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PRESS BRIEFING
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
FLOOD RECOVERY UPDATE
Coordinator of the Flood Recovery Secretariat in the Office of the President, Mr. Robeson Benn again briefed Cabinet on the progress of the implementation of the Disaster Recovery Programme.
Cabinet noted the beginning of the distribution of the d house hold assistance of $10,000.00 per household to communities on the East Coast Demerara (Buxton and Annandale)
Cabinet noted the reported hiccoughs associated with data accuracy problems.
Cabinet re-examined the earlier agreed upon approach in delivering assistance to the productive sectors and agreed to revisit the options of provision of either cash or in kind to farmers ahead of the fast-approach replanting season and livestock rearers.
The Secretariat was tasked with the provision of required information.
PARLIAMENTARY SITTING
The National Assembly would be meeting on Thursday, April 21, 2005.
The meeting would see the 2nd reading of the Excise Tax Bill laid in Parliament on 2005-04-14.
The Bill is to accompany the VAT Legislation already under the House’s consideration and seeks to recognise certain categories of goods on which Excise Tax would be levied.
The House would also be considering the Financial Paper addressing the Contingency Advance for meeting the Flood Disaster Response expenditure.
Importantly, the House would be considering the motion to amend the Standing Order to allow for greater publicity of Parliamentary Sub-committee hearings
IMC CONSULTATION
Minister Collymore outlined to Cabinet, his schedule of meetings/consultations with the taxpayers of Georgetown on the dissolution of the Municipal Council and its replacement by an Interim Management Council.
Minister Collymore indicated that he would, within one week be coordinating a series of consultations including direct engagements/meetings, radio and TV programmes for the information of the citizens.
Subsequent to the consultation, the decision to move to the Inquiry would be made. The Administration’s position was reiterated and that position identified the unacceptability poor delivery of municipal services to rate payers and the consistently poor performance of the Municipality.
The Administration remain convinced that the dissolution of the Municipal Council and its replacement by an Interim Council was the only alternative to the prolonged disability affecting the Council’s obligation to rate payers.
Accession to Copenhagen Declaration on Anti doping in Sports
Cabinet at its meeting of April 19, 2005, approved Guyana’s signing the Copenhagen Declaration as Anti doping in Sports and thus recognise the code and support the work of the World Anti Doping Agency in 1997. and many of the CARICOM countries are among the 132 signatories.
200 out of the 202 National Olympic committees have signed the Anti Doping Code.
Accession obligates the Government of Guyana to put in place measures to: