricultural output …
Read DetailsI welcome the White House’s Global COVID-19 Summit and support its draft targets. In response to the pandemic, Guyana designated the safety of our people as paramount even as it instituted policies to prevent the collapse of the economy. As it awaited the development of and access to a vaccine, my Government prepared a national …
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