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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), converses with Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre), and Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers' Association, Ambassador Derrick Heaven, at a meeting with farmers on Friday (July 3), at the St. Thomas Technical High School.

Small Farmers In St. Thomas To Access Some 400 Acres Of Former Sugar Lands

More than 400 acres of former sugar cane lands in St. Thomas will be made available to small farmers in the parish for the growing of cash crops. “We are looking to move certain lands from sugar cane into crash...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Service Clubs Urged To Help Restore Livelihoods Of Persons Impacted By COVID -19

(FILE) State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre) examines a bag of peppers during a tour of the J Wray and Nephew Limited Farmers’ Market on June 12 at the company’s Spanish Town Road offices. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Peter Thompson (left) and Director of Marketing, Jamaica and the Caribbean, J Wray and Nephew Limited, Marsha Lumley.

Gov’t Supporting Farmers During COVID-19

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right) and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, enter one the new dormitories at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) training facility at Tranquillity Bay in St. Elizabeth, during a tour on Friday (July 3). Tranquillity Bay, recently refurbished at a cost of approximately $139 million, is currently being used as a quarantine location for new police recruits.

Gov’t Looking To Build-Out Police Training Facility At Tranquility Bay

Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith.

Tablets Of Teachers Programme Rolls Out Tuesday

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, makes his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (July 1).

6 years ago AgricultureSectoral Debate 2020/2021

More Idle State-Owned Lands To Be Cultivated

The Government is to make more idle State-owned lands available for cultivation by small farmers. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who noted that the Administration is in dialogue with various organisations in order to facilitate this undertaking. The Minister, who was making his contribution to the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (second left, seated), signs a Green Climate Fund (GCF)grant agreement recently at Jamaica House. The GCF is providing two grants, totalling $120.3 million (US$855,546), to undertake projects under the Economic Growth and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Ministries. Looking on (from left, seated) are Principal Director, Climate Change Division (CCD, Una-May Gordon; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe; and Director, Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Sharon Coburn Robinson. (From left, standing) are CCD representatives -- Senior Technical Officer (Mitigation), Omar Alcock; Climate Finance Advisor, Katherine Blackman; Senior Technical Officer (Adaptation), Le-Anne Roper; and Technical Officer, Kathryn Duncan.

6 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Gov’t Receives $120.3 Million Grant For Climate Projects

The Government has received grants totaling approximately $120.3 million (US$855,546) from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to finance two projects aimed at facilitating a gender-responsive approach to climate change and mitigation, and a Caribbean Green Bond listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). A sum of about $38.4 million (US$272,797) is earmarked to fund the gender-responsive project, while approximately $82...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (front, centre), celebrates with new homeowners at the St. Catherine-based SilverSun Estates, on Wednesday (July 1).

6 years ago Housing

Construction Returning To Productive Capacity – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the construction industry, which was among sectors “hard hit” by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is returning to productive capacity and is imploring investors to begin to execute projects that they may have put on hold due to the virus. “The private sector – you have projects you may be considering shelving; now...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (July 1).

6 years ago AgricultureSectoral Debate 2020/2021

RADA Technical Staff To Be Increased By 100%

The cadre of technical staff at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is expected to be increased by more than 100 per cent, with the proposed restructuring of the agency. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who said the new structure will see RADA’s technical staff moving...

Customers and vendors conduct business at a mini farmers

6 years ago AgricultureCommunity

Scores Turn Out For SDC Farmers’ Market In Hanover

Scores of Hanover residents turned out to support farmers and small business owners at the Social Development Commission (SDC) Farmers’ Market on Thursday (July 2). The event was the latest in a series held across the island since May, aimed at showcasing local entrepreneurs under the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), while establishing continuity of business in light of...

6 years ago AgricultureSectoral Debate 2020/2021

136 Farmers Receive Irrigated Water Under Drought Mitigation Programme

To date, 275,712 gallons of irrigated water have been trucked to 136 farmers in 22 communities across the island under the recently instituted Drought Mitigation Programme. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who informed that procurement of 500 water tanks is also in progress, and 2,000 quarter-acre...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, points to the ‘before and after’ photographs of a housing solution constructed under the Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, at the handover ceremony in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Thursday (July 2).

6 years ago HOPE ProgrammeHousing

Government To Use Several Models To Deliver Housing Solutions Under HOPE

The Government intends to use several models to deliver new housing solutions, under the flagship intervention, Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gave this update during the handover of the first multi-family housing solution to three sisters residing in the town of Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Thursday (July 3), which was...