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Guyana sugar workers transition into oil sector as GKB leases former Enmore Packaging Facility

Minister Mustapha says another 460 new jobs in oil sector also created for Guyanese in the community  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — Scores of sugar workers who will be impacted by Guysons K+B Industries’ (GKB) acquisition of the Enmore Packaging Facility will be absorbed into the company as part of the transition, according to Minister of Agriculture…
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Sugar’s not the only option, says Jagdeo in a push for economic diversification

VP notes efforts to “merge” sugar with other economic activities ongoing as GuySuCo management to be “strengthened” in the new year  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — With “economic diversification” becoming a buzzword in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic that saw countless businesses close and the near-destruction of some industries in the tourism-dependent Caribbean, Guyana’s government…
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