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February 6, 2017

Hon Karl Samuda (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with Professor Dale Webber ( 3rd left), pro-vice-chancellor at the University of the West Indies (UWI); at the opening ceremony for the International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre’s 2nd Conference, Symposium and Chocolate Exposition, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston today (February 6). Others, from left, are Vernon Barrett, international business consultant of Newer Worlds; and Professor Pathmanathan Umaharan, director of the Cocoa Research Centre at the UWI.

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