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“…let us use this moment of celebration to reflect those things that we did wrong and those things that we know we could have done better”- Raj Singh By Leon SuseranThe Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in the midst of its turbulent times,Buffalo Bills Throwback Jersey, honoured its biggest and brightest stars yesterday at the company’s Honours’ Roll Function at the Blairmont Community Centre Ground,Jason Kidd Mavericks Throwback Jersey, West Coast Berbice.Several workers from the eight sugar estates in Guyana and the Demerara Sugar Terminal were honoured for their hard work,Tom Waddle Bears Throwback Jersey, dedication and mastery of skills at their various work places.But amidst the big celebration were the overtones and undertones of which painted the bleak picture in which the sugar industry in Guyana currently stands.Minister of Agriculture,Anthony Munoz Bengals Throwback Jersey, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, as well as the Deputy-Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Mr. Rajendra Singh, sounded optimistic about a turn-around of the industry and urged both workers and management to give of their best.The performance of the corporation last year was not a desired one,Brett Favre Falcons Throwback Jersey, Singh stated. “But let us use this moment of celebration to reflect those things that we did wrong and those things that we know we could have done better—the changing times; the changing weather; and the changing technology.”He added that the industry is blessed with the abundance of “people with years of experience and youngsters, and we need to mesh those two so that we could move forward and effectively correct the situation to cause us to decline in production.”Singh added,Terrell Davis Denver Broncos Throwback Jersey, too, that all stakeholders must work together “with the same objective and we take this industry to recovery that we can sustain and we can be proud of.”GuySuCo’s champions, First and Second Runners- up with Estate Managers; Minister Ramsammy; DCEO Singh, as well as Board member Geeta Singh- Knights.He seemed very positive that the industry can return to “its days of glory but it all depends on every one of us as a worker has a role to play…and we must not keep pointing fingers at each other but support each other so we can take this industry further so all of us can become champions.”Minister Ramsammy stated that the workers are being honoured this year in “even more difficult times.”“I also come at a time when there are many among us,Cleveland Browns Throwback Jersey, in our country, who seem to be happy in our difficulties and those difficulties seem to provide to them with an opportunity to think that we are at our death bed!”Dr. Ramsammy added that he has a strong message to those persons in Guyana “that might wish us ill—that the glory days of GuySuCo are not at an end and from the difficulties that we face at present, we will arise again to even more glorious days than we have ever had in the history of the sugar industry in Guyana and those might be optimistic words for a time when difficulties seem to be insurmountable…but the present difficulties—dire as they are—are not as difficult as previous times in our history.”The Workers’ Council of the company decided on the Champion Workers and the first and second runners- up. The Champions received a gold brooch, a certificate,Larry Bird Celtics Throwback Jersey, $50,000 as well as an excursion for him or her and their spouse; while the first runners- up received $30,Babe Ruth Braves Throwback Jersey,000, and a certificate; and second runners- up received a certificate plus $20,000.Wales Sugar Estate took home the prize for the Housekeeping and Safety Competition.Category Name of Awardee EstateChampion Worker Mahendra Sookdeo Albion1ST Runner- up Sewdatt Hardatt2ND Runner- up Parsaram LallbehariChampion Worker Avril Patricia Spencer Blairmont1ST Runner- up Jughragh Sitaram2ND Runner- up Khalillulah ShairullaChampion Worker Keith Austin Demerara Sugar Terminal1ST Runner- up Terrence Frank2ND Runner- up Elvis LamottChampion Worker Bridgemohan Singh Enmore1ST Runner- up Roy Singh2ND Runner- up Abdool ShameerChampion Worker Lyndon Anthony Hall LBI1ST Runner-up Joseph Marcellus CunjeChampion Worker Daynarine Premchand Rose Hall1ST Runner- up Kawall Soomaroo2ND Runner- up Ricardo MathuraChampion Worker Kirt Anthony Saul Skeldon1ST Runner- up Kumar Nandram2ND Runner- up Keshwar Persaud RamtahalChampion Worker Manie Madho Uitvlugt1ST Runner- up Donna Fernandes2ND Runner- up Leon SeelallChampion Worker Seon Vas Smith Wales1ST Runner- up Wesley Charles2ND Runner- up Jitendra Ramnarine |
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