Barbados Lifts Ban On Corned Beef Imports From Brazil
Published 29 March 2017
KINGSTON –– Jamaica and Brazil appear to be heading towards a trade row over the island’s ban on corned beef imported from that South American country as both sides yesterday took hard positions on the measure.
The Brazilian Embassy in Kingston asked the Jamaican Government to lift what it described as the “unilateral ban”, pointing out that none of the 21 meat-processing companies under investigation in Brazil for selling rotten beef and poultry export to Jamaica.
However, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Karl Samuda insisted that the ban on the product, more popularly known as “bully beef” in Jamaica, will remain in place until relevant tests have been completed.
JAMAICA: Dr Peter Phillips Elected PNP President
Published 29 March 2017
PHILLIPS … takes over as fifth PNP President
Peter David Phillips will become the fifth President of the People’s National Party by acclamation today.
Special delegates of the almost 79-year-old political party will gather at the National Arena in South East St Andrew to usher in the new leader, who will replace the veteran parliamentarian Portia Simpson Miller, following her recent decision to step down.
Phillips follows Norman Manley, the organisation’s first president, his son Michael Manley, PJ Patterson, and Simpson Miller as the persons who have held that distinguished office. All before him, except for Norman Manley, have become prime minister of Jamaica.
National Entrepreneurial Development Unit Launches Townhall Business Meetings in St.Pauls Community Center
Published 29 March 2017
Basseterre, St. Kitts, (27 March, 2017) – The National Entrepreneurial Development Division (NEDD), the business support unit of the Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in its quest to help further develop the Micro Small and Medium Enterprise sector (MSME), has planned a series of community business meetings for the year 2017.
Killer speech by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
Buckie Got It…..*
_”Racism will never end as long as white cars are still using black tyres. Racism will never end if people still use black to symbolise bad luck and white for peace. Racism will never end if people still wear white clothes to weddings and black clothes to funerals. Racism will never end as long as those who don’t pay their bills are blacklisted not white listed. Even when playing snooker, you haven’t won until you’ve sunk the black ball, and the white ball must remain on the table! But I don’t care, as long as I’m still using white toilet paper to wipe my black ass, I’m happy.”_