Thirty years ago, our country achieved a most
significant water-shed in its colorful history.
At midnight on May 26, 1966, the Union Jack, that
had flown over British Guiana for many a decade was
lowered, and our own flag, the Golden Arrowhead, was
proudly hoisted in its place. Our people raised their
voices in the National Anthem: "Dear Land of Guyana"
for the first time ever. Truly, that was an historic event
of momentous significance.
The hoisting of the Golden Arrowhead was a signal
to all the world, and particularly to ourselves, that our
status as a people had undergone a radical change.
From a colony of the United Kingdom to an
independent sovereign state within the world comity of
nations......
Thirty years ago tonight , we signaled our intention to
make of Guyana, "One People, One Nation, One
Destiny." Independence, itself, indicated the necessity
to preserve and perpetuate a culture of democracy in
which the creation of one people into one nation with a
common destiny is possible.
How far this country has gone in giving meaning and
concrete expressions of our national motto, over the
past thirty years, is now a matter of history. Because
that history is so close to us, we may not be able to be
dispassionate in analyzing it. Because we have been
part in shaping it, we cannot be expected to be objective
in assessing its gains and deficits. Indeed, that exercise
may even be painful.
I would want to suggest that this is not the time to
indulge in regrets over the past, or to harbor a spirit of
recrimination. This is a time for reconciliation and
healing, for the promotion of unity for the sake of the
commonweal:
this is the time for mobilization of all the resources of
every
sector of our society in the development of a nation in
which all can enjoy a good standard of living; this is the
time to build bridges across the trenches of the
differences that have fragmented us in our efforts and
vitiated our energy in the national cause; this is the time
imaginatively to so harmonize the strands of our
cultural diversity that each element set in the national
frame will highlight and illuminate the beauty of the
others; this is the time to think and act nationally above
the pull of partisan interests. This is the time for a
magnanimity of spirit that embraces the other as
brother; this is the time to imagine what our future as a
nation can be and to put in place the processes that will
get it there.
So will we create for this nation a future that is
worthy of its past. And our posterity will look back on
us and call us great, and will tell their children that our
deeds too were worthy of emulation for the sake of
greater Guyana.
From time to time, there is the exigency to refresh the
national mood. This is the most appropriate moment in
our development to do so. Just as we need food, water
and air, we as a nation must energize ourselves to take
on the challenges before us.
And let us not refresh our spirit with hatred, but with
one heart, let us unite Guyana. Let us join hands across
the land and reach out to ourselves and those in the
deep past who helped to mold this great El Dorado. Let
us stand strong as Mount Roraima and powerful as the
majestic Kaieteur. Let us move together and steadfastly
as the mighty Essequibo River.
I wish you all a happy 30th Independence
Anniversary.
Guyana's efforts to win debt relief were boosted when Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo met in the capital of France with Paris Club creditors. At this meeting Guyana made a bid to have 67 per cent of its stock of bilateral debt forgiven through Naples Term by the Paris Club creditors. This was finally agreed to by the bilateral creditors on May 24. Guyana's biggest bilateral creditor is Trinidad to which nearly $US530M is owed. According to the new arrangement, Trinidad will forgive 67 percent of this debt, an arrangement which was reached when Jagdeo visited the neighboring Caribbean state just before he traveled to Paris. An active lobbying campaign had earlier started with the various Paris Club creditor countries to win the reduction of the stock of debt. Jagdeo also met top-ranking government officials of the major creditors including Canada and Britain, before the meeting. With this new arrangement, Guyana's debt stock will be reduced from US$2.1 billion to US$1.5 billion.
President Cheddi Jagan has signed the 78-page Environmental Protection Bill, just 24 hours after it was enacted by the National Assembly. The Bill was passed without any dissent from the Opposition benches. Prime Minister Sam Hinds who piloted the Bill for the PPP/Civic in the National Assembly explained that the draft was circulated widely since September 1995, and there were broad consultations with the public and other interested bodies. He stressed that the new legislation was aimed at sustainable development of Guyana's resources while it also reflected the country's awareness of its responsibility to all humanity.
Guyana has called for more assistance from drug consumer countries to combat drug trafficking in the Caribbean region. The call was made by Guyana's Ambassador to the United States, Odeen Ishmael, during the sixth Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) meeting which concluded in Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday May 16. The meeting, which was attended by 32 of the 34 hemispheric countries that participated in the 1994 Summit of the Americas, reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Action Plan that was drawn up by the Summit. Ambassador Ishmael said that one way in which the consumer countries of North America and Western Europe can assist is through debt relief which can help to release much needed resources for economic development in the region. He added that currently, Caribbean countries use up a sizeable proportion of their resources in fighting drug trafficking for the benefit of the consumer countries. Ambassador Ishmael also called on the nations of the hemisphere to work harder for a solution to the debt burdens affecting many countries in the region. In stating the case for debt relief, he explained that the debt burden places severe pressures on the economies of poor countries and these can undermine security and democracy within the hemisphere.
The Government expects to spend some G$40M on the vital Lethem to Georgetown road this year and is taking steps to ensure maximum maintenance, security and control. The route is a key and long awaited connection between Lethem in the country's remote southern region and the capital. The authorities have dispatched several pieces of equipment to clear an alternative by-pass south of the Potaro area, and to maintain the Kurupukari/Lethem stretch. Ministry of Works engineers have already visited the area and assisted the regional administration of the Rupununi area in preparing contract documents for the project to be advertised shortly. The Government will look at the possibility of having Army and Police personnel stationed at Kurupukari and upgrade and ensure Customs and immigration operations at Lethem are up to the task.
Leader of the House in the National Assembly, Reepu Daman Persaud, has confirmed that he has received the names of the PNC representatives for the parliamentary Constitutional Reform Committee. The Committee was announced in the National Assembly over a year ago, but unlike the other minority parties, the PNC did not respond or submit its list of names. Persaud, who is also Senior Minister of Agriculture, said that with the PNC now participating in the work of the Committee, it would move forward the task of reforming Guyana's constitution.
The outgoing passenger area of the Timehri International Airport will be extended by 54,000 square feet through a major G$250 million project which was announced in mid-April. The scheme will see the installation of an automated check-in system, with screening equipment and a new conveyor facility in the departure baggage section. There will also be extended working areas for the immigration, security and departure lounge; expansion and development of a new public area for individuals accompanying passengers, and the improvement of the coffee shop and bar. The number of duty free shops, departure gates, and airline offices will also be increased, and there will be additional toilets, a covered drop-off area for outgoing passengers and an expanded baggage make-up section.
The Guyana Electricity Corporation has awarded a contract to the Wartsila Diesel company of Finland to provide electrical units to produce 22 megawatts of electricity by year end. Two new units to be set up will be housed at the Kingston power station. All financial arrangements have already been made for the new units. Wartsila has already established two new stations since 1992 at Garden of Eden and at Anna Regina.
Members of the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association ended their three-day strike on May 9. The strike was to reinforce the union's demand for 16 percent wage increase for 1995. Earlier, the University Council maintained that the stringent financial conditions were against higher salaries for the lecturers and other academics. University lecturers have received pay rises that are higher than the national average. Since 1992, academics have seen their pay increasing by 38 percent annually, and in 1994, they benefitted from a mammoth 100 percent increase in wages. Meanwhile, students at the university came out in protest against the lecturers' action, calling it contemptuous to their affairs, since examinations which were due had to be pushed back.
The spanking new Suddie Primary School was officially opened recently. The facility cost just over G$2 million and replaced a dilapidated structure which was built during the British rule of Guyana. Also opened recently was another primary school in Mainstay, Pomeroon. This school also replaced a run-down structure. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Region, Ally Baksh, announced that the building works at the nursery school at Aurora would soon be completed. He noted that efforts to rehabilitate this school were part of the region's program to enhance the delivery of education to students in the area.
The Guyana Government has announced moves to join other Caribbean countries in harmonizing the regulations governing the import and export of foreign currency. The Foreign Exchange (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 1996 was recently introduced in Parliament to modernize the legal framework to bring the exchange system in line with current policy and practice. The bill is aimed at monitoring certain transactions in gold and securities, an issue which is coming under government scrutiny. Another objective of the bill is to encourage non-resident companies to finance their operations in Guyana from outside. It also has declaration requirements for travelers on the import and export of foreign currency in excess of US$10,000. This means that declarations will be required from travelers bringing into or taking out from Guyana more than US$10,000 or its equivalent in foreign exchange on their person or in their baggage.
Guyana has been receiving regular visits from anti-narcotics agents from the United States and Canada, reflecting international concerns about this country becoming a major transhipment point for cocaine and other illegal substances. Recently, ranks from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were in Guyana and provided leads that helped break a Guyana-Canada drug ring that included a low-ranking local policeman and Colombian connections. Local police, with help from the RCMP, made a clean sweep and netted seven persons, including one Colombian national, and Police constable Luther Chester. The alleged racket involved 50 kilograms of cocaine. Both the North American and local police are involved in this investigation, and information provided after the raid indicated that there are positive leads to other Guyana-North American drug operations.
The British Overseas Development Administration (ODA) on May 3, handed over 50 new water pumps to the Guyana Water Authority for its national water improvement program. At the request of the government, the ODA, along with several multilateral agencies, is currently funding a two-year project aimed at rehabilitating the nation's water supply. The components from the ODA project include provision of 100 submersible pumps, as well as electro-mechanical equipment. Spare parts and supplies for the maintenance of these equipment were also to be handed over along with 20 miles of pipelines. Meanwhile, GUYWA hopes to install 60 pumps in various parts of the country by year end.
The Public Hospital of Georgetown Accident and Emergency (AE) Ward moved into new and spacious quarters with state-of-the-art facilities. The AE department was shifted from the old western building to the spacious air-conditioned Ambulatory Care, Surgical and Diagnostic Centre. The Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic is soon to be shifted.
Representatives from 250 policing groups across the country met in Georgetown on Sunday May 5 to establish a national body. President Jagan addressed the session at Police Headquarters, in Eve Leary. The national body would serve to ensure that the needs and requirements of the groups are met to allow them a more effective auxiliary role alongside the Police Force. Policing groups were born out of a call in 1992 by President Jagan for communities across the country to band together with the police in fighting the then high incidence of crime in various communities. The general drop in crime is due mainly to increased citizens' participation in policing activities, with several groups having received commendation awards from the police force.
Twenty percent of the East Berbice rice crop is expected to be damaged as a result of paddy bug. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Rice Producers Association are treating the case with a great degree of seriousness. This bad news came in the midst of reaping on some 43,340 acres of land cultivated. The region had projected to cultivate 39,500 acres, surpassing this by about 3,000. The latest figure released from the Corentyne showed that 33,000 acres had already been harvested, producing an average yield of 23 bags per acre.
Several interior locations will be given more assistance to boost their efforts to cultivate rice. According to the Guyana Rice Development Board, it is anticipated that eight villages in the Mazaruni and Rupununi areas where some 50 acres of rice are cultivated, will first benefit from the impending assistance. Recently, a high-profile team from the Board visited interior locations to boost efforts by some villages to become self-sufficient in rice. Since 1992, rice cultivation has expanded dramatically, and even areas, such as the interior locations, are now developing lands to produce the commodity. Already, too, some farmers on the traditionally rice-growing Essequibo Coast are planning to cultivate an unusual three crops of rice for this year.
Remigrants, who are benefiting from various tax concessions for returning home, have been given a stern warning to be honest or face a revocation of these concessions. Over 250 remigrants have benefitted from tax concession to import their vehicles, but about 20% of these have been suspected of abusing this facility. The recently-appointed Cabinet Monitoring Unit (CMU) is now geared with the task of ascertaining the whereabouts of these remigrants. The Immigration Department, CMU and the Ministry of Finance have begun coordination to ensure that the facility is not abused by the remigrants. A remigrant benefits from the facility when relocating back to Guyana and can only dispose of the concessionary benefits after three to five years.
The Japanese Government has announced that it will soon award a contract to a successful bidder for the construction and installation of a new US$10M power station adjoining the existing Garden of Eden Station. The project which is a grant aid arrangement from the Japanese Government, is part of that country's assistance to solve Guyana's electricity woes. The Plant will generate another 5.5 megawatts of power into the national grid.
The sod was turned on May 16 for the construction of a ferry service linking Guyana and Suriname, funded by the European Union to the tune of $G620M. The project will link the two border towns of Crabwood Creek and Nickerie in Guyana and Suriname, respectively. It entails the construction of a ferry terminal and access roads on both sides of the border. A contracting company is presently constructing the ferry in Suriname. This service is expected to enhance cross-border trade through better safety and larger capacity to transport goods and people.
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant in excess of $85M for teacher-training in Guyana. The grant will assist in the assessment of the Cyril Potter College of Education, the country's major teachers' training institution. A Director of CDB said that the assessment is expected to cover equipment and institution material, the quality of the teacher-training program and collaboration among institutions involved in teachers' preparation and development.
Investment continues to be injected into the economy depicting growing private sector confidence in the government's program and policies. The Kayman Sankar Group of Companies recently established its new Aviation Complex at the Ogle airstrip. This will enable the company to expand its aviation operations.
Local University of Guyana Tourism students recently hosted 14 tourism students from the University of Guelph, Canada. The students from Canada were expected to spend ten days in the country and were to be involved in various related academic activities. The visit was part of the Visit Guyana Year program.
The Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad (BASS) has again busted persons trying to sneak quantities of marijuana into the Corentyne. Squad officers nabbed two persons at Shamira Landing, Corentyne with over two kilograms of marijuana. They were taken into police custody to be charged. Also a Surinamese who was caught by BASS with 11 pounds of marijuana was sentenced to ten years in jail. Given Guyana's vast, lengthy borders with neighboring states, huge quantities of illegal drugs are suspectedly being smuggled in for transhipment and to meet domestic consumption.
While Georgetown continues to suffer from the enormous piles of rubbish, dilapidated roadways and clogged drains, City Mayor Randwell Jordan has confirmed that he is planning to take a trip to Istanbul, Turkey which will cost the cash-strapped City Council approximately $G1M. The trip is to attend the World Assembly of Cities and Local Authorities. But Councillors and observers are up in arms against the Mayor's proposed sojourn, which they say serves to ignore the chaos the city is in and limited cash at its disposal.
The Helena Primary School at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was recently rebuilt. Meanwhile, the nursery school in the same area is presently being renovated.
Work has started to convert a state building in Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast to be used as an Amerindian Hostel. The regional administration recently approved $800,000 to repair and put the building in right shape to serve as a hostel. The hostel, the first of its kind in the Anna Regina area, will serve Amerindian settlements ranging from Mainstay to St. Denny's Mission. In addition, the recently rehabilitated hostels at Suddie and Supenaam are being run by broad-based management committees.
Heavy rains in the East Berbice are delaying efforts to rehabilitate delapidated roads in the area. About 30% of the projected work in Black Bush Polder which commenced in 1995, was already completed. Rehabilitation will cover critical areas amounting to a 22-mile stetch from Lesbeholden to Yakusari settlements. The once inaccessible Mara Road, is now under rehabilitation and will be completed in another three months.
Guyana's economy continues to record growth, and Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo reported that for the first quarter of this year it grew better than the projected 6.6 percent. The Minister also added that there was an excellent fiscal performance. He said that the exchange rate was stable, exports were going up, foreign earnings were on the increase and inflation was just about 1.6 percent above the estimate.
Reconstruction of the dilapidated Springlands Stelling is moving apace. Recently, the existing structures were dismantled, clearing the way for a new structure. The new stelling is being constructed by the Guyana Rice Development Board. A boat landing at Line Path, Skeldon, is being used as a temporary port of entry in the Corentyne area.
Following President Cheddi Jagan's visit to the Rupununi region, the location now has a four-wheel drive Land Cruiser to service the vast area's health care needs. The new vehicle will provide health care to villages scattered in the 57,000 square kilometers area and will operate from the Lethem Hospital. The keys were handed over to Dr Jomo Osborne, Region Nine's Health Officer.
Farmers on the Essequibo Coast have reported that they have sown paddy on 70% of their rice lands for the second crop. About 34,000 acres of land have been prepared for cultivation for this crop, and within weeks all are expected to be sown. Some farmers are venturing to have three crops this year as the sowing of the second crop is earlier than normal. Meanwhile farmers have been assured of adequate irrigation and drainage facilities.
The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association opened a clinic on Quamina Street, Georgetown, on May 8, which will provide extensive care to women. The main aspect of this will be pap smears to detect cancer of the cervic. First Lady Janet Jagan gave the feature address at the opening ceremony.
A public forum on the prospects of the Iwokrama International Rain Forest program was held at the Tower Hotel. Queries from the public were answered. The Iwokrama program occupies some 360,000 hectares of land and demonstrates that sustainable utilization of forest resources can be compatible with conservation of these assets.
On-going probe by police into a vehicle importation scam aimed at defrauding the state of tens of millions of dollars, has yielded more results recently. The proprietor of Akbar Hussein's Auto-sales and his father, both of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, were both charged for evasion of customs duties and placed on $250,000 bail each. The men also faced three other charges. Resulting from the probe, 20 vehicles have been sized by the police. So far, two of the owners have paid the full amount of duty required for the vehicles.
An unprecedented meeting was held by President Cheddi Jagan and representatives of the Guyana Mini-bus and General Workers Union (GM&GWU) to discuss the current state of the mini-bus sector. The President of the GM&GWU said that the association brought to the President's attention the need for "government involvement in the operational system of the mini-bus industry in Guyana." The association also sought the President's support for an independent regulatory body. It is also calling for the issuing and revoking of road licences to be removed from the ambit of the police force and be brought under a Ministry.
Following a request from the Auditor General's office on the abuse of a car import tax concession facility to Chief Works Officer Frank Bassier, Permanent Secretary Ganpat Sahai reported that he had responded and has remedied the situation. As a result, Mr Bassier now uses his personal vehicle to do the Ministry's work, the condition under which he was granted the tax concession facility in the first place. The Auditor General's Department had found that Bassier was using two of the Public Work's Ministry vehicles for his work, in contravention of the agreement.
Nigerian refugee Ademila Onibiyo, the 21 year-old architecture student who was granted refuge in Guyana recently, paid a courtesy call on President Cheddi Jagan at the Presidential Secretariat. He expressed thanks to the Guyana Government for allowing him to remain in Guyana pending review of his case, after being deported from Britain.
Exports of non-traditional agricultural produce for March totalled 304 tonnes of which 110 tonnes went by air and 194 tonnes by sea. This was 54 tonnes over the February 1996 figure. Of the volume exported by air, 81 tonnes went regionally and 29 tonnes went extra regionally. The main products exported via air were bora, eddo, lime, mango, pineapple, plantain and pumpkin. Heart of palm and coconut oil were the major products shipped by sea.
The contract has been signed between Dipcon Engineering and the Ministry of Public Works for the rebuilding of the road from the Pegasus Hotel to Ruimveldt Police Station. The Project which was approved weeks before the City Council closed sections of Avenue of the Republic is valued at over $G200M. The project entails reasphalting, widening of road shoulders for parking, raising and reseating manhole covers, replacing of bad pavement sections, among other activities. The project is due to be completed by November 19 this year.
The Government is moving to involve Non-Governmental Organisations, individuals and other agencies in education at the post-primary level, Senior Education Minister, Dr Dale Bisnauth announced.
The United Nations Development Program boosted the Government's environmental monitoring capacity with a US$50,000 equipment package.
A new passenger/vehicle ferry to carry 800 passengers and 33 cars is being constructed for the Essequibo River regular run, officials announced.
The new Ambulatory and Diagnostic Centre of the Georgetown Hospital as well as the new $1, $5 and $10 coins were commissioned during the observance of Guyana's 30th Independence Anniversary.
Government is pursuing plans to generate electricity from wood waste, proposing a related project at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne that would yield five or more megawatts of electricity for the national grid. Government is seeking a business interest to work on the "feasible" wood waste project.
The 65 Neighbourhood Councils across the country have already received $30M out of the allocated $195M for this year. All the councils have been allocated $3M each and are being urged by the Local Government Ministry to utilize the sums to upgrade the conditions of their various areas.
The Bartica Market wharf will soon be rehabilitated with funds from central government's coffers. This is aimed at increasing economic activities for Barticians. Making this possible will be a decision by the Local Government Ministry to approve a special grant of $3M to rehabilitate the strategic market wharf. Last year the area benefitted from $1.4M for community development works. Part of this sum was spent on the Bartica market.
Top ranking officials of the Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC) and the Guyana Water Authority (GUYWA) met recently with regional officer, heads of departments and Chairpersons of Neighbourhood Democratic Councils on their plans for Berbice. Plans to improve and expand the supply of electricity were discussed as well as plans for the improvement of water supply in East Berbice.
President Cheddi Jagan in his May Day address announced that Independence day will be celebrated as a national holiday in recognition of the contribution of workers of the country over the past 30 years.
The Transport and Harbours Department observed its 65th anniversary by commissioning the recently rebuilt Parika Stelling and a new passenger boat on May 19. The commissioning of the stelling and the passenger boat, M.B. Bonasika, are the latest in a stream of similar activities launched under the PPP/Civic administration.
The Amazon Caribbean will be building a new factory at Rosignol, Berbice for the canning of heart of palm (manicole), shrimps and coconut jelly. These products will be canned and packed for the overseas market. The company plans to start production in the last quarter of this year. The factory will provide direct employment for 100 persons, while the raw materials will be collected from an average of 300 suppliers including Amerindians from the Berbice River, fishermen and coconut growers in the region. This follows a fruit-canning factory established on the East Bank of Demerara several months ago.
Guyana Airways Corporation (GAC) has acquired a new US$1.25M 20-seater Twin Otter Aircraft which is expected to improve the transportation for hinterland residents, farmers, miners and tourists. The aircraft was bought from GAC's own funds with some assistance from the Nova Scotia Bank in the form of a loan. The inability of GAC to provide regular air service to the hinterland locations was one of the complaints made to the President during his visit to Region Nine in March.
President Cheddi Jagan held several meetings in Mahaica and opened the newly-constructed Cane Grove road in East Demerara. The Cane Grove road was recently resurfaced for about $G100M and will help provide cheap transportation for farmers' produce in and out of the location.
Suddie is to benefit from a new water treatment plant to be installed at Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast. This will form part of the Guyana Water Authority program to improve water supply to that region and other outlying communities.
The ten registrars who will be co-ordinating the exercise across the country were getting their offices and staff ready for the National Registration exercise to start on June 3. The Elections Commission is reviewing a proposal to have three scrutineers - one each from the government and opposition parties in Parliament and a third from the remaining groups outside the National Assembly.
Measures introduced by the Guyana Rice Development Board along with increased rice production has seen the price for rice on the local market declining. Simultaneously, a shortage of wheat on the US and world market has sent up the price for wheat to an all-time high.
Pipelines were laid recently to ensure adequate water supply for residents in the Mon Repos Pasture area, East Coast Demerara. This area has experienced a shortage of potable water for many years.
Two experts for the Elections Commission office were to arrive in Guyana very soon to bolster plans for the upcoming elections. The experts are Gerald Jean and Harry Neufeldt, whose assistance to Guyana is being organized by the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES). The IFES is one of the agencies which will provide assistance to the Elections Commission for the upcoming national poll.
A mass immunization program has been launched on the Essequibo Coast by the Ministry of Health for infants between 12 to 52 months for anti-Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
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