“I have a responsibility to you as taxpayers, to make sure that the Agriculture Ministry does what it is supposed to do with the resources you have given to them and to me.” So said the Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat on Wednesday 13th March, 2019, as he delivered the Feature Address at a brief, Lease Letter Distribution Ceremony, hosted at his Ministry’s corporate headquarters in Chaguanas. These letters, which were distributed to seven (7) farmers within the Cunupia area and environs, all convey Cabinet’s approval to grant the farmers, standard agricultural leases for an initial period of thirty (30) years.
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HUNTING SEASON CLOSURE 2018-2019
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[smartslider3 slider=2]After the President, Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes’ assent of the recently passed Finance Act 2018, wildlife poachers will, from January 1st, 2019, face fines which are as much as 50 times the current paltry fines. This as a result of changes to certain sections of the Conservation of Wildlife Act (COWA), Chap. 67:01, paving the way for an increase in fines payable for offences under the Act, including an increase in the limit of the Agriculture Minister to prescribe fines under its Regulations, from a maximum of $200 to $10,000!
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The following is a statement by Senator the Honourable Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, on issues relative to local rice farmers, which are at present, in the public domain:- (more…)
