RUDISA agrees to accept US$6.22M after deal with gov’t on court award

Surinamese beverage company RUDISA International NV has agreed to accept US$6.22M from the award made to it by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) over an environmental tax that was imposed by Guyana.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams made the disclosure to reporters yesterday after communicating the agreement to the CCJ in Trinidad and Tobago via video conferencing at the Court of Appeal, along with the attorney for RUDISA in Suriname.

Originally, Guyana owed US$7.72M that accumulated following the award by the court but the beverage company agreed to