Georgetown, Guyana – (December, 28 2015) President David Granger has pledged that his Administration develop the capacity of the Diamond and Leonora Diagnostic Centres, following a tour of those facilities, earlier today. The President also used the opportunity to observe the maternity care capabilities of the institutions. During the ‘fact-finding’ mission, President Granger was accompanied …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 28, 2015) The Government of Guyana refutes the deliberately misleading headline of an article, which was carried in the Monday, December 28, 2015 edition of the Guyana Times. The headline, which was at odds with the actual content of the article published in that newspaper, states “No evidence of corruption against …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 25, 2015) President David Granger earlier today announced an increase in Government subvention for the Dharm Shala indigent home, and a donation of $1 million before year end, for the continued work at the institution. The President made this announcement to an audience including residents, staff and management at the …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 25, 2015) As Guyana sat down to Christmas morning breakfast, President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger visited the maternity and children’s wards at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The President, who was also accompanied by Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton and Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 24, 2015) President David Granger, in renewing his commitment to ensuring every child in Guyana has access to education, today, pledged $1 million to support the programmes, which are being undertaken by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG). The President made this pledge during his address to a large gathering …
Read DetailsChristians all over Guyana celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ today. Jesus’s humble birth in a manger over two thousand years ago fulfilled God’s exalted promise recorded in the Holy Bible of peace on earth and good will toward men. Jesus’s glorious work in an obscure country, with a small band of disciples, a long …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 23, 2015) President David Granger’s Boats, Buses and Bicycles or ‘Three Bs’ Programme, today, grew by another school boat, which was donated by Charity Fisherman, Mr. Kumar Lallbachan. President David Granger today commissioned the David V G, a boat donated by Charity fisherman, Mr. Kumar Lallbachan, to the Boats, Buses and …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 23, 2015) President David Granger, even as he took Government’s ‘toy drive’ to the Pomeroon in Region Two, told residents of Baracaro and other surrounding villages in the Akawini Creek and at Friendship in the Pomeroon River, that he believes in one Guyana and is focused on fostering deeper national unity …
Read DetailsMinister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today announced that Cabinet has given its ‘no objections’ to 10 contracts valued $375,225,580, in the areas of public health and infrastructure. These contracts will see site development works at the Port Kaituma Hospital in Region One, vaccines and other supplies for the Georgetown hospital, and road and other …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (December 23, 2015) Cabinet has instructed Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Jordan to send Chief Executive Office of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Mr. Winston Brassington; and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Marcia Nadir-Sharma; on immediate leave, while the audit reports are being forwarded to the police and the …
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