COVID-19 Consultation Meeting
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Dunstan Whittingham, President of the Jamaica Vendors, Higglers and Markets Association, speaking at a COVID-19 consultation meeting with industry stakeholders on March 5, 2020, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries ’ Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 5, 2020. Others from left are Damion Rowe of the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch, Imega Breese McNab, Executive Director, and Richard Pandohie, President, both of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Issues discussed at the meeting, included the availability of supplies for manufacturers, the need to guard against hoarding and price increases as well as the need to ramp up production in relation to food security.
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