Jagdeo proposes small business grants for Uitvlugt sugar workers

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Some of the sugar workers who were present at the meeting. (Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s Facebook page)
Some of the sugar workers who were present at the meeting. (Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s Facebook page)

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at a meeting with sugar workers of the Uitvlugt Estate yesterday afternoon announced a menu of relief measures, including proposed small business grants of up to $250,000.

Many workers from the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Uitvlugt Estate have been unable to work since March. The sugar factory has been defunct for months after experiencing mechanical issues.