Two stakeholders are hoping that the other members of the committee behind this month’s Coconut Festival will review their decision to have alcoholic beverages sold at the event as they believe this will take away from its educational objective.
The festival, the first of its kind to be held in Guyana, is aimed at educating famers and more so the general public, about the benefits of coconuts while displaying a variety of products that can be derived from the fruit.
Committee member Nateram Ramanan, a Charity businessman, when interviewed by Stabroek News last evening registered his