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The city of Montego Bay, St. James

Montego Bay’s Crisis of Leadership - Will the bramble lead?

There was a time when St. James boasted of leaders who when they spoke Kingston listened. Men who were not intimidated by the powerful, nor by the urban intellectual elite. Leaders like Alan George St. Clarke Coombs, Herbert Eldemire and the ‘Dean of Cornwall’ Howard Cooke whose legacy can be seen by the monument they left behind.
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Vice-president of the People’s National Party (PNP) Derrick Kellier (left) is congratulated by Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western Dr. Wykeham McNeill for his years of invaluable service to the party after he announced that he would not be seeking re-election as a vice-president at the PNP’s upcoming annual conference in September.

Kellier tells PNP delegates Don't take the JLP lightly

ROSE HALL, St James, May 30, 2016 — Vice-president of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Derrick Kellier yesterday told delegates that the party has only itself to blame for the defeat in the February 25 General Election, and urged them to desist from playing “the blame game”.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Derrick Kellier addresses a ceremony for the handing over of thousands of banana and plantain suckers and corms to farmers from Portland and St Mary, held at the Orange River Agricultural Research Station in Highgate on Thursday, January 14. (Photo: JIS)

Drought stricken farmers get supplies from Kellier

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Banana and plantain farmers in St Mary and Portland, who have been affected by the recent drought, have received donations of planting material from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to resuscitate their farms and boost production.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addressing farmers at the Frazer Church of God of Prophecy in Cascade, St. Ann, on December 3 during a tour of farming communities in the parish. The occasion was a tour of some seven key farming communities in St. Ann, to examine the effects of the drought conditions on farming activities.

Kellier praises Farmers in St. Ann for helping to reduce food import bill

With the $5.014 billion dollar decline in the country’s food import bill, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,  Derrick Kellier is praising farmers in St. Ann, for their resilience and commitment, who, despite the drought conditions, successfully increased food production, which aided in the reduction of the country’s food import bill.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (second right) examines a head of cabbage during an extensive tour of seven farms across St. Ann on December 3. Looking on from left are: Cabbage farmer, Franklyn Roberts, Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, Keith Walford, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry.

Kellier urges Farmers To Register With RADA

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier has called on farmers to be registered with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), as the data is necessary in the planning of the overall food security of the country.
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