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GDF AND TEXILA AMERICAN UNIVERSITY INK MOU FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF RANKS

The Guyana Defence Force and the Texila American University (TAU) today inked a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the university playing an important role in building academic training capacity within the Force. The initiative

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Radar Alerts Monitor Forests Through the Clouds

The Hill, located in the West New York, stirs visitors to confront what they cannot comprehend.

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GDF will play integral role in developing National Disaster Plan—President Ali

His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that the Guyana Defence Force would play an integral role in the development of a National Disaster plan to help protect Guyanese and the country’s resources from the effects of climate change

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Why your next school trip should be to the forest

About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most, according to new data from Yelp.

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Searching for signs of past landscapes in the nation’s forests

And as the day advanced and the engine drivers and stokers refused to return to London

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COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE WOMEN’S ARMY CORPSLIEUTENANT COLONEL NATASHA STANFORD

99382 Lieutenant Colonel Natasha Stanford is the Commanding Officer of the Women’s Army Corps. She enlisted in the Guyana Defence Force in March 1994. Her decision to enlist was largely influenced by her father, a

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A brief history of the Guyana Defence Force 1965-2005 by David Granger

The year was 1967, and as word spread that the newly formed Guyana Defence Force was looking to bring women on board, many of the country’s young womenfolk were eager to take advantage of the

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Colonel Cecil Edgar (Pluto) Martindale

02-Feb-1926 – 16-Feb-2019 Colonel Cecil Martindale stands as one of the pillars in the history of Guyana’s military and sporting development, leaving behind a distinguished legacy of service, leadership, and community engagement. His military career

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Replanting National Forests After Bark Beetle Outbreaks

The British prime minister continually survives the chaos of his choices—much to pundits’ chagrin. How?

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Remarks by Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President David Granger

Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President David Granger asserted that an agile, flexible and fully-integrated Guyana Defence Force is needed in order that its Constitutional mandate of keeping the Guyanese citizenry safe and