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By Lindsay DavidsonThe government on Monday announced the appointment of four Ministerial Advisors on the Diaspora during an Alliance For Change (AFC) Leadership Dinner Gala at the Woodbine Banquet Convention Hall in Toronto.The new Ministerial Advisors are Tameshwar Lilmohan, who is the President of the AFC in Toronto,Wholesale MLB Jerseys, and Dr. Rohan Somar, Ron Alert and Earth Marshal from the United States.Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan made the announcement at the Gala that marked the end of a three-day trip of a high level team of Ministers and staff led by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to Toronto to meet with Canadian and Diaspora investors.The other members of the team were Business Minister Dominic Gaskin,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, Infrastructure Minister David Patterson,MLB Jerseys China, Kibbyann Chester-Harding and Shawn Doris from GO Invest, Kenneth Jordan from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Kiran Mattai from the Guyana Energy Board.While the role of the Advisors is still not clear, indications are that they will lead committees in their respective regions and liaise with the government on Diaspora matters.In presenting the certificates of appointment to the Advisors,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Minister Ramjattan praised their hard work and continued support for the Alliance that according to him was largely responsible for helping the APNU+AFC coalition defeat the People’s Progressive Party at the May 11 elections.The Ministers, including the Prime Minister, also delivered remarks during which they all expressed thanks to the Diaspora for their support that resulted in the coalition’s victory at the polls and becoming the government.During Saturday’s Business Forum a room of over 200 at the Riverstone Gulf Club in Brampton saw presentations from Ministers Patterson and Gaskin that identified specific investment opportunities available in Guyana that the government was ready to move forward on.These include waterfront development, transportation, highway construction,CHeap MLB Jerseys China, aerodrome improvement and construction and alternative energy projects among others.Minister Patterson said that four communities – Mabaruma,Cheap MLB Jerseys, Bartica, Mahdia and Lethem – are to be given Township status and the government aims to have them all powered by alternative energy sources.Following the presentations Ministers Gaskin and Patterson and their staff met with about 26 investor groups in back to back meetings that ran after 9pm.On Friday the team met with big Bay Street investors in Canada’s financial district where they discussed opportunities in mining, investment financing and alternative energy.The team, minus Minister Patterson, is due back in Guyana today. Patterson flew to Florida for more business talks. |
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