‘Food soldiers’ struggle With climate resilience and national food security at the heart of Jamaica’s agricultural policy, farmers at the Parnassus, Spring Plains, and Ebony Park agro parks in Clarendon say they are relied on most when drought, gluts, and natural disasters...
Sweet potato’s bitter battle The sweet potato, long designated a “good carbohydrate”, commands premium prices on the local market and carries major value-added potential, from flour and chips for the fast-food industry to salads, soups, and crushed meals for the young and...
Remembering Spring Plains’ ‘M-16 tomatoes’ Forty-three years after then Prime Minister Edward Seaga announced that Spring Plains in rural Clarendon would become a high-tech agricultural investment, the property remains a central pillar of local farming. Once known as Agro21 and developed in...
Bog Hole’s green basket under strain If you enjoy green, leafy vegetables, chances are some of what is on your plate came from Bog Hole, a farming community near the St Ann-Clarendon border, home to farmers spanning generations. Located as it is in a basin, water from higher...
Mentally draining, but Cave Valley rebounds from Melissa It is a fight that has exacted physical, mental, and emotional pain, but business operators in Cave Valley, St Ann, are clawing their way back following devastation when Hurricane Melissa dumped thousands of gallons of water on the town, completely...
Doctors join nurses in distress Western Bureau: For the second time in recent months, the medical staff at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has gone public in registering their disgust with the overcrowding and poor working conditions at the Type...
McKenzie commits container offices for displaced StEMC WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has given a commitment to the representatives at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC) that he will provide them with four containers for retrofitting to create an office that...
11th Diaspora Conference set for Montego Bay in June The 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference has been set for June 14 to June 18 at the Montego By Convention Centre in St James, with Diaspora Day – a day of service – scheduled to take place on June 16. The Gleaner understands that a theme for the...
Purkiss unhappy with the treatment of tourism workers post Hurricane Melissa Western Bureau: Andrea Purkiss, the opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) spokesperson on tourism, says she is deeply troubled by the way workers in the tourism industry have been treated since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which caused...
Global Jamaica Diaspora Council urging Jamaican immigrants to vote Candidates vying for representative roles on the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) and the Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council (GJDYC) in Canada have until Monday, January 19, to register their interest. The registration deadline precedes...