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(CNS): The Prime Minister, two Cabinet Ministers and a Parliamentary Secretary are currently in Jamaica to attend the Denbigh Agriculture, Industry and Food Show, which opens today (Tuesday). Juliana O’Connor-Connolly will speak at the event, accompanied by Agriculture Minister Jay Ebanks, Culture Minister Dwayne Seymour, Minister Ebanks’ Secretary McKeeva Bush and Acting Department of Agriculture (DoA) Deputy Director Demoy Nash.
The trip was made at the invitation of the Jamaican government, CIG reported. But since it coincides with the delivery of more hurricane relief supplies, it looks like the people of the Cayman Islands will be footing the bill.
The press release did not reveal specific goals or positive outcomes for the Cayman Islands from the fully funded visit, nor did it specify the exact cost of the trip, its duration or which department’s budget would cover the cost of the visit.
The Prime Minister also visited Jamaica last month During that trip, she led a delegation to Building a Better Jamaica Fundand medical supplies donated by the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority and Health City.
The donation, valued at approximately $50,000, included generators, chain saws, tarps and air mattresses. The Department of Education donated 40 laptops and HCCI again donated medical supplies. Part of the shipment arrived on the island on Sunday, August 4, and the rest on Monday, August 5.
The donation is part of a $1.2 million pledge by the Cayman Islands Government to assist the four Caribbean countries hardest hit by Hurricane Beryl, following similar donations to Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
A CIG press release noted that the Denbigh Show was shortened from three days to one due to the damage caused to the agricultural sector by Cyclone Beryl on July 3.
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