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The Cayman Islands, Japan and other stakeholders have been lauded by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, for their contribution to the country’s agricultural sector.

Cayman’s Minister for Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure, Hon. Jay Ebanks, and Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi, were among officials present at the recent 71st staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon.

Speaking on Day Two of the event on Saturday (August 2), Minister Green welcomed his...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs is looking to partner with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to train persons to go on the overseas employment programme.

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Peter Thompson, made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News, recently.

“We recognise that many of the guys who apply for the overseas programme, they don’t have the requisite skills that the United States (US) and Canada would need. So, we saw it as a need, so we want to partner and become the factory for building out these guys so we can ship them off. And of course, the...