GuySuCo board pondering several management proposals, Bhim says

The Skeldon Sugar Factory (Stabroek News file photo)

Several proposals are before the board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to manage the troubled Skeldon Sugar Factory which continues to experience several defects affecting its operation, GuySuCo CEO, Paul Bhim, said.

Bhim’s disclosure, which was made at a press conference yesterday at GuySuCo’s Ogle offices, completely differed from pronouncements made last month by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud who had stated then that proposals from a Chinese and an Indian firm were before the board of the sugar corporation to manage the US$200 million investment.

At the press briefing yesterday, which was called by GuySuCo in response to a statement issued earlier by the