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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) signs a contract for the lease of 247 hectares of lands in St. Catherine to Red Stripe for the mass production of cassava to be used in the company’s beverages. The signing took place Friday (May 5) at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. Other signatories are Managing Director of Red Stripe, Ricardo Nuncio (left) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Wentworth Charles. Looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of SCJH, John Gayle; Project Manager for Local Raw Material Business Development, Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; Legal Officer, SCJH, Debbie-Ann Scott; and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) signs a contract for the lease of 247 hectares of lands in St. Catherine to Red Stripe for the mass production of cassava to be used in the company’s beverages. The signing took place Friday (May 5) at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. Other signatories are Managing Director of Red Stripe, Ricardo Nuncio (left) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Wentworth Charles. Looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of SCJH, John Gayle; Project Manager for Local Raw Material Business Development, Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry; Legal Officer, SCJH, Debbie-Ann Scott; and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson

Gov’t Leases Land to Red Stripe for Cassava Cultivation

By: Rochelle Williams, May 6, 2017
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has signed a 25-year agreement with brewery giant Red Stripe for the lease of 247 hectares of land for the mass production...
Newly appointed World Bank Caribbean Country Director, Tahseen Sayed.

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By: Douglas McIntosh, April 12, 2017
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) President, David Wan (right), during a JEF Breakfast meeting at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

Business Leaders Welcome Indirect Taxation

By: Douglas Mcintosh, April 1, 2017

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