General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan is reporting a production growth of 7 percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November. According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681, 517 metric tonnes. This is a…
The long awaited report on the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been described as an eye opener, by Minister of State Joseph Harmon, based on the amount of information that emanated from it. He congratulated the commissioners who worked on the comprehensive report, when he addressed a post-Cabinet media briefing…
Cabinet has approved the sum of $49 million to fight a red palm mite infestation currently affecting the coconut industry. The money will be used to purchase chemicals, equipment, and safety gear and provided to farmers at a subsidised cost to combat this infestation, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said…
GuySuCo will recover! This year will mark a turning point in the performance of the industry! How many times have we heard these mantras, from the mouth of the industry’s hopeful? But instead have been faced with the reality of another dismal performance of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, another failing…
The recent industrial action called by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has officially ended, and it is expected that all workers will return to work by this weekend. This is according toChief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman. He pointed out that current…
Are the Sugar workers being hoaxed by their Union leadership? The Corporation notes with great concern the current industrial action across the industry by its workers responding to calls from its Union leadership to apply pressure to the financially ailing industry. The Corporation in no less than four occasions over…
The current industrial action called bythe Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), has forced the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to ask some pertinent questions. CEO, Errol Hanoman told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that certain questions need to be answered by the union. …
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) is just about 13,000 tonnes away from achieving its 2015 sugar target of 227,443 tonnes. This production could be easily achieved in less than two weeks if industrial action is put on hold. Chief Executive (CEO) of the corporation, Errol Hanomansaid the company could even…
