Few ‘local’ manufacturers at Berbice Expo

President Donald Ramotar (second from left) with exhibitors at the 9th annual Berbice Expo (GINA photo)

President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce Leekha Rambrich is the first to admit that last weekend’s Tenth Berbice Expo held at the Albion Sports Complex may have fallen considerably short of the chamber’s and his own expectations.

The event may not have been an altogether forgettable one, but its outcomes fell considerably short of the high standards which the Berbice business community has set itself. Concerns over the likely eventual impact of the current travails of a sugar industry upon which Berbice