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  • 63 women receive gas stoves, sewing machines to start up business

    63 women receive gas stoves, sewing machines to start up business

    Sixty-three women are now in the position to become entrepreneurs or perfect their craft with support from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.

    The women received sewing machines, gas stoves, and accredited certificates for their participation in the ministry’s – Women Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) culinary and garment construction courses on Monday.

    Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud

    The distribution exercise is the collaborative effort of the ministry and the UN Women geared towards women’s empowerment through financial stability.

    The Department of Public Information (DPI)spoke with Mamte Kissoon who shared her story on how the WIIN programme transformed her life and expressed her passion for garment construction.

    “I never had anyone to teach me. I could do the alterations better than before so it worked out great for me. I was unemployed before and due to the WIIN programme, it developed me more and by being given a machine it helped me,” an elated Kissoon explained.

    Another recipient, Denise Quinton said the WIIN initiative by the government is “empowering women to be constructive to help themselves.”

    Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud handing over certificate to participant

    Additionally, Trudy Agrippa revealed that the WIIN programme is transformative as “You learn a lot, you interact with people, you interact with even minister at times. So, with something like that, it would just bring out the best in you. You also have the opportunity to do business too.

    Meanwhile, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud explained that the programme was created to allow women to move from dependent to independent.

    “It is my personal wish that we have many more women as entrepreneurs. Many more women having the opportunity to gain employment and to enjoy equal pay and for many women to understand that there is an opportunity for upward mobility and or growth,” Dr Persaud stated.

    Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, and participants of the WIIN programme
    Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, and participants of the WIIN programme
  • Importers, local manufacturers must be registered before selling certain commodities – GNBS

    Importers, local manufacturers must be registered before selling certain commodities – GNBS

    Georgetown, GINA July 23, 2016

    The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) wants importers and local manufacturers to conform to its registration requirement for the selling of commodity items monitored by the agency.

    Importers and local manufacturers are required to register with the GNBS on a yearly basis to be in complete compliance with the agency’s standards.

    The 20y commodities monitored by GNBS are domestic electric appliances, weighing and measuring devices, textiles, garments, footwear, safety matches, tyres, gas stoves, fertilisers, cigarettes, PVC pipes, furniture, toys, soap powder, Christmas trees and decorative lighting outfits, safety helmets, cellular phones, water and electricity meters and seat belts.

    The registration of both imported and locally manufactured products will facilitate the inspection of the products’ labels. This will verify that the product is in conformity with national standards.

    Head of the Conformity Department and Officer in Charge of the GNBS, Candelle Walcott-Bostwick, said. “For the categories of products monitored by the GNBS for the importers, once they’re going to bring in any of those items that are on our list of products they are expected to register with the bureau annually. For the locally manufactured products they also have to register with the bureau.”

    If an importer brings in any of these items without being registered by the agency, the items are placed on a ‘hold’ system which allows the importer or the dealer to be registered.

    Application forms for registration are available on the bureau’s website and can be submitted to the office located at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia.

    “They would complete the form and after that is completed they are normally issued a certificate that should be displayed at the location, that they are a registered importer of a particular product,” Walcott-Bostwick explained.

    The fee for registration for the importation of these items is generally $ 30,000 but the dealer (importers of cellular phones, tyres etc.) are required to pay a registration fee of

    $ 15,000.

    The agency intends to create public awareness to familiarise the business community with the necessary information for easier flow of conducting business, and to encourage compliance with the agency’s standards.