Tag: Sugar

The Weekly Report: Return of King Sugar?

16 February 2012

“The European Union (EU) handed over a cheque for 16.585 million euros (TT$134.2 million) to the Government yesterday to aid in restructuring the country’s sugar industry.
The State-controlled sugar industry was disbanded in 2007 with the closure of Caroni (1975) Ltd and the then PNM administration approached the EU to help facilitate a National Adaptation Strategy for former sugar workers to promote life after sugar.â€
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