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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses a function in Gillard, St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (Feb.16), for the commissioning of electricity service for 29 residents.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses a function in Gillard, St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (Feb.16), for the commissioning of electricity service for 29 residents.

Gov’t to Expand Ganja Research and Development

By: Marlon Tingling, February 18, 2016
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is encouraging Jamaicans to prepare to take advantage of the economic benefits to be derived from the ganja industry. He...
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says Government is committed to the survival of the sugar industry.

Gov’t Committed To Survival of Sugar Industry

By: Marlon Tingling, February 17, 2016
Head of Section, Economic and Social Development and Trade, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands, Achim Schaffert (left), in discussion with Senior Plant Quarantine Officer at the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Fitzroy White. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the Pest Risk Analysis Training, at the Alhambra Inn, today (February 15).

Pest Risk Analysis Training Feb. 15-19

By: Latonya Linton, February 16, 2016

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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (second left), signs contract for the rehabilitation of the John Common Road, near Stonehenge, in Southern St. James, on February 5. The work is being funded by the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH) Limited, at a cost of $6.5 million. Others (from left) are: Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; Councillor Gladston Bent; Project Manager, Andrew Jeffery; Project Engineer, Dwight Mullings and Chief Executive Officer of SCJH Limited, John Gayle.
Agriculture

John Common Road To Be Repaired

A section of the John Common Road, near Stonehenge, in St. James, will be repaired at a cost of $6.5 million. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, signed...
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By: Glenis Rose, February 8, 2016
Organic farmer, Kermar Francis, tends to kale (curly lettuce) that is grown on his farm in Middleton, St. Thomas.
Agriculture

Organic Farming Project Impacting Sector

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sponsored ‘One One Coco’ project is having a positive impact on the agricultural sector. The project, which was launched in 2014 through...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, February 4, 2016