Georgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, presented four distinguished, long-serving legal practitioners with their instruments of commission, elevating them to Senior Counsel. Mr. Kalam Azad Juman Yassin, Mr. Fitz Le Roy Peters, Mr. Andrew Mark Fitzgerald Pollard and Ms. Josephine Whitehead were officially appointed at a ceremony held in the Baridi …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, invited the State of Qatar to examine ways of investing in the development of the emergent oil and gas sector. He made these remarks when he accepted the Letters of Credence from Mr. Mohammed Ahmad Al-Hayki, accrediting him as the new Non-Resident Ambassador of the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, reaffirmed his Government’s commitment to ensuring that the judicial system remains independent as he swore in Human Rights Activist and Attorney-at-law, Dr. Christopher Arif Bulkan as the new Justice of the Court of Appeal. In his address at the ceremony, which saw attendance from a …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger, today, received Letters of Credence from Mr. Haralambos Kafkarides, accrediting him as Non-Resident High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to Guyana. The new High Commissioner will be resident in Brasilia, Brazil. President Granger said that the relationship between the two countries are founded on mutual …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 16, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, was, today, given a guided tour of the new and improved Doobay Medical Centre, located at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, which is known for its leadership in dialysis treatment. The facility is now equipped with a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 17, 2018) President David Granger said that Guyana is looking forward to sharing experiences and expertise with the Republic of Georgia as both countries move to pursue green development initiatives. The Head of State made these remarks when he accredited Mr. David Solomonia as the new Non-Resident Ambassador of the Republic …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Permanent Secretaries; Department Heads; Lecturers; but most of all the graduating class of 2017; members of the media, ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be here this morning although I regret I have not been able to spend more time with the College and with the cadets, but as has been …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Other senior government officials, members of the Presidential Commission, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, I’m very happy to follow Pan American Health/World Health Organisation Representative to Guyana Dr. William Adu-Krow because my remarks are similarly folksy, granular, down to earth and I think persons of my age will understand what …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Vice Principal, Dr Alison Thomas; Ms. Noella Joseph; Assistant Chief Education Officer – Administration, Ms. Ingrid Trotman; representatives of the Board of Governors; officials from the Ministry of Education; officials from the Cyril Potter College of Education; ladies and gentlemen; most of all, graduating students. The Cyril Potter College of Education’s annual …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (January 15, 2018) As Guyana gets ready to celebrate its 48th Republic Anniversary this year with a grand Mashramani celebration, Minister of Social Cohesion, with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. George Norton, today, announced that after a two-year hiatus, the Carib Soca Monarch competition is back on the Mashramani Calendar …
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