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May 13, 2003
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GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA CONGRATULATES BARONESS AMOS
The Government of Guyana congratulates Baroness Valerie Amos
on her appointment as the new Secretary of State for International
Development. The Baroness, who hails from Guyana, has excelled
and won the confidence of her Prime Minister and the British
Government.
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Workshop to examine Food and Nutrition value launched
Over
the next three days, strategies addressing nutritional values
and eradicating nutritional problems will be looked at, as the
Food policy division in collaboration with CFNI, an arm of the
Pan America Health Organization, conducts a Workshop under the
theme: The Food and Nutrition Situation in Guyana: From Research
to the Policy and Programming.
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Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid
The
Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Mr.
Clement J. Rohee convened a consultative meeting with representatives
of the Crown Agents, Ministry of Finance, Bank of Guyana, the
private sector and the Japanese Embassy in Caracas, pursuant
to the procurement by end- users of a Japanese Non-Project Grant.
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GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA CONGRATULATES BARONESS AMOS
May
13th, 2003
The Government of Guyana congratulates Baroness Valerie Amos on
her appointment as the new Secretary of State for International
Development. The Baroness, who hails from Guyana, has excelled
and won the confidence of her Prime Minister and the British Government.
It must be recalled that Baroness Amos has a remarkable and illustrious
career becoming the first woman of African ancestry and Guyanese
nationality to be introduced in the House of Lords.The Government
on behalf of the Guyanese people convey its congratulations to
Baroness Amos and wish her every success in her new office.
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Workshop to examine Food and Nutrition value launched
Georgetown, GINA
Tuesday May 13, 2003
Over the next three days, strategies addressing nutritional
values and eradicating nutritional problems will be looked at,
as the Food policy division in collaboration with CFNI, an arm
of the Pan America Health Organization, conducts a Workshop
under the theme: The Food and Nutrition Situation in Guyana:
From Research to the Policy and Programming.
The objectives of the workshop are to present findings of studies
on the food and nutrition situation in Guyana, to discuss implications
of the findings of these studies for the Food and Nutrition
situation in Guyana. Of concern to local health officials is
the prevalence of anemia (iron deficiency) in the Guyanese society.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said that Iron deficiency
continues to be major problem with women who fall within the
reproductive age. He added that it is not much more costly to
add vitamin A and zinc to the supplements to the women. He noted
that the intake of a large quantity of food does necessarily
produce a healthy child. The balanced diet of the child would
determine the child’s health status.
Minister Ramsammy noted that good nutrition more often than
not entails good eating habits. He said that malnutrition in
many cases could be prevented, since too many people with adequate
access to food fall into the malnutrition bracket, adding that
obesity, on the other hand, should not be ignored. However,
the Minister said that there is need to find optimal ways of
constructing programmes to produce optimal nutritional values.
Director of CFNI, Dr. Fitzroy Henry said his group has been
working on the nutritional status of Guyanese with the Food
Policy Unit of the Ministry of Health for over three years.
He said that after examining the different age groups, the overall
findings have improved, there remain outstanding and significant
nutritional problems in Guyana. He said that ten percent of
the children under the ages of five are significantly undernourished
. Dr. Henry singled out clinics and Nursery schools as possible
vehicles of change for this age group.
Dr. Henry further added that correcting under-nutrition is not
entirely the responsibility of the Ministry of Health. He said
that the Ministry of Agriculture which ensures that the right
amount of greens, vegetables and fruits are available, the Ministry
of Trade which ensures that the right foods are imported and
individual, who ensures that he eats well are all responsible
for good nutrition of the individual.
A 1999-2003 survey has indicated that a number of important
food and nutrition- related problems and issues be urgently
addressed. The workshop provides a forum for participants to
discuss ideas be urgently addressed. The workshop provides forum
for participants to discuss ideas and suggestions for developing
a more collaborative approach for improving the health and nutrition
of all sections of the population.
Participants of the three-day interactive workshop will be drawn
from the public, private and Non-Governmental Sections.
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MESSAGE BY HON. SAMUEL A.HINDS, PRIME MINISTER PERFORMING THE
FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT ON THE FUNCTION OF YOUMUN NABI
May 13, 2003
It is my pleasant duty and one of the great honour to extend warm
greetings and best wishes to all my Muslim Brothers and Sisters
on the day of Youmun Nabi commemorating the birth anniversary
of the Holy Prophet Muhammed .
Whilist Youmun Nabi is a holy day in Islam, in Guyana it is observed
and celebrated by the whole nation as we seek to develop a collective
consciousness of festivals that are important to the various religions
which we follow.
Youmun Nabi is the most appropriate time to reflect again and
take example from the life of the Holy Prophet whose life was
intended to be the model for mankind. We in Guyana and in the
world at large, whether Muslim or not, must endeavour in all our
doings to reflect our accordance with His teachings of the brotherhood
of Man, the oneness in our origin, our basic and intrinsic worth
and equality. We must recognize that this oneness brings rights
in the way others but in what we make yourselves, conscious that
each of us is an example by which Mankind is to be known.
This lesson from the Holy Prophet is very relevant to us Guyanese
today, faced as we are with a great test of faith that we can
realize the aspiration of becoming one people, one nation and
one destiny, and building here for each other a life as prosperous
as what we see other people have created from themselves in their
countries.
A Happy Eid Milad-un-Nabi to all.
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Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid
Georgetown, GINA Tuesday May 13, 2003
The Minister of Foreign
Trade and International Cooperation, Mr. Clement J. Rohee convened
a consultative meeting with representatives of the Crown Agents,
Ministry of Finance, Bank of Guyana, the private sector and
the Japanese Embassy in Caracas, pursuant to the procurement
by end- users of a Japanese Non-Project Grant.
The Crown Agent is the designated procurement agent for the
Non- Project Grant Aid Programme.
Non-Project Grant Aid is basically a form of commodity aid and
its key function is to provide import
support to companies involved in manufacture and construction,
primarily in the form of
equipment, raw materials and spare parts.
Gafoors and Sons, Toolsie Persaud Ltd., Netram and Sons Hardware
and National Hardware Ltd. are local enterprise end users selected
by Cabinet after evaluate on of their applications which were
submitted in response to advertisements published in local newspapers
in October 2001.
The range of products purchased in Guyana over the course of
this grant has been wide, and has benefited local construction
and hardware firms. Among other things, cement, louvres, aluminium
building material, PVC piping and steel have been bought - each
of these products has had a direct impact on the construction
industry in Guyana.
During the consultative meeting the Crown Agents and the Japanese
Embassy official were provided with a progress report on the
construction of the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters.
It will be recalled that on September 11, 2001, Minister Rohee
and Ambassador Ito exchanged Notes for a Japanese Grant of five
hundred million (500,000,000) Yen, approximately, US $4.5 million,
which is being utilized toward the construction of the new CARICOM
Secretariat headquarters.
Under the Grant, end-users have been benefiting from the supply
of products which have been procured through the Crown Agents.
It is the proceeds from these transactions that are directed
to the construction of the new CARICOM Headquarters.
The Japanese Government is satisfied with the overall progress
of this project on the various levels. The project has benefited
the local economy and local companies through import support.
Local companies are promptly repaying their "counter value funds"
which in turn have been used to fund the construction of the
Caricom complex. Therefore, through the Non-Project Grant Aid
programme, the Japanese Government is assisting both Guyana
in meeting the cost of the project, and the Caribbean Community.
Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation May
09, 2003
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