Jamaica to grow rice - Guyana, private groups show interest
THE JAMAICAN Government has reached out to Guyana for assistance to resume rice production locally, a move which has already received support from private sector companies which have pledged funding for the venture. This is according to Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton....
Food supplies decline at relief agencies
- Reserves for needy reach low levels as demand for assistance increases
WITH JUST a month before the official start of the hurricane season, coupled with the present food crisis, at least two local relief agencies have raised concerns about declining food levels. The relief agencies, which are essential in providing food and other items during disasters...
'Grow your food' - CAC encourages backyard gardening to counter shortage
Against the background of rising food prices and a global food shortage, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging more persons to get involved in backyard farming to reduce the country's dependence on imports. Callaloo, a popular vegetable that can be grown in the backyard...
Talks to begin for agri sector insurance
A JOINT team of experts from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is expected in the island today to begin talks with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and Government on the feasibility of providing insurance ...
Bandit the bull killed
The bull would have been viewed by the World Congress of Red Poll Breed come next year when the group visits Jamaica. Unfortunately, three Mondays ago, its owner, Tony Browne, woke up to find its head and its intestines littered across his pasture in YS, St Elizabeth....
Zimbabwe's delayed election results unsettling, says Baugh
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Ken Baugh has expressed concern over the delay in the release of the results of the March 29 presidential elections in Zimbabwe. He said Jamaica was "further disturbed" at talk of a run-off election even before the release of the earlier results.
The Manley Memoirs - Men and the women they keep
"My relationship with my mother was always intense and often traumatic, and I see now that it, along with my experience of the power struggle between men and women, as observed first in my parents' troubled union, was largely...
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