January 4, 2023 His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali bestowed Guyana’s second highest award, the Order of Roraima, to the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Honourable Dr Ralph Gonsalves. At a special dinner this evening at State House, the Guyanese Head of State said he was honoured to present the prestigious award […]
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January 3, 2023 St. Vincent and the Grenadines is in the process of purchasing the first 15 pre-fabricated wooden houses from Guyana, as part of the island’s rebuilding efforts after the volcano eruption in 2021. The ready-made homes will be procured from Guyanese manufacturer Duravilla, which specialises in pre-fabricated homes and hardwood products. The island’s […]
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January 2, 2023 Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has arrived in Guyana for a four-day Official Visit. Dr Gonsalves and His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali returned on the same flight from Brazil, Monday afternoon at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri. The two world leaders were in […]
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New Year Address to the Nation by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces January 1, 2023 January 1, 2023 Fellow Guyanese, I extend New Year’s greetings to our entire nation. Wherever the dawn of 2023 finds you: be it at home, attending […]
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H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to be conferred Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023 January 2, 2023 H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, will be bestowed with the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians – Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) – for the […]
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BY CATHY LASHLEY | DEC 7, 2022 Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, bids farewell to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, and Lt. Colonel Carlos Lovell of the Barbados Defence Force, among others, at the Grantley Adams International Airport, today. (T. Barker/BGIS) The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel bid farewell […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | DEC 7, 2022 Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and her St. Vincent counterpart, Ralph Gonsalves, lay wreaths at the Cubana Monument in Paynes Bay, St James, in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Cubana de Aviacíon Flight 455 crash on October 6, 1976. (T. Barker/BGIS) The tragic terrorist bombing […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 7, 2022 President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Suriname counterpart and CARICOM Chairman, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, at yesterday’s press conference following the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (T. Barker/BGIS) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, described yesterday’s Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit […]
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November 15, 2022 – Says Government and Church have interconnecting roles to play His Excellency President Irfaan Ali said that in his travels throughout Guyana he has seen a desire by ordinary Guyanese to live in peace, harmony and to come together to enhance growth and development. The Head of State said that there are a […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | NOV 8, 2022 President of Barbados and Chair of the Selection Committee, The Most Honourable, Dame Sandra Mason, poses for a photograph with the 2023 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar, 23-year-old Trinidadian, Alyssa Mohammed, at State House , today. (T. Barker/BGIS) Twenty-three-year-old Trinidadian, Alyssa Mohammed, has been selected as the Commonwealth Caribbean […]
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