SEPROD PRODUCTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN U.S.—03/07/15 GraceKennedy Foods USA has signed an agreement with Seprod Limited to distribute Seprod brands in approximately 7,000 retail stores in the United States. Under the agreement, Seprod is provided with...
JAMAICAN PLANS TO IMPORT GOAT EMBRYOS—03/03/15 The importation of 200 goat embryos is scheduled for Jamaica in the next fiscal year. The goat embryos represent part of a program designed to improve the breeding stock of these animals on the island...
LEADERS OF CARIBBEAN NATIONS CREATE MARIJUANA COMMISSION—02/28/15 Shortly after Jamaican became the first country in the Caribbean to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, leaders in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) decided to create a...
CARIBBEAN NATIONALS TRY TO ENTER UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY—02/28/15 Ten migrants from the Caribbean were caught trying to enter the United States illegally off Miami, Florida. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (GBP), the...
JAPAN GIVES JAMAICA GRANT OF $100 MILLION YEN—02/28/15 A grant totaling $100 million yen, or J$96.6 million, has been given to Jamaica by Japan. The money is intended to purchase mining and civil works equipment from Japan, as well as environmental...
FINANCE MINISTER TABLES BUDGET—02/21/15 Dr. Peter Phillips, Jamaica’s Finance Minister, has tabled a budget of $641.5 billion for 2015-2016. In the budget, which is a little more than the $102.2 billion in the government expense budget for...
UTECH, COLORADO LABORATORY PARTNER ON MARIJUANA RESEARCH—02/21/15 Jamaica’s University of Technology (UTech) has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Ganja Inc. in the United States to partner on research into the best practices of medical...
GOVERNMENT IN BARBADOS CONTINUES TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION—02/21/15 Lawmakers in Barbados are defending the nation’s immigration policy in spite of a ruling from the Caribbean Court of Justice that awarded considerable financial remedies to a...
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE WANTS INCREASED BANANA PRODUCTION—02/23/15 Derrick Kellier, Jamaican Minister of Labor and Social Security, said that the island’s banana industry is poised to increase production. According to Kellier, developments...
FIRST NEXUS CARIBBEAN YOUTH SUMMIT HELD—02/14/15Jamaica was the site of the first Nexus Caribbean Youth Summit. The event features speeches from philanthropists like the CEO and chairman of Sandals Resorts Adam Stewart and the CEO of Geneva Global...
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