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Transcript of The Address by H. E. Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Annual Guyana Defence Force Officers’ Conference “Towards greater operational readiness for National Defence and Security” 3rd March, 2016

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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H. E. Brigadier David Granger: Chief of Staff, thank you for your kind introduction. Honourable Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Vice-President and Minister of Public Security; Honourable Basil Williams, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General; Honourable Joseph Harmon, Minister of State; Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud; Chief Fire Officer; …

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Transcript of the address By H. E. Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at Lion’s Club Induction 30th January, 2016

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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H. E. Brigadier President David Granger: Thank you very much for bestowing this honour on me this evening. Chairperson, Master of Ceremonies, Nial Nazeer; other President Matthew Langevine; Wesley Cummings, Chairperson of the Council of Governors; Mr. Ivor English, past Chairperson of the Council of Governors; Mr. Leon Rutherford, Secretary of the Lions Club of …

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Transcript of the Address by His Excellency, Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Chinese Spring Festival held at the New Thriving Restaurant 3rd February, 2016

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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H. E. Brigadier President David Granger: Members of the diplomatic corps, executive members of the Chinese Association in Guyana, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to start by endorsing the remarks of His Excellency in paying tribute to the high quality of service of New Thriving. I believe I can say that I have …

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Transcript of the Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana New Year’s Address to the Nation Ministry of the Presidency 1st January, 2016 “Year of National Renaissance”

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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His Excellency Brigadier David Granger: Guyanese, the New Year 2016 is a time for renewal. This is a time for reform. This is a time for a national renaissance. The prospects are bright. The portents are propitious. This New Year is a time to chart our course for the next five years to 2020 and …

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Transcript of the address by His Excellency Brigadier David A. Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana Guyana Congregational Union 208 Year Anniversary held at the National Cultural Centre 8th February, 2016

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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His Excellency Brigadier David Granger: Please be seated. Thank you, madam chair, for your generous introduction. Of course, you all give me a very difficult act to follow after that poem; a very beautiful poem. Congratulations; of course the person next to me had to tell me it came from Ebenezer. Chairperson of the Guyana …

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Transcript of the address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Colonel Ulric Pilgrim Officer Cadet Course #48 held at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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Ministers of Government;Members of the National Assembly;Chancellor of the Judiciary;Chief of Staff;Former chiefs of staff of the Guyana Defence Force;Members of the Diplomatic Corps;Heads of Service;Senior Officers;Officers and other ranks of the Guyana Defence Force;Newly Commissioned Officers;Special invitees;Ladies and gentlemen: It is my honour and obligation as Commander-in-Chief and on behalf of the Cooperative Republic …

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Transcript of the address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Seminar on Tackling Domestic Abuse in Guyana sponsored by the Supreme Court in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat at

  • Posted: May 17, 2016
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His Excellency Brigadier David Granger: Thank you, Madam Chairperson, Chief Justice Ian Chang; thank you for the introduction. Honourable Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh; Minister of Social Protection, Mrs. Volda Lawrence; Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale; Legal Advisor of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Mr. Mark Godfrey; members of …

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Region Five, Six students benefit from 60 bicycles -under President Granger’s ‘Five Bs’ Programme

  • Posted: May 16, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (May 16, 2016) Sixty students from five schools across Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five) and East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six), today, benefited from bicycles under President David Granger’s ‘Boats, Buses, Bicycles plus Breakfast and Books’ or ‘Five Bs’ programme.Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, under whose Ministry the programme is managed, and First Lady, …

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Towards a Good Life in a Green Economy – Harnessing Rights, Riches and Obligations of the Diaspora: A Committee of Sorts Part 2

  • Posted: May 16, 2016
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By Marlon Bristol Migrants are not considered generally to be a random group, and return or circulation to small jurisdictions such as Guyana remains a merit that policy should seek to realize. Let’s take Return Migrants (RMs) for example, or those with an intention to return. It is sometimes argued, that this group of migrants, or …

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Environmental management, broader national effort required to tackle health threats – President Granger at PAHO Dinner

  • Posted: May 16, 2016
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Georgetown, Guyana – (May 15, 2016) President David Granger, last evening, called for a broader national effort in the fight against vector borne diseases such as Zika, Malaria, Filariasis, Chikungunya and dengue. The President was at the time delivering the feature address at the Pan American Health Organisation’s (PAHO) and the Ministry of Public Health’s …

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