– verification of second tranche of US$40M starts Guyana has presented the LCDS Steering Committee with the first wave of priority projects to be implemented under the Guyana Readiness Investment Fund (GRIF), with the hope that these could be quickly approved. According to the Office of Climate Change, the five projects which were identified during the national consultations on the Low Carbon Development Strategy were presented at the first steering committee meeting on November 24. These projects include the Amerindian land titling and demarcation; the hinterland electrification programme, and the…
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‘Factionalism will not divide the PNCR’— Granger
Even with apparent divides within the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), its presidential candidate- hopeful, retired Brigadier David Granger, says that factionalism will definitely not divide the party. In an invited comment, Brigadier Granger said that most of the issues have been occurring at the upper levels of the party among persons competing for office. However, he highlighted that the party is large, and the majority of persons who do not belong to factions just want unity. He noted that the issues are often highlighted because those who are part…
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