Georgetown, Guyana – (December 10, 2016) President David Granger said that children and their well-being are at the centre of the Government’s development programme for the country simply because they are the ones who will inherit our national patrimony. He was at the time, speaking at a Christmas party, where hundreds of children of 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 late President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and Managing Director of Safeway Security, Mr. Eon Caesar, who passed away on Friday evening at a hospital …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 9, 2016) President David Granger, this evening, told the Inspectors, Sergeants and other senior Police officials gathered at the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Inspectors and Sergeants Dinner held at the Marriott Hotel, that Guyana will once again become a safe and secure place for the children of Guyana, once they remain …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 9, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, this evening, joined celebrations with Pastor Joel Uwagboe and the congregation of the Freedom Life Ministries Church to usher in the season of goodwill at the second Annual Christmas light-up, hosted at the church’s Georgetown sanctuary located at Princes and Lyng Streets, Charlestown, Georgetown. …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Thank you, thank you madam chairperson, please be seated. Madam Chairperson; Honourable Ministers of the Government; Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan; Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes; Minister within the Ministry of Health, Karen Cummings; Chairman of the Demerara-Mahaica Region, Ms. Genevieve Allen; Reverend Raphael Messiah; Chairman of the Guyana Post Office …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Carl Greenidge, acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Honourable Carl Singh, Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Orders of Guyana; Dr. he Honourable Barton Scotland, Speaker of the National Assembly; members of the disciplined forces; Your Worship, Mayor of Georgetown; most important, the …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Zhang Limin, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China; Permanent Secretaries; members of the Diplomatic Corps; Principal of the Cyril Potter College of Education, Ms. Violet Rowe; Advisor to the Ministry of Education, Mr. Vincent Alexander; consultants; student teachers; lecturers; special invitees; members of the media: I am very happy to be …
Read DetailsPresident 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 …
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