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Opposition, gov’t in bitter clash over sugar industry

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians and Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday clashed over government’s request for parliamentary approval of GY$4 billion that was spent on the ailing sugar industry. Mr Mustapha, in response to APNU+AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan, said GY$397 million was spent on fuel for irrigation, GY$81 million on other aspects of drainage ...

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