Opinion

Homework

Quite recently, and  arising out of a random  series of brief conversations with eighteen children attending secondary schools in Georgetown and its environs, across grades ranging from seven to nine about the frequency with which they are given homework, we received a ‘not frequently’ response from fourteen of them.

White sugar plant

On Tuesday via a joint statement from GuySuCo and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association it was revealed that the sugar corporation has taken a decision to acquire a plant that would produce around 55,000 tonnes of white sugar per annum which would satisfy the needs of beverage producers here, other consumers of the refined sweetener and also regional demand.

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