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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (centre), along with, from left: Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, and Central St. Mary Member of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; pepper farmer of Esher, St. Mary, Omar Morris; Executive Director, Food for the Poor; Jacqueline Johnson; and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Mary Parish Manager, Howard O’Hara, view cultivations on Mr. Morris’ farm, during a visit to the property following the closing ceremony for the 17-month European Union funded Economic Diversification Programme, at the Esher Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mr. Morris is one of 40 farmers from St. Mary and St. Thomas, benefitting under the $30 million project.
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (centre), along with, from left: Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, and Central St. Mary Member of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; pepper farmer of Esher, St. Mary, Omar Morris; Executive Director, Food for the Poor; Jacqueline Johnson; and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Mary Parish Manager, Howard O’Hara, view cultivations on Mr. Morris’ farm, during a visit to the property following the closing ceremony for the 17-month European Union funded Economic Diversification Programme, at the Esher Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mr. Morris is one of 40 farmers from St. Mary and St. Thomas, benefitting under the $30 million project.

Small Farmers Benefit from $30 M EU Economic Diversification Programme

By: DOUGLAS McINTOSH, May 19, 2013
Some 40 small farmers in St. Mary and St. Thomas are now in a better position to take care of themselves and their families after participating in the just concluded...
Prime Minister The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), in conversation with Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (right); and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther Buchanan (left); while attending the Thanksgiving Service for the life of Educator, and former Government Senator and Minister, Rev. Noel Monteith, on Saturday May 18 at the Carmel Moravian Church, in Westmoreland.

Scores Say Goodbye to Noel Monteith

By: BRYAN MILLER, May 19, 2013
Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reese (right), exchanges pleasantries with Director of Executive Services, Jamaica Customs Agency, Patricka Wiggan-Chambers, during a forum organized by the agency at the offices of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in St. James, yesterday (May 17).

Improved Collection at Montego Bay Revenue Centres

By: GARFIELD L. ANGUS, May 19, 2013

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