Blairmont estate safe

President David Granger (right) sitting with proprietor of Bunny and Sons, a household furniture and fixtures store in Region Five.  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

President David Granger on Saturday evening stated that the Blairmont sugar estate is among those that will be preserved, the Ministry of the Presidency reported.

Blairmont has been one of the top industry performers and the government had previously signalled that the West Ber-bice estate and the number one producer, Albion, along with Uitvlugt would be retained in the major shake-up of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that is set to occur. It is expected that the Skeldon, Rose Hall and East Demerara estates would be either sold off or shuttered.

The Head of State made the reference to Blairmont while delivering the feature address at the opening ceremony of the Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five) Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s Expo and Trade Fair at the Bath Settlement Community Ground, West Coast Berbice.