Georgetown, Guyana – (November 5, 2016) President David Granger, today, called on the servicemen of the country, particularly those posted in the Eteringbang and other western Guyana locations to not only be watchful and on their guard, but to also to endeavour, through their actions and encounters, to let the world know that the Guyana/ …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 5, 2016) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, today, took her Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop to a group of 24 women assembled at the Blairmont Hindu Temple, West Coast Berbice, where she expressed the hope that it would spark an entrepreneurial spirit that will lead them to venture into …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 5, 2016) Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, received the final Report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), which was established to probe the circumstances surrounding the mining pit collapse and death of Mr. Keon Wilson, at Rock Creek, Puruni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) on October 8, 2016. The Report was …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Ms. Roxanne la Roc, Foreign Service Officer III and Ms. Sandy Williams, Foreign Trade Officer, both of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will attend a Mid-Level Diplomats Training Programme for CARICOM Member States, which will be held in New Delhi, India from December 5 – 16. The Programme will …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Ms. Sheranne Isaacs and Ms. Donna Levi, Guyana’s Director and Alternate Director on the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of Directors, respectively, will attend the Bank’s 274th sitting of the Board of Directors at its headquarters in Bridgetown, Barbados from December 6-8. This meeting will facilitate the presentation of …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Guyana recently sent a representative to a Higher Education and Teacher Training in Latin America and the Caribbean Forum, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ms. Viola Rowe, Principal of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) attended the two-day Summit, which was conducted from December 2-3. The Summit was …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Head of the Division of Trade and Prices, Bureau of Statistics, Ms. Maxine Bentt will be attending a Regional Quality Assurance Framework that will be hosted by Statistics Canada in Basseterre, St. Kitts from December 5-9, 2016. The Meeting will seek to develop a CARICOM Regional Quality Assurance Framework …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Guyana recently participated in the Regional Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour meeting, held in Fortaleza, Brazil. Cabinet approved the attendance of Mr. Vickram Mohabir, Senior Guidance and Counselling Officer, Ministry of Education at the sessions, which were held from November 28 – December …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Senior Parliamentary Counsel, Ms. Joann Bond, will be attending a High Level Anti-Corruption Policy Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago from December 8-9, 2016. The workshop is being hosted by the Anti-Corruption and Financial Crime Prevention Regional Initiative of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Foreign and …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 4, 2016) Cabinet has agreed to cancel the residual funds allocated to National Hardware (Guyana) Limited, under the Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid (JNPGA) of 2013 and to reallocate those funds for the procurement of renewable energy and energy efficient street lights on highways, in townships and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs). These …
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