Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica Umphathiswa, Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett, izolo unikwe iwonga lodumo loGusi Peace elivela kwiGusi Foundation yaseManila, ePhilippines.
“Ndiwonge kakhulu ngokuthathelwa ingqalelo yiGusi Foundation ebekekileyo kweli xesha linzima kwimbali yehlabathi. Ngokuqinisekileyo, umsebenzi wethu ngokubhekiselele kukhenketho kunye nokomelela kwehlabathi wenze uphawu. Ndicinga ukuba iJamaica, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo sonke ebesikwishishini lolawulo lokhenketho kwesi siqithi, sinokuziva sinelunda ngokuba siyaqwalaselwa kwaye umsebenzi wethu wamkelwa ngaphaya konxweme lwethu,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
IGusi Foundation ngumbutho wesisa, onjongo yawo iphambili “kukunika ingqalelo efanelekileyo, ngokunikezela amabhaso okugqwesa nokwahlulahlula, kubantu ngabanye okanye kumaqela kwihlabathi liphela athe azibonakalisa njengemizekelo emihle yoluntu.”
Ngokukodwa, abaququzeleli baqaphele ukuba aba bantu okanye amaqela kufuneka enze igalelo elingumzekelo kuxolo nakumalungelo oluntu, ekufumaneni inzululwazi, kwezopolitiko, kwi-academe, kwezobugcisa, uncwadi, amayeza okanye ubuchwephesha, ubuntatheli, ubuntu, i-physics, i-chemistry, inkolo, ishishini kunye Ububele, uqoqosho kunye nehlabathi.
Eli bhaso lithiywe ngegama lomphathi ongasekhoyo uCaptain Gemeniano Javier Gusi, igqala leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi elalwa nengcinezelo yaseJapan kwaye waba ngummeli okhutheleyo wamalungelo oluntu.
Kuthathwa njengokuqikelela imbeko kunye nembeko enikezelwe kwiNobel Peace Prize yaseNorway, kunye nePulitzer yaseMelika.
“Ndonwabile ukwamkela eli bhaso, nangona kunjalo, kwaye ndinethemba lokuba ndiza kuba nakho ukulandela ukuze ndilifumane ngokwasemzimbeni eManilla. Egameni lethu sonke, lo ngumzuzu othobekileyo kakhulu kodwa obalulekileyo ebomini bam kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo kuthi sonke kukhenketho, ”utshilo uMphathiswa.
UBartlett wazibandakanya nabaphumeleleyo kwixa elidlulileyo abanjengomakad 'enetha kwezentengiso kunye nozakuzaku uArnold Foote Jr, owafumana iwonga ngo-2010; UGqirha Isaias Salas Hererra waseCosta Rica owafumana ibhaso ngowama-2016; Usomashishini waseJamaican, uLascelles Chin, owanikwa ngo-2017 kunye neJamaican Humanitarian, uBawo uRichard Ryan Ho Lung, owanikwa ngo-2011.
Iindaba ezingakumbi ngeJamaica
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I think Jamaica, and certainly all of us who have been in the tourism management business in the island, can feel justly proud that we are being considered and our work is recognized well beyond our shores,” said Minister Bartlett.
- The Gusi Foundation is a charitable organization, whose main objective is “to give proper recognition, through the conferment of awards of excellence and distinction, to individuals or groups worldwide who have distinguished themselves as brilliant exemplars of society.
- On behalf of all of us, this is indeed a very humbling but significant moment in my life and certainly for all of us in tourism,” said the Minister.
