Georgetown, Guyana – (July 15, 2019) President David Granger, today, commissioned a $186M dormitory for tertiary hinterland students. The dormitory is located in Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, and will accommodate 120 students from across the country who are pursuing tertiary education in Georgetown. “Government is not content to await the successful outcome of its long-term …
Read DetailsThe importance of hinterland educationGuyana’s ‘hinterland’ – comprising the greater part of the Barima-Waini; Cuyuni-Mazaruni; Potaro-Siparuni and Rupununi and some parts of the East Berbice-Corentyne Regions – occupies over three quarters of our country.Our population is small and Indigenous persons living mainly in the hinterland, constitute only about ten per cent of the whole giving …
Read DetailsEvery child should be able to attend school and complete their education. This is the founding principle of President David Granger’s Public Education Transportation System (PETS). Shortly after taking office in 2015, the President started this programme in order to combat high drop-out rates and improve education accessibility. This is a special edition of Government …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 14, 2019) Minister of State, Mrs. Dawn Hastings- Williams, last evening, urged the graduating Class of 2019 of the University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) Guyana Campus to use their skills to help build a better future for their country. The Minister was at the time speaking at a cocktail reception …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 13, 2019) The Government of Guyana has welcomed the Consequential Orders issued by President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Adrian Saunders J. yesterday. The Government accepts that it is an ‘interim’ government but emphasises that Cabinet has not stopped functioning and government must continue to provide public services. The …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 12, 2019) President David Granger, this evening, said Guyana looks forward to continued cooperation with the United States of America (USA) even as he noted that the two countries have enjoyed excellent relations since the establishment of formal diplomatic ties in August 1966. The Head of State was at the time …
Read DetailsUSA National Day 2019 The Cooperative Republic of Guyana extends congratulations to the government and people of the United State of America on the occasion of the 243rd anniversary of its Declaration of Independence. Guyana and the United States have enjoyed excellent relations since the establishment of formal diplomatic ties in August 1966, the year …
Read DetailsGuyanese, the Constitution of Guyana is sacrosanct and supreme. The independence of the judiciary remains intact and the Elections Commission remains independent. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has now concluded its deliberations and has issued its Consequential Orders on the consolidated cases related to the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 10, 2019) Minister of State, Mrs. Dawn Hastings-Williams alongside Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, today, turned the sod for the construction of a $96M Regional Disaster Management Centre in Lethem, Upper Takutu- …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (July 10, 2019) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger commended the collaboration between the Ministries of Education and Public Health on the official launch of the School Health Clubs at a ceremony held, this morning, at Camp Wesleyan, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. In her address at the ceremony, the First Lady noted that the clubs …
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