My heart hurts to see the sad and deteriorating state of the Guyana sugar industry. I refrain from comments on the efforts of those who I am sure are now trying their best in running the industry since I have not for a long time walked in those shoes and nothing is more irritating than old men pontificating about how things used to be. But I cannot deny that I find the industry’s current woes immensely distressing.
I worked in the Guyana sugar industry from 1955 to l999 and then continued in the post of Chief Executive of the Sugar Association of the Caribbean until 2007 – 52 years which are ingrained forever in my DNA – so I cannot but be saddened by what seems a never-ending slide into more and more calamity. I can hardly believe