President David Granger: I would like to join everyone else who has spoken paying tribute to Mrs. Carmen Jarvis. Of course I didn’t go to Bishops’, except to escort friends to Bishops’ before heading back to Queen’s College. [Laughter] Certainly my own interaction with Mrs. Jarvis came in the 1990s when my military occupation was …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. Thank you for your brief introduction. Dr. Yesu Persaud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Demerara Bank; Mr. Pravinchandra Dave (climate change expert); Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Mr. Sherod Duncan, Deputy Mayor of the City of Georgetown; Director, Mr. Garfield Wiltshire; distinguished guests; members of …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister [Moses Nagamootoo], Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan; Ministers of the Government, Members of the Public Procurement Commission, ladies and gentlemen: The Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana mandates the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission. The Constitution provides as has been quoted before: “There shall be a Public Procurement …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Reverend Leroy Nicholson, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana; Justice Sandra Kurtzious, Vice President; Ms. Elocia Smith, Secretary; Deacon Shelda Emanuel; Pastor Shirley Jaundoo; Pastor Conrad Plummer and other pastors. This morning I am honoured to be here among the Lutherans celebrating the start of one year commemoration of what …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Ms. Coretta Mc Donald; Mr. Horace James of NICIL; Mr. Kenneth Joseph of NAACIE, Mr. Komal Chand, GAWU; Professor Ivelaw Griffith, Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana; Professor Harold Lutchman; Colonel Patrick West, Inspector General of the Guyana Defence Force; ladies and gentlemen: I am honoured to be here this evening …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. I am always grateful to Linden for giving me a warm welcome and the longer we stay, the warmer I think we will be. [Laughter.] Thank you, madam chairperson. His Excellency, the Ambassador [of the People’s Republic of China to Guyana] Zhang Limin; Ministers of the Government; …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Prime Minister and First Vice President, Moses Nagamootoo; Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs and Second Vice President, Mr. Carl Greenidge; His Excellency, Mr. Zhang Limin, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Guyana and Madame Liu Yiu; Ministers of the Government; Members of the National Assembly; Chairman of the Guyana …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, please be seated. Thank you Madam Chairperson, herself a Former Mayor; Honourable Keith Scott, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection; Mr. Hamilton Greene, Former Mayor; Mr. Sherod Duncan, Deputy Mayor of the City of Georgetown; Justice Oslyn Small; Justice Courtney Abel and of course Reverend Noel Holder of the …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Soldiers of the Guyana Defence Force, good morning. Look at that beautiful national flag, and it’s a great day. Honourable Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo; Honourable Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan; Members of the Defence Board; Chief of Staff; Commanders of the Guyana Defence Force; soldiers: Today the Defence …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 9, 2016) President David Granger, earlier today, told the ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) at Base Everard, Mabaruma, that while their primary role is defence of the country’s territorial integrity, they must also play a role in the country’s development, through cooperation with local residents in the areas in …
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