Georgetown, Guyana – (December 14, 2016) President David Granger, today, called for the cordial relations between Guyana and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to be significantly enhanced, particularly in the area of climate change, as the country’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr. Mohammad Ziauddin presented his Letters of Credence at State House. During brief remarks, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 13, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, joined students and teachers of the President’s College to spread Christmas cheer at the school’s Annual Senior Citizens Christmas party, hosted at the Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD) campus. Students, teachers and the group of 50 senior citizens, who hailed from surrounding …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 13, 2016) His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, MSS, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana said that Guyana deeply mourns the passing of the late educator, author and diplomat, Mr. Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (E.R. Braithwaite), CCH, who passed away on Monday, December 12, 2016 at a hospital in Maryland, United States …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 13, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, held a simple graduation ceremony to mark the successful conclusion of a one month Instruction on Table Management and Menu Planning course for the staff at State House. The course, which was a collaborative effort between the Office of the First Lady and …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 10, 2016) President David Granger’s toy distribution exercise, today, continued at Caria Caria Village, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three), where close to 100 children were feted. He was accompanied by Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton and Minister within the Ministry of Public …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 11, 2016) President David Granger, today, called on members of the Guyanese diaspora to return and invest in villages across the country of their birth, as he praised the overseas-based Wilson family for their $130M investment in a gas station and plaza in Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara. Speaking …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 11, 2016) Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, today, said that children are at the heart of the Government’s development programme and it is putting measures in place to ensure that they have access to a good education so that they can become productive adults. The Minister was at the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 11, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, urged the 59 graduates of the most recent Youth Leadership Training Programme to become advocates in the development of Guyana’s ‘green’ agenda and to be innovators and to take up positions of leadership in their communities in order to help mould the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 10, 2016) His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, MSS, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana extends condolences to the family and friends of the late Conservationist and giant river otter expert, Diane McTurk. Ms. McTurk, who was a pioneer for ‘green’ development and eco-tourism, converted her family’s former working cattle ranch …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 10, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this evening, attended the closing of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV), hosted by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Guyana, at its office in Sendall Place, Georgetown. The closing ceremony was timed to coincide with International Human Rights …
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