Festival of India trade Fair
- aims at boosting commercial ties between Guyana and India business community
Georgetown, GINA Thursday 24 February, 2005.
Indian Commodities such as furniture, jewelry, fabrics among others will, for the first time be on show in Guyana directly by several Indian companies. The festival of India, Trade Fair will be held in Guyana at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia from March 18 to the 30, 2005. Some forty agencies in the manufacturing sector are expected to participate.
The fair is being hosted by the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, in association with the Indo-Global Chamber of Commerce and the Indian High Commission.
According to Minister of Tourism, Manzoor Nadir, “ Guyana is an exciting place to hold the trade fair” adding that “there is great expectation of the event”. The Minister also noted that “Life is getting back to normal” after the flooding on the East Coast and other parts in Regions Three, Four and Five.
Minister Nadir also said that Government recognizes the activity’s importance to the private and commercial sector which will lead to other interest and that is why it is concerned in the organizing of the fair.
Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, His Excellency Avinash Gupta said that the Fair will increase interaction between the two countries, particularly the business community.
High Commissioner Gupta also said “it is an important event which will help boost economical relations”, pointing out the relevance to the strengthening of commercial and industrial ties.
The fair is also aimed at building on the initiatives which started when President Bharrat Jagdeo visited India previously. Some business entities are interested in various industries in Guyana, including logging and precious minerals.
Guyana is noted for its natural resources particularly the large forests and minerals.
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Guyana sympathizes with Venezuela on recent flood
Georgetown, GINA Thursday 24 February, 2005.
Minister of Foreign Affairs- Rudy Insanally has expressed sympathy on behalf of Guyana to Venezuela on its recent natural disaster. Venezuela has experienced extreme torrential rainfall that has displaced thousands of Venezuelans leaving many wounded, homeless and dead.
A state of emergency was declared in Caracas and six other states as a result many persons were evacuated to La Guaira's Port. The Red Cross has said this month's devastating floods in Venezuela could be Latin America's worst natural disaster of the 20th century.
President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez attributed the unusually heavy rains, to ecological problems as a result global warming.
As a country also experiencing the sufferings and terrible consequences of a similar tragedy Guyana fully symphatises with Venezuela and hopes that the loss will be minimal and that normalcy be quickly resumed.
Mr. Insanally expressed Guyana’s appreciation for the solidarity and support shown by the Government and people of Venezuela in our own misfortune.
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Clean up efforts on the East Coast to continue
Georgetown, GINA, February 24, 2005
Efforts to clean- up the East Coast Demerara and rid villages of large piles of garbage accumulated after the flood are to continue, as several areas still need to be cleaned.
The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development in collaboration with other organizations will spearhead the exercise. Government has observed that there are still huge amounts of garbage in the areas which need to be disposed of and which pose a health hazard to residents.
Today, Colonel Chabilall Ramsaroop, Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force and Chairman of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), met with representatives of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the Guyana Red Cross Society, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC’s), waste disposal Agencies and other organizations to co-ordinate a further exercise. The exercise will focus more on getting the garbage directly out of the communities.
During the meeting, Colonel Ramsaroop said that new contracts for waste disposal are being explored with the expectation that the contractors will employ persons from within the communities to assist.
Cevon’s Waste Management and Puran Brothers are two of the waste disposal agencies already contracted.
“ We are utilizing the professionals but they have to involve the NDC’s,” he said.
Previously a clean up campaign had started and this entailed getting garbage out of communities and placing it on the East Coast Public Road and Railway Embankment which were to be picked up by garbage trucks. However, Ramsaroop explained that President Bharrat Jagdeo feels that the campaign is not going as fast as he would have liked and the NDC’s were subsequently engaged in the operation.
Secretary- General of the Guyana Red Cross Society, Dorothy Fraser said that the garbage disposal laws of the country seriously need to be implemented and this is the opportune time to do so in order for citizens to become more responsible.
Another Representative said that Buxton Village needs specific attention while Officials of Plaisance/ Industry disclosed that their communities were cleaned through a collaborative effort of its residents.
Exploring means of separating garbage and maybe seeking other locations for dumping the large amount of waste from the East Coast were also discussed.
Presently, the Mandela Avenue Dumpsite is the location being used to dump waste.
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