GUYANA’s construction boom requires a reliable source of adequate supplies of cement; therefore, if Trinidad Cement Limited and its Guyana subsidiary cannot meet this demand, the government must allow other imports.

T.C.L continuously demonstrates its unreliability and five CARICOM countries have had their economies negatively impacted by the unavailability of cement.

As a result, the GOG has had to resort to a waiver of the CET to allow importers to meet the demands for cement.

What can be so wrong about this?

The GOG had no other choice! Guyanese were clamouring for an intervention as some businesses charged enormous sums for what ever cement was available.

Why must our country’s infrastructural development be hinging on the whims and fancies of a Trinidadian company that is only concerned with profits?
TROY TYRELL