Isn't he in breech of the CARICOM  agreement on trade?

How" Does Guyana import Jamaican rum or beer?

As far as I am aware, the CARICOM operates a free trade agreement. Barbados would be impeding free trade by stopping the import of sugar, even though there is a market for sugar in Barbados.

Guyanese businessmen are free to import and sell rum from anywhere in CARICOM. It is just that our own rum is almost as cheap as bottled water.

JB, anything on Guyana and value-added? Are the Princess and Pegasus hotels thinking along the lines of packaging their sugars in their own image?

If sugar is dead as some of you want us to believe then why are the Bajans talking about resuscitating their sugar industry? Barbados' economy generates most of its income from tourism. Isn't tourism and their local financial industry enough to sustain the island and provide sufficient jobs?

Kari,

Businesses can employ people with marketing skills to help turn their fortunes around. 

did you read anything about exporting sugar

Warrie,

If producing sugar is more expensive than importing sugar why would the Bajans want to produce it?  

planting sugar cane in barbados is way different than guayana,and the most important factor will be the management,you get my drift 

Are they revamping the industry as a matter of national pride?

pride, how can planting sugar be pride,you ever cut cane is the worse job in guyana.the people is planting for their own consumption  

They are doing because of the economic benefits to Barbados. What's the difference if you export sugar for economic benefits?

in the case of guyana we are losing instead of gaining.the simple law of spending 2 cents to make and selling for 1 cents

The industry is going through a transition period.  It will be hard but the long-term benefits will be many folds. 

jesus is coming but when,maybe the airline have the same problem like guysuco

I don't know sir. My mamoo/pappy is thinking of putting all his business to Barbados, Jamaica and St kitts. 

Creating employment!

We aren't saying shut sugar.  We are saying SELL Guysuco.  If there is potential for sugar in Guyana then let people put their money where their mouth is.

Barbados is looking to transform their sugar from export to one oriented towards the domestic market, based on their tourist industry and industrial base.

So of sugar has potential SELL Guysuco.  Clearly the govt will be rid of a burden and the new owners will noyt shut it down.

They will merely fire 80% of the workers just as the Chinese did in Linden.

What's wrong with that.  If unemployment is not a problem in Linden then why should it be in Skeldon and Rosehall?  Isnt Guyana booming?  So those ex cane cutters will find work easily. 

Or maybe you fear that Guyana isn't really booming and so ex cane cutters will starve just as how ex bauxite workers did.