Tagata tafafao maimoa mai i Jamaica Minisita, Hon. O Edmund Bartlett, ananafi na mauaina le faʻailoga taua o le Gusi Peace mai le Gusi Foundation o Manila, Filipaina.
“Ua ou fiafia tele e amanaʻia e le Gusi Foundation faʻaaloalo i lenei vaitaimi faigata o le lalolagi talaʻaga. E mautinoa lava, o la matou galuega e faʻatatau i turisi ma le maufetuunaʻi o le lalolagi ua faia se faʻailoga. Ou te manatu o Jamaica, ma e mautinoa o tatou uma sa i le pisinisi faʻatautaia turisi i le motu, e mafai ona lagona le mimita o loʻo iloiloina ma o loʻo aloaʻia la tatou galuega i talaatu o tatou matafaga, "o le tala lea a le Minisita o Bartlett.
O le Gusi Foundation o se faʻalapotopotoga fesoasoani, o lona autu autu o le "faʻatagaina aloaia, e ala i le faʻaeeina atu o faʻailoga silisili, ma taʻutaʻua, i tagata taʻitoʻatasi poʻo ni vaega i le lalolagi atoa ua latou faʻaalia latou lava o ni tagata faʻaalia lelei o faʻataʻitaʻiga o le lalolagi."
Faʻapitoa lava, na faʻatulagaina e le faʻatulagaina o nei tagata taʻitoʻatasi poʻo kulupu e tatau ona faia ni faʻataʻitaʻiga saofaga i le filemu ma aia tatau a tagata, i saienitisi sailiiliga, polokiki, aʻoga, faʻatinoina o tusi, tusitusiga, vailaʻau poʻo le tino, tusitala, tagata soifua, fisiki, kemisi, lotu, pisinisi ma alofa, tamaoaiga ma faʻavaomalo.
O le Faʻailoga e faʻaigoa i le tuai ai o le Kapeteni Gemeniano Javier Gusi, o le Taua Lona II a le Lalolagi na tau faasaga i le faʻasauā a Iapani ma avea ma tagata lauiloa e lagolagoina aia tatau a tagata.
E faʻapea e tusa ma le faʻaaloalo ma le faʻaaloalo na tuʻuina atu i le Nobel Peace Prize o Nouei, ma le Pulitzer o le Iunaite Setete o Amerika.
"Ou te fiafia e talia lenei faʻailoga, e ui lava e masani ai, ma o loʻu faʻamoemoe o le a mafai ona ou alu e sosoʻo mai ma mauaina faʻapitoa i Manilla. I le avea ai ma sui o tatou uma, o lenei o se matua lotomaualalo tele ae taua taimi i loʻu olaga ma mautinoa mo i tatou uma i turisi, "fai mai le Minisita.
Bartlett auai faʻapitoa iloga laureates pei o Jamaican veteran faʻasalalauga ma diploma Arnold Foote Jr, o le na mauaina le mamalu i le 2010; Dr. Isaia Salas Hererra o Costa Rica na mauaina le faʻailoga i le 2016; Tagata fai pisinisi Jamaican, Lascelles Chin, faʻamanuiaina i le 2017 ma le Jamaican Humanitarian, Tama Richard Ryan Ho Lung, faʻailogaina i le 2011.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- 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.
