Prime Minister Sam Hinds yesterday said that although he understood the plight of the sugarcane harvesters in Guyana, the government could not single them out for tax breaks or other special treatment, adding that there were other people worse off economically.
The Prime Minister was at the time speaking to a delegation of Berbice sugar workers aggrieved at the high cost of living, the Value Added Tax (VAT), and issues related to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). The meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Wight’s Lane office yesterday.
