THE Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has denied appointing Anthony Vieira as its Field Operations Director, contradicting a report carried in this newspaper on Monday.GuySuCo said the inaccuracy of the headline “Vieira takes charge” which accompanied the story “is a clear indication of the irresponsibility of your newspaper in not verifying the facts –particularly (regarding) an obviously important announcement which in any case would have been formally made by GuySuCo.”

According to GuySuCo, there is no descriptor in GuySuCo called ‘Field Operations’, nor is there such a position as ‘Director, Field Operations’.

“In the apparent absence of any understanding of the structure or operations of GuySuCo, logic suggests that it behooved a responsible journalist to verify the accuracy of any related information, rather than be embarrassed by a clear act of recklessness. We insist, therefore, on an appropriate retraction of this story as expeditiously as possible,” GuySuCo said.

Vieira is the son of Joe Vieira, whose business acumen and expertise have been of great importance to the development of Guyana in the agricultural sector. The former Administrative Manager of GuySuCo Estate was appointed Field Superintendent for technical matters in 1965 after obtaining a Diploma in Plant Anatomy and Physiology at the Tropical School of Agriculture in Trinidad and at the University of Guyana.

He was promoted to Assistant Field Manager in 1969, and Field Manager in 1973; and finally Administrative Manager in 1976 at the Versailles Sugar Estate. In 1983, Vieira pioneered the first television broadcast station in Guyana, for which he was awarded the Medal of Service.