Agriculture Minister Hilson Baptiste will be leading a delegation of poultry farmers to meet with members of the Cabinet today to discuss the proposed US $75 million Siboney Poultry Farm project.

Lands & Agriculture Minister Hilson Baptiste said a private high school, which his ministry last week ordered to vacate the land it’s been using as its playing field, hurt its chances of a solution by going public with its story.

Even as it awaits a response from the principals of the proposed US $75 million Siboney Poultry Farm project, government has launched its own investigation into the background of the potential investors.

Since the Fisheries Act and Fisheries Regulations took effect on February 2, an estimated 1,000 plus fisher folk will soon be asked to get registered and licensed with authorities at the Fisheries Department, a division of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Shoppers are getting a small reprieve as the price of eggs will not increase to $12 per dozen – as revealed on Wednesday – but $10.80.

The Minister of Agriculture has spoken out for the first time about the ongoing Ms Agriculture Pageant fiasco – and he says, enough is enough.

Implementation of the long-delayed fisheries regulations has moved a step closer after minister with responsibility for the industry, Hilson Baptiste, confirmed his readiness to complete the document – saying, “I want to sign now.”

Amid increasing concerns over how government has handled the management of the twin islands’ marine resources, fisheries minister Hilson Baptiste announced on Monday that he will approve the draft regulations governing the crucial sector.

Two representatives from the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) are on island, conducting an assessment as part of an agreement to assist the Ministry of Agriculture in improving the genetics of small ruminants.

Hilson Baptiste has given early indication that he intends to contest the St Mary’s South constituency, for which he is the incumbent, in the next general elections, in spite of the challenges to his health.