Stakeholders are accusing the Plant Quarantine Division in the agriculture ministry of mismanagement in the fight to eliminate the frosty pod rot disease. The division, which took over the programme to battle the devastating disease from the Cocoa...
Billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money invested in irrigation infrastructure will go to waste if the Government goes ahead with plans to build out the new Bernard Lodge city in St Catherine. That’s the warning from Opposition Leader Dr Peter...
Rampant corruption in his own North East Manchester constituency, incompetence of some members of the technical staff under his command, and an out-of-step Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) are just some of the issues...
The Jamaica Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) has called into question Government’s commitment to the animal health sector in the wake of its failure to fund any veterinary medicine course, even as it announced scholarships for 47 more medical...
A bully is someone who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those who he or she perceives as vulnerable, and bullying is now widely recognised as a serious problem that affects children at all grades and levels. However, Consultant Psychiatrist...
Social scientist Dr Henley Morgan is warning that some members of the security forces who took part in the Tivoli incursion in 2010 are still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, nine years later. Describing them as “damaged”, Morgan said...
It was a celebration of breadfruit, a showcase of the fruit in just some of the ways it can be used to create culinary delights – from breadfruit salad, fritters, curried breadfruit to breadfruit drink. The occasion was the launch of The...
There are mounting concerns that some Jamaicans could be exposing the rest of the population to serious diseases and infections – and possibly death – by their self-serving insistence on smuggling exotic animals into the island. Dr Osbil Watson,...
Almost three weeks after Prime Minister Andrew Holness assured the country that the requisite environmental impact assessment (EIA) had been done for the Cockpit Country, the National Planning and Environment Agency (NEPA) has determined that the...
Senator Matthew Samuda last week told the 5th Sherpa Meeting of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands that the potential impact of climate change on small-island developing states (SIDS) such as Jamaica...
Game bird hunters have been given the green light to shoot the white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus), an alien invasive species of major concern in Jamaica, any time throughout the year. The okay has come from National Environment and...
Health officials have been moving to calm fears after a work crew excavating an area at the Cornwall Regional Hospital on Monday stumbled upon poorly discarded medical waste. Western Regional Health Authority Regional Director Errol Greene told...
Jamaica Producers CEO Jeffrey Hall is urging policymakers to stop treating agriculture as a poverty-alleviation measure but as a sound business enterprise. Warning that geopolitics is dictating that there is a need to change the conversation around...
The Jamaica 4-H Clubs is undertaking research on new food sources to stave off any potential negative impact from the loss of some traditional crops and foods because of climate change. Among those being eyed are the sea grape, whose commercial...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness recently announced that the long-awaited environmental impact assessment that will inform his administration’s decision on mining in the Cockpit Country is now completed. Delivering the keynote address on the final day...
After years of being involved in the natural juice business, Tollentio and Winston Barr are now looking to spice things up for Jamaicans and anyone else interested in cooking healthier meals. They are looking to influence culinary decisions with a...
Farming decisions and climate conditions are inextricably linked, and if we isolate them, it is to our detriment, Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has warned. Jamaica is listed as one of the top 40 climate hotspots in the world, meaning it is one...
The 67th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show will kick off at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon tomorrow, with organisers promising to excite patrons over the three days. Under the theme ‘Grow What We Eat, Eat What We...
The Caribbean does not have the luxury of engaging in a philosophical debate on climate change, given that every year without fail, one or more of our islands will be hit by weather events with greater frequency and intensity, which can wipe out an...
Tang Brand Manager Shellian Thompson on Tuesday issued a challenge to other members of the private sector to join the push to promote excellence in mathematics, given the urgent need for improvement in this subject among Jamaican students. She made...
The CEO of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, has painted a grim picture of the implications of climate change on the island. “What we are experiencing in the environment now is not normal,” he told Tuesday’s...
More than a year after Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw requested that the auditor general conduct an audit of the Sugar Transformation Unit, work is yet to get under way, and there is no indication as to when...
J.C. Hutchinson has given the assurance that at least one new effective measure to address farm theft will be in place by year end. Addressing the recent 124th annual general meeting of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) at the Denbigh...
Two years after the execution-style murder of a Kingston schoolboy, Rushane Smith, the police are seeking the public’s help in bringing his killer(s) to justice. On Thursday, January 26, 2017, the body of the 13-year-old Denham Town High School...
Stephen Harris is a man on a very urgent mission and when he flew into the island on Thursday for a two-day visit, he sat down with The Sunday Gleaner at the New Kingston offices of the British High Commission to bring us up to date on his mandate...
