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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), is assisted by Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (2nd right), to cut the ribbon to formally open the football field at the newly renovated Toll Gate community centre and sports complex in Clarendon on January 9. Renovation of the facility was financed at a cost of approximately $22 million with grant funding provided under the European Union’s (EU) Accompanying Measures for Sugar (AMS) Protocol. Sharing the occasion (from left) are: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry; Head of Infrastructure and Rural Development at the EU Mission in Jamaica, Thomas Opperer; and Chairman, Clarendon Parish Council, and May Pen’s Mayor, Councillor Scean Barnswell.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), is assisted by Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (2nd right), to cut the ribbon to formally open the football field at the newly renovated Toll Gate community centre and sports complex in Clarendon on January 9. Renovation of the facility was financed at a cost of approximately $22 million with grant funding provided under the European Union’s (EU) Accompanying Measures for Sugar (AMS) Protocol. Sharing the occasion (from left) are: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry; Head of Infrastructure and Rural Development at the EU Mission in Jamaica, Thomas Opperer; and Chairman, Clarendon Parish Council, and May Pen’s Mayor, Councillor Scean Barnswell.

Refurbished Community Centre and Sports Complex Handed Over at Toll Gate

By: Douglas McIntosh, January 10, 2014
Residents of Toll Gate and its environs in Clarendon now have access to a newly refurbished community centre and sports complex, which were rehabilitated at a cost of approximately $22...
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), is greeted by Red Stripe Chairman, Richard Byles (right), when he arrived at the company’s Spanish Town Road head office in Kingston for the January 7 land lease agreement signing ceremony. The agreement, which Red Stripe negotiated with the Ministry’s agency, Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC), will facilitate the brewing company’s access to 36.2 acres of land at Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, to undertake a pilot cassava production pilot project. This undertaking forms part of the company’s efforts to substitute imported barley, one of the inputs in the production of the globally-renowned Red Stripe beer, with cassava. Looking on is Red Stripe’s Managing Director, Cedric Blair.

Big Boost for Cassava Production

By: Douglas McIntosh, January 8, 2014
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (right), addressing a press briefing at the Ministry, in St. Andrew, on Monday, January 6, where he outlined Government’s support for the farmers who are involved with the Plantain Garden River Agro Park, in St. Thomas. Seated beside the Minister is General Manager at the St. Thomas Cooperative Credit Union, Hopeton Morrison.

Government Provides $7.5M to Assist Agro Park Farmers in St. Thomas

By: Garfield L. Angus, January 7, 2014

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