President David Granger on Thursday described New Amsterdam as a dynamo and said that he wanted it to be the economic driver of Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne).
Speaking at the launch of New Amsterdam Town Week at the State House lawns, Strand and Vryheid Street, New Amsterdam, the President urged Berbicians to work on expanding businesses in the country and exporting produce to different countries rather than migrating.
“You have much to gain by exporting your produce, your fish, your rice, your coconuts to countries in the Caribbean who don’t have the capabilities or the resources or the expertise to produce these commodities as we can,” Granger said. “Let us use what we have; our cattle we can be producing our own milk and yogurt;