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Jamaica: Transport strike threat triggers ministerial summit, St James market revenue jumps 380%, Half-Way Tree shooting, Beat the Streets expands, Livestock Green Paper
Finance and Transport ministers convene emergency meeting with public transport operators amid strike threat, St James Municipal Corporation reports a 380% market fee revenue increase, a bearer is killed in a Half-Way Tree robbery, JCF takes Beat the Streets into Westmoreland, and Minister Green's Livestock Green Paper heads to Parliament.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day approaches, Middle East preparedness underway, sea moss farmers funded, eastern Caribbean quake felt, Welcome Home Week concludes
Government readies for Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day on May 21, SVG joins regional preparedness for Middle East conflict spillovers, 35 sea moss farmers receive post-Beryl funding from the SVG Conservation Fund, the Saturday 6.0 magnitude earthquake is felt across the Leewards, and Sandals' Welcome Home Week 2026 concludes.
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Floyd Green Bets $800 Million on 95 Greenhouses — and the Math on Whether Jamaica Can Eat Its Way Out of Its Import Bill
Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister Floyd Green has announced that the government has allocated $800 million to build 95 greenhouses …
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Two New Dasheen Cultivars Land in Barbados as CARDI and BADMC Push the 25% Food-Import-Cut Target by 2030
The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, working through its St Vincent and the Grenadines tissue-culture laboratory, …
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St Kitts hosts IShowSpeed as 31st Agriculture Open Day draws strong turnout
St Kitts and Nevis drew a marquee global-streaming spotlight earlier this month with a visit from IShowSpeed, during which Basseterre artist …
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Belmopan Quiet as Citrus Rehabilitation Programme Awaits Next Cabinet Read-Out
A quiet domestic news day in Belize. Industry watchers are tracking the next Cabinet read-out on the citrus rehabilitation programme.
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CARICOM Agriculture Ministers Endorse Regional Food Security Response to Middle East Disruption
Caribbean Community Agriculture Ministers endorsed a coordinated regional matrix this week to safeguard food security against ongoing disruptions tied to the Middle East conflict, formalising a coordinated response to a vulnerability the region has long acknowledged.
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Wednesday Brief: Budget Day 2 Turns Into WWE SmackDown, Speaker Nadir's Press Crackdown Gets EVERYBODY Vex, and the Oil Fund About to Get US$2.8 Billion It Won't Keep
Budget Day 2 delivers absolute chaos as government and opposition clash over everything from sugar to Amerindians. Speaker Nadir’s …
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