Georgetown, Guyana — (October 17, 2018) Chairman of the Management Board of the e-Governance Academy (eGA) of Estonia, Dr. Arvo Ott, accompanied by Ms. Marit Lani and Mr. Tõnis Mäe, presented a draft report on the project, Digital Governance Roadmap for the Government of Guyana, during yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. The draft roadmap outlines an implementation …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (October 17, 2018) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), today, hosted a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Workshop that targets agencies and inhabitants of the Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four). The one-day workshop was held at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Georgetown. The workshop, led by Team Leader, Mr. Jonathan McCue, is tasked with the development of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 17, 2018) Pursuant to the terms of the agreement on technical cooperation between the Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Federative Republic of Brazil, the drilling of the fourth well in Awaruwaunau Village, South Rupununi, Upper Takutu – Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) commenced yesterday. This follows closely on …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 17, 2018) The Ministry of Social Protection’s Difficult Circumstances Unit (DCU), today, donated a quantity of emergency supplies to Ms. Shanice Barrington and family, who suffered losses when their Pineapple Street, East Ruimveldt home was destroyed fire on Friday. Ministry of Social Protection, Technical Officer, Ms. Mabiola Howard, who presented the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 16, 2018) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, will join 1,200 global partners, who are dedicated to the ‘Every Woman, Every Child’ (EWEC) movement and the achievement of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, on December 12 and 13, 2018, in New Delhi, India at the Partnership for Maternal, …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (October 15, 2018) There is need for the Caribbean to have a unified approach to tackling land issues in the Region, Minister of State Mr. Joseph Harmon said this morning at the opening of a capacity building workshop for Negotiating within the Organs of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 15, 2018) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon was today paid a courtesy call by Ambassadors and High Commissioners of European countries to Guyana, who are currently conducting the Sixth Round of the European Union (EU)-Guyana Political Dialogue under the framework of the African Caribbean Pacific States (ACP)-EU Cotonou Agreement. The …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana — (October 15, 2018) The Governments of Guyana and Newfoundland and Labrador, today, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of oil and gas development. The MoU was signed by Minister of Business, Mr. Dominic Gaskin and Newfoundland and Labrador’s Minister of Natural Resources, Ms. Siobhan Coady in the Rupununi Room …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (October 15, 2018) The Ministry of the Presidency strongly condemns as inaccurate and misleading, the Stabroek News, Monday, October 15, 2018 editorial which contains several erroneous statements, which must be corrected. In 2015, President David Granger launched the Public Education and Transportation Service (PETS), which was popularly known as the Three Bs’ …
Read DetailsPresident David Granger: Honourable Amna Ally, Minister of Social Protection; Mr. Kirk Fraser, Chairman of the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of the People’s National Congress, regional officials; I am seeing here Brigadier Collins, Colonel London, I don’t know if there are any other major officials here, executive members of the PNCR in region number six, candidates …
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