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President Irfaan Ali has instructed Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha to meet with representatives of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the workers’ union and other stakeholders to ascertain the cause of the worst sugar production output in history, despite the government pumping billions of dollars in the virtually paralysed industry. Mr Jagdeo indicated that he had learnt that GuySuCo’s position was ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus You might think that Red Thread, with so many intellectuals on its roster, would write informed and reasoned commentary on the situation in Guyana. Once, again, however, instead of reason we get rant, and instead of constructive criticisms, we are subjected to a barrage of ideological nonsense. The latest iteration of Red Thread’s malarky ...