Georgetown, Guyana – (February 7, 2018) The Ministry of Social Cohesion with the responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, today, received a $2.8 Million cheque from Republic Bank to support the 2018 Pan-O-Rama Steel Pan Competitions, a premier scheduled activity on the Mashramani calendar of events for quite a number of years. The handing over …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister and First Vice President, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo; Vice President, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan; Honourable Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr. Basil Williams; Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Jordan; Honourable Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon; Chief of Staff; Heads of Services; Officers of the Guyana Defence Force; invitees; members of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, Brian, for your hard work in putting this engagement together and thank you all for coming and accepting the invitation. I would like to thank the dancers; I wish I was twenty-three instead of seventy-three, you know, I could have been there, it really opens your appetite. Mr. Brian Smith, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana-(January 5, 2018) The Office of the First Lady, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, today, opened the first of a three phase workshop for 35 participants from the Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) and its Georgetown District, Women Across Differences (WAD), St John’s Bosco Orphanage and Office of the First Lady at …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 3, 2018) Twelve teachers from Bartica, along with four community stakeholders, today, underwent a one-day training workshop in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Robotics, aimed at equipping them with technological skills, which can assist in providing modern solutions to the challenges of transitioning Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) to the first …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 2, 2018) Residents of the Rupununi Region will now enjoy improved access to justice with the opening of the Rupununi Magisterial District Court Office and Courts at Annai, Aishalton and Karasabai. Speaking at the opening ceremony, where Resident Magistrate, Mr. Allan Wilson will preside, President David Granger emphasised the importance of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (February 1, 2018) Minister of Social Cohesion with the responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton, today, said that he is confident that Guyana can become a more peaceful and loving country if citizens demonstrated the same respect that they have for religion to other aspects of their lives. The …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 31, 2018) President David Granger, today, said that the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Lindo Creek massacre, which claimed the lives of eight miners in 2008, will lead to the unravelling of the criminal network and exposure of operatives, who were responsible for the reign of terror, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 31, 2018) Guyana and Cuba are well-placed to further strengthen economic cooperation. The signing of an agreement for the export of Guyana’s rice to Cuba and the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba has …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 30, 2018) The Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has welcomed the decision of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Antonio Gutteres to refer the controversy arising out of the claim by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Guyana’s territory, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). …
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