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The Guyana Update -- August, 1997. |
Prime Minister Janet Jagan during July was in Saskatchewan, Canada at the head of a three-member delegation for talks with SaskPower Commercial Inc. on the privatization of the state-run Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC). Accompanying Ms Jagan were Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo and Trade, Tourism and Industry Minister Michael Shree Chan.
The Government and SaskPower are negotiating the terms under which SaskPower will acquire a 50% equity interest in a new GEC and such other issues as the management of the revitalized utility, a regulatory framework and the sale of shares to the Guyanese public.
Meanwhile talks are continuing between Government and SaskPower Commercial Inc following the talks in Saskatchewan between top-level Guyanese team and SaskPower executives.
The two sides are scheduled to conclude negotiations by August 31 for Canada's SaskPower Commercial to assume a 50% equity interest in the state-run Guyana Electricity Corporation. Government will own 40% of the assets of the privatized GEC, with the remaining 10% earmarked for public shareholding. SaskPower has offered to pay US$22.65 million for its share in the GEC and is discussing the terms under which it will participate in the corporation
More than 729 students in the Hinterland Region have benefitted from the expanded Hinterland Scholarship Program administered by the Ministry of Regional Development.
Because of increased budgetary allocation and more educational opportunities available since 1993, this large number of scholarships was made possible.
The program is especially designed to provide educational opportunities to Amerindian students living in the remote locations.
Speaking at the recent graduation ceremony of the Santa Rosa Secondary School, Regional Development Minister Harrypersaud Nokta, said the Government had commenced "a strong and comprehensive program of improvement to health and education."
"Hinterland students are attending some of the best secondary schools in Georgetown and more teachers are
being trained each year at the Cyril Potter Teachers' Training Center," said the Minister.
He also alluded to the administration's program to enhance hinterland education. These include the establishment of two new secondary schools in Region One; the upgrading of the Bartica Secondary School and the construction of a Secondary School at Waramadong in the Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven; the upgrading of the Paramakotai Community High School to Secondary School, Region Nine; and upgrading of the St Ignatius Community High School to Secondary School in Annai and commencement of Secondary School classes at Aishalton in the South Savannahs.
Minister Nokta further stated that a teachers' training center will soon be established at Annai in the North Rupununi
United States soldiers started arriving in Guyana in late June for the major joint cooperation 'New Horizon '97' training stint with the Guyana army.
Early in June a barge with supplies arrived in the country and a huge US Air Force C-130 transport aircraft landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri with more gear and equipment along with a contingent of soldiers from Tucson, Arizona.
Some of the projects to be undertaken are rebuilding and renovating the St. Mary's and Ascension Community High Schools and the Uncle Eddy's Home for senior citizens, all in Georgetown. They will also construct a school at Malali, Upper Demerara River; extend a clinic at Capoey, Essequibo and upgrade the hospital at Kumaka in the North West District. Another platoon arrived on July 11. Meanwhile, members of the US Air Force have set up an air transportable health tent at Camp Stephenson, Timehri, to provide a health-care outreach service to Guyanese. The clinic has served more than 1,000 persons and expects to see and treat up to 200 persons each day up to July 30.
The US troops, known as Task Force Falcon, are engaged in a US$7 million training/humanitarian mission with their GDF counterparts from July 16 to
September 13.
Overseas-based Guyanese wishing to return to the land of their birth will now find it easier. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published a Remigration Information Booklet. The publication provides information on the type of facilities and concessions offered by the Government to make remigration smooth. It also explains to persons how they can qualify to get these concessions and where they can go for immediate attention. There is also information on areas of possible investment for remigrants and how remigrants' children can enroll in schools.
The booklet was published as a result of numerous complaints by overseas-based Guyanese that they suffer from either a lack of information or a flow of misinformation on remigration matters. The information booklet will be circulated to all Guyana's foreign missions.
The Guyana Elections Commission has approved the format and design for the voter identification card. An official of the Commission said the voter card cannot be reproduced and will contain several security features. One of these is an imperceptible Coat of Arms of Guyana which can only be recognized through the use of a special light. All polling stations are to be equipped with this special light to verify the validity of the card.
It is expected that no more than 462,000 persons will be eligible to cast their votes at the upcoming general elections. The Guyana Elections Commission has chosen Thomas De La Rue, a British firm, to print almost 480,000 Voter Identification Cards for Guyana's upcoming general elections.
The European Union (EU) has presented US$425,000 to the Guyana Elections Commission for the production of voter identification cards for Guyana's upcoming polls. Germany, on the other hand, has given the Commission G$7 million, keeping a promise to help the Commission procure radio communication sets for the proper management and monitoring of the elections.
So far 23 parties had registered to contest the polls.
Canada is giving Guyana's Elections Commission a grant of $30 million to complement its acquisition of ballot papers and election kits and the provision of a range of technical services associated with the staging of Guyana's upcoming general elections.
Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr Alan Bowker, says the grant is Canada's way of expressing admiration for the efforts Government is making to facilitate the independent functioning of the Elections Commission and to ensure the smooth running of the country's second free and democratic elections. Mr Bowker spoke at a reception commemorating the 130th anniversary of the confederation of Canada, telling guests Canada will be watching the polls with sympathetic interest.
The United States has expressed satisfaction with Government's preparations for Guyana's upcoming general elections, acknowledging that its arrangements for the country's second free post-independence polls are well and efficiently under way. The comment, made by US Charge d'Affaires Hugh Simon at a Fourth of July reception at the US embassy, affirms the PPP/CIVIC administration's commitment to improving the electoral process and to consolidating democracy in a country where rigged elections and the denial of many of the inalienable rights of Guyanese were once legion.
Prime Minister Janet Jagan, who attended the US's 221st independence anniversary reception in her capacity as acting President, said Guyana appreciates the invaluable assistance Washington is giving to strengthen democracy in Guyana and felt confident the upcoming polls will provide Guyana with yet another opportunity for Guyanese to consolidate the democracy which they have had to battle so valiantly to achieve.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has agreed to co-finance a program aimed at increasing small-farm productivity and encouraging small scale farmers to focus on exports as the principal source of market growth. Second Vice President and Minister of Agriculture, Reepu Daman Persaud, says IFAD will be providing US$12 million in credits for lending to small farmers and rural service providers dedicated to promoting domestic agricultural growth and giving Guyana a comparative advantage in farm export trade.
Dae Woo Corporation of South Korea is to send a fact-finding mission to Guyana later this year to pursue discussions with officials on the desire by Dae Woo to set up business in the country. So said a top-level delegation from Dae Woo's Engineering and Construction Corporation after meeting with Second Vice President and Minister of Agriculture, Mr Reepu Daman Persaud.
Dae Woo, one of South Korea's largest conglomerates, is interested in investing in agro-processing and a wide range of other high-tech manufacturing projects in Guyana. The visiting three-member delegation headed by president Jae Kyoung Suh said Dae Woo has been encouraged to seek out investment possibilities in Guyana by the agenda on business being pursued by Government.
Corporate leader Yesu Persaud has been appointed chairman of the Caribbean Council for Europe. Mr Persaud takes over from Mr Morgan Grenfell, deputy chairman of the European Investment Bank. The Guyanese business magnate says he would work to boost Euro-Caribbean trade and argued for the continuation of protocols on Caribbean rum and rice after the conclusion of the Lome Convention, the ten-year trade-aid pact between the European Union (EU) and the African/Caribbean/Pacific group of countries (ACP), in the year 2000.
The International Development Association (IDA) is providing the Guyana Water Authority (GUYWA) with $51 million in credits for the purchase of a thrust bore machine to facilitate work on the installation of large pipes by the Authority. The pipes are a major component of GUYWA's US$110 million program to provide 500,000 rural residents an adequate and reliable supply of safe water by 1999.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has given Guyana $25 million worth of wheat flour and farm tools to boost community participation in rural projects. The flour (546 tons) will be used by SIMAP, the Social Impact Amelioration Program, to prepare food packages for volunteers working on community development projects in rural and suburban neighborhoods.
Prime Minister Janet Jagan declared open a $60 million inshore fish port complex at Charity, Essequibo Coast, setting the stage for a surge in fish production and a fish canning industry in Guyana's largest county. The complex, built over five years with financial aid from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), can store 15 tons of fish. It also has a 12,000-gallon water storage tank, a supplies store for fishermen, five-ton per day ice-making machines, a fish market and a self-supplying electricity generator.
The complex is expected to boost the fishing business in the area. One such relief will be the reduction of the price of ice which is expected to come down from $10 to $4 per pound. Also, the cost of fishing boat fuel is expected to drop from $350 to $300 per gallon.
Government has amended the Bauxite Nationalization Act of 1975, effectively relieving the President of the powers of nationalization of any asset of the country's mining industry. The amendment, approved in Parliament ahead of the planned divestment of the country's biggest bauxite complex -- the Linden Mining Industry (LINMINE), affirms the PPP/CIVIC administration's policy of reducing the role of Government in the national economy and stimulating the development of an entrepreneurial climate, conditions meant to attract local and foreign investments and accelerate the nation's economic prosperity.
The United States Government has designated Mr James F. Mack as America's new resident Ambassador to Guyana. Mr Mack, a career diplomat who has served in Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Paraguay, is currently Deputy Chief of Mission in the US embassy in Peru.
Cabinet has approved a Government-drafted Bill seeking to extend the hours of transaction of business enterprises and to authorize shopping on Sundays. The Bill, soon to be tabled in the National Assembly, is intended to facilitate the upsurge of activity by a burgeoning business community that has increasingly been asserting its role as the engine of economic growth since late 1992.
Coldingen Industrial Estate has formally opened for business, honoring a 1992 election campaign pledge by the now-ruling PPP/CIVIC alliance to establish industrial zones in a fresh bid to stimulate the development of an entrepreneurial climate and place private enterprise at the center stage of national economic growth.
In order to facilitate that process, the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry spent $200 million on the construction of the Coldingen Industrial Estate, the second in Guyana and the first built in the country in 35 years since the first, at Ruimveldt, was opened by a previous PPP administration in 1962. Thirty-six firms will be occupying Coldingen, providing new job opportunities for 1,500 persons and generating $1.5 billion in revenues annually. The first company to open business there, Denmor Garment Manufacturers Inc., has dedicated a plaque to the memory
of late President Dr Cheddi Jagan for keeping his word to establish at least one industrial center before the end of his administration's term in office.
The Chinese and Guyanese Governments have agreed to work together to promote economic growth in Guyana and they are in the process of drafting a framework paper that will determine what areas on which to focus. The two countries agreed to invest up to US$12 million in project implementation following talks in Georgetown by Foreign Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Yong Jiechi. Another agreement signed by the two ministers waives the requirement for visas by holders of Guyanese and Chinese diplomatic, official and service passports traveling to each other's country.
The Guyanese private sector has rained praise on Government for organizing GUYEXPO '97 for its manufacturers to showcase their commodities and to facilitate one-on-one negotiations with foreign investors on possible joint venture deals. President Sam Hinds, who delivered the keynote speech at the opening of the biennial exposition on July 24, at the Sophia Exhibition Park in Georgetown, said the show was Government's way of allowing private enterprise to tell of its involvement in helping to transform Guyana from a nation formerly burdened by a ravaged economy into the hemisphere's fastest growing economy.
More than 130 companies participated in the show, which organizers had to extend beyond its four-day duration because of public demand. President Hinds acknowledged the private sector's endorsement of the value of GUYEXPO and urged entrepreneurs to form joint ventures with foreign investors to acquire managerial, production and packaging skills, procure high-tech equipment to boost productivity, and gain a competitive advantage in overseas markets.
A third plywood factory is being established in Guyana by Case Timbers Limited, a Guyanese/Malaysian joint venture company. Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Case Timbers and the Guyana Government, the company is being granted tax exemptions as an incentive to facilitate its construction of the US$40 million plywood factory at Kwakwani, 189 miles south-east of Georgetown. The factory will manufacture 7,000 cubic meters of plywood a month for export to North America, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, providing 1,500 jobs and boosting community growth in Amerindian villages in the country's resource-rich Kwakwani/Lethem region.
The Transport Ministers of Guyana and Suriname met at the end of July to discuss the establishment of a joint venture company to run the Guyana/Ferry Service. The Ministers, Mr Anthony Xavier of Guyana and Mr Dick De Bie of Suriname, discussed ideas on the status of the joint venture company, the date of inauguration of the service, and the sharing of the company's profits.
The ferry project, which includes the construction of a G$233.4 million ferry and a terminal in Nickerie, Suriname, and in Moleson Creek, Guyana, has been funded by the European Union at a cost of US$20 million.
Guyana's National Assembly has passed a Government-drafted measure, the Forest Exploratory Permits Amendment Bill, to facilitate large-scale foreign investments and improve managerial capability in the sustainable development of the country's species-rich forestry sector. The Bill passed on July 21, on the heels of Government's signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Case Timbers Limited for the Guyana/Malaysian joint venture company to establish a US$40 million plywood factory at Kwakwani, about 189 miles south east of Georgetown.
Case Timbers and three wholly-owned Malaysian companies, which recently signed a similar Memorandum of Understanding with the Guyana Government, envisage investing more than US$400 million in sustainable forest harvesting and lumber processing in Guyana in the next two years.
The Mayor of Midland, Texas, Mr Robert Burns, paid his second visit to Guyana in July, amid the strengthening of twinning relations between the town of New Amsterdam and US City. Mr Burns, who was accompanied by his wife Denise, Guyanese-born Midland physician Tulsi Dyal Singh and members of the Forever Plaid Midland Theater Company, met with President Sam Hinds and a number of top officials on ways Midland can deepen US/Guyana ties and help Guyana increase its output of knowledge in science and technology. New Amsterdam Mayor Errol Alphonso conferred honorary citizenship on the visiting Mayor when he traveled to the Ancient County for a civic reception in his honor.
Guyana is one of 20 developing countries chosen to execute a ACP/EU (African-Caribbean-Pacific/European Union) project designed to promote a value-added wood sector industry and to create products, markets and awareness programs in the field of information technology. The trade development project, to be funded by the European Union within the framework of the Lome Convention between the EU and the ACP grouping, aims at enhancing export growth in ACP member countries that once functioned as colonies of some EU members.
Some 2,000 families in Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, 56 miles east of Georgetown, have begun drawing adequate and reliable supplies of drinking water from a G$54 million system that couldn't have been installed sooner for the residents. Commissioned earlier this month, the state-of-the-art system is one of more than 50 rehabilitated or installed over the past three years. A larger, G$60 million water supply system commissioned recently at Enmore, 16 miles east of Georgetown, by Prime Minister Janet Jagan, will deliver 774,400 gallons of potable water a day to nearly 8,000 residents in the East Demerara community.
Government plans to spend up to US$110 million by 1999, including US$6 million in Bush Lot alone, to revitalize Guyana's water supply infrastructure and enhance systemwide capability in treated water deliver to satisfy domestic consumption and burgeoning industries.
The Adventure Jam and Jelly factory, on the Essequibo Coast was reopened on July 14. Meanwhile, on the same day Prime Minister Janet Jagan formally turned the sod at the site of a fruit processing complex at Charity.
The Adventure Jam and Jelly factory, has reopened under new ownership and is expected to be able to capture both the overseas and local markets for jelly and jams.
Various tax concessions have been given for such industries, which also provide a regular market for the increased agricultural production.
The joint government-labor committee, which examined prospects of improving public sector wages, presented its findings to Prime Minister Sam Hinds recently. The committee was established in January of this year by the late President Cheddi Jagan when he met with Trade Union leaders.
According to Information Minister Moses Nagamootoo, the committee was tasked "to consider whether the government of Guyana has the capacity to improve the wages and salaries of public servants at present and the ways and means of doing so".
The committee has stated in its report that government's employment cost had increased from $747 million in 1989 to $3.3 billion in 1992, an increase of 340%. The report, which contains nine sections, indicates ways and means of increasing revenue in the short, medium and long term, identifies key areas where the efficiency of government's operation could be enhanced and suggests possible sources from which funds could be obtained for wage increases.
Work Starts on Eccles Industrial Site
Work on the country's third industrial site has commenced. This site is located at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. Trade Minister Michael Shree Chan said work has begun on the $300 million project that will facilitate about 84 industrial plants. The site is ideally located near to the Demerara River.
The third industrial site is part of the government's program to promote industrial development across the country. The Eccles estate will also aid in the development of the Eccles area where several new housing schemes are being developed.
The Public Service Commission and the Police Service Commission have been named by President Sam Hinds after consultation with Minority Leader Desmond Hoyte.
Members of the Public Service Commission are:
Mr Harold Sahadeo -- Chairman, Joseph Gordon, Roy McArthur, James Orderson, Peter Persaud and Rajnarine Singh.
Members of the Police Service Commission are:
Mr Ronald Gajraj -- Chairman, Harold Sahadeo, William Argyle, Dennis Morgan, Claude Rogers and Harold Martin.
The Commissions' life will last for one year.
The Guyana Oil Company has commissioned its $35 million new service station equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The station is located at David and Sheriff Streets. Managing Director, Sheik Baksh said the service station will soon move into a 24-hour operation to satisfy the expanding needs of Sheriff Street which is becoming a commercial hub. The station is the fifth to be opened. GUYOIL a state-owned enterprise has contributed $1.5 billion to the coffers of the State and has made over $125 million in investments
The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) last year created or sustained the highest amount of jobs since its formation in 1986. According to IPED's Annual Report, 7,184 jobs were created and sustained by the small business enterprise scheme. In 1986, only 61 jobs were created by the institution. Last year saw the body disbursing 2,988 loans which amounted to $617,700.
Chairman of IPED, Yesu Persaud, said: "The small and micro business sectors are undoubtedly the best and most economic vehicle in the development process, in the creation of wealth, in the creation of jobs and in helping people to help themselves."
Persaud added: "The Institute continues to play a progressive developmental role in financing of the small, medium and micro/grassroots entrepreneurs in the country and is undoubtedly playing a significant role in the developmental process in helping people to help themselves and to become their own bosses."
The University of Guyana is introducing a degree program in tourism in September to boost the promotion of Guyana's emerging eco-tourism industry. The program will encompass studies in tourism planning, product development and marketing, resource management, high-performance hospitality services and leisure activity.
Certain parts of Central Georgetown once again were affected by the poor state of drainage in the Capital City. Businesses were mainly affected by the clogged drains after heavy rains.
Residents belonging to different organizations and individuals on the Essequibo Coast were given an opportunity to make submissions to the Constitutional Review Committee. The Special Select Committee has already received submissions from individuals and organizations in Georgetown and New Amsterdam. In addition, submissions were also mailed to the committee.
A code of conduct for political parties is currently being discussed by the Election Commission for the upcoming general elections. A code of conduct for local and foreign observers has already been confirmed by the commission.
The Blossom Scheme Nursery School, which is the first nursery school in Enmore was recently opened. The school was an IDB-funded SIMAP project costing $16 million. Parents in Enmore helped to prepare the land in 1996.
The Education Ministry is quite pleased by the performance of Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE) pupils at this year's test and is looking forward for better results next year.
Guyanese, Melville Cuffy was among the volcano victims buried on the island of Montserrat. He died during the eruption on June 26.
The Council of Legal Education ruled that University of Guyana Law degree graduates must write an entrance examination in late July to gain entry into the Trinidad-based Hugh Wooding Law School. This was disclosed by Chairman Ashton Chase. Minister of Education Dale Bisnauth expressed his disappointment.
The Guyana Police Force observed it 158th anniversary Drum Head Service at the Tactical Service Unit Square at Eve Leary The program included the piling of drums and laying of flags as well as departure of the color party.
The Guyana Electricity Corporation will soon launch an improved billing system at its head office, Main Street. The acting General Manager said the computerized system will address the difficulties encountered by consumers.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Guyana recently held a dedication ceremony for an aircraft at the Ogle Airstrip. The Church said that the aircraft would be used for medical outreach to Guyana's hinterland.
Minister Reepu Daman Persaud had noted the considerable untaped potential for increased trade, economic and functional cooperation between Guyana and Venezuela. He was speaking at a function to mark Venezuela's 186th independence anniversary.
Guyana will host an historic regional caucus to evaluate the gains made on women's issues since the conclusion of the 1995 Fourth World Conference in Beijing, China.
Commissioner of Inland Revenue Department, Mr Khursid Sattaur has move to court against five companies and their principal officers for failing to submit Corporation and Property Tax Return.
Farmers and residents of Devonshire Castle, Essequibo Coast are eagerly awaiting the completion of $24 million sluice in the area. About 1,500 acres of rice land and several residential communities will benefit from the facility.
A new hand pump was installed recently at Rupertee Village, Rupununi, Region Nine. Residents and officials were present to witness the first pour of water from the pump.
The Region Three Administration recently conducted work to upgrade streets in Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara.
Government is studying the joint labor/government report on public sector wages, which is recommending a one-off payout package worth $300 million to public servants.
The Interim National Youth Council held its first retreat on July 13 at the INYC office in Brickdam. Minister of Labor, Human Services and Social Security, Dr Henry Jeffrey declared open the special retreat.
Guyana's evolving rice industry has produced 2,000 tonnes of rice above its first crop target of 170,000 tonnes, continuing a growth trend that began in late 1992. The industry is set to produce 180,000 tonnes in the second crop. Rice exports so far has topped 117,000 tonnes.
Guyana's Consul General in Toronto, Mr Geoff Da Silva, has returned to Guyana after a tour of duty that has helped to bridge the gap of distance and time between Canadian-based Guyanese and their homeland and enhance bilateral ties between Canada and Guyana. Foreign Service Officer Gale Lee is supervising the Toronto consulate until Government appoints a new Consul General.
Guyana's sugar preferential trading arrangements with the European Union can be fully maintained. This was expressed by Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), Vic Oditt.
The Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands) administration's implementation of its current and capital programs during the first half of 1997 was reported to be impressive. The roads in Leguan and Wakenaaam were upgraded. Bridges were also constructed to allow access to extensive farm lands.
The Barama Company Limited's Land of Canaan plywood plant has resumed operation. The plant was closed after the power generating boiler developed serious problems forcing the company to close its operations in July.
Burma Rice Mill has announced that it has paid rice farmers for all the paddy purchased. Minister of Agriculture Reepu Daman Persaud said that in excess of $230 million were paid out to farmers in the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary areas from where 240,879 bags of paddy were purchased.
The Guyana Government has announced that building a bridge across the Berbice River is of top priority. Heavier traffic, with the launching of the new Guyana-Suriname ferry and the growth of development projects in Berbice, is expected, and the ferry service across the river will soon be unable to absorb the traffic pressure.
A new housing scheme has been opened near Bath, West Coast Berbice by President Sam Hinds. The houses were constructed through the Venezuelan funding facility.
A team of tourism and Government officials visited Santa Mission to examine the tourism potential of the area. They also held discussions with the residents.
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