Guardians of Guyana
Posted on August 26, 2015 A presentation by Christopher Ram to the Commission of Inquiry into the Sugar Industry IntroductionThe Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not only a company incorporated and intended to be regulated under the Companies Act; it forms a major part of two economic sectors – agriculture and manufacturing. See Appendix 12 … Read more
Pressure continues to mount for the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall to be fired or suspended from the National Assembly over what the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) calls “Sexual harassment” of women in the National Assembly. The Minister seems to be digging a deeper hole for himself by being entangled … Read more
After $6B loss in 2008, GuySuCo now breaking even A long-awaited sugar packaging plant that is expected to earn Guyana 50 per cent more in salesis expected to start operations by October.This was the assurance given by management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), ,during a recent inspection at the Enmore, East Coast Demerara site … Read more
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and Shadow Oil and Gas Minister, David Patterson yesterday tabled a Motion in the National Assembly calling for liability insurance coverage in the event of an oil spill disaster.In his Motion, Patterson cited the effects an oil spill can have on Guyana and noted that in the absence of full-coverage … Read more
In a bid to create jobs for laid off sugar workers, the government has agreed to grant some 55 acres of lands located at Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) to a 52 percent Guyanese owned joint venture called Guysons K+B Industries Inc. (GKB).The 55-acre plot includes the US$12.5M Enmore Packaging Plant that … Read more
A US$35M investment into a fabrication facility through the joint venture Guysons/K+B Industries (GK+B) will see the creation of some 500 news jobs along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) over the next five years. The facility will be constructed on 55 acres of land at Enmore, ECD. Guysons Engineering was established in 1992 and … Read more
The Enmore sugar packaging plant on the East Coast of Demerara is being converted into a state-of-the-art machine shop and pipe yard to service the oil and gas industry and will create some 500 jobs, the investors in the project announced on Wednesday. The project, which will see an eventual investment of US$60 million, is … Read more
APNU+AFC’s vision to construct a new bridge across the Demerara River was “shovel-ready” at the time of their removal from office. But the installed People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) government chose to discard all the work and start all over again. The Alliance for Change (AFC) in a press statement last week said the decision of … Read more
Some 46 million dollars worth of fuel cannot be properly accounted for by Minister Dharamlall during the examination of Region 2, Pomeroon-Supenaam, budgetary allocation. APNU+AFC regional representative for Region 2 Member of Parliament (MP) Shurwayne Holder, in a Facebook post, stated that months ago he received credible information from sources employed at the Region 2 … Read more
A Democracy and Governance Assessment prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says Guyana’s two major political parties need to engage in power-sharing in order to manage the country’s oil wealth efficiently. Dated August 2021, the assessment cited the for the two major political parties to abandon the current majoritarian political model … Read more