JAMAICA'S FOOD CRISIS: Taming the 'two-foot puss' - Praedial larceny driving producers under
Government's announcement of plans to ramp up production on the heels of a global food shortage has been rebuffed by farmers, who predict failure if the problem of praedial larceny is not addressed. Farmers in the breadbasket parish of St Elizabeth have complained...
Farmer-registration drive to be launched
Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has outlined plans for a comprehensive farmer-registration programme. Tufton, in his debut presentation in the 2008/09 Budget Debate on April 16, explained that the Agricultural Business Information System...
National Housing Trust (NHT) puts sale of former Jamintel building on hold
PLANS BY the National Housing Trust (NHT) to sell the Jamintel building have been put on hold, a spokesperson for the company said last week.Sophia Lewis, the NHT's communications coordinator, said administrators were contemplating what to do with the building...
Golding to fix tax net
WAIVERS, tax relief and concessions are eating into the Government's coffers, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said. The prime minister, in his contribution to the 2008/2009 Budget Debate last week Tuesday, said that "for every $100 of revenue we collect...
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