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Costs of pork and pork products set to rise

Loop News The celebrated Jamaican jerked pork. (File photo) As some food prices continue to rise across the island, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has announced that that the prices of pork and pork products are expected to also go up. The ministry, in a release on Thursday, said the increases are expected to be between 13 and 20 per cent. According to the ministry, earlier that day, the President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association (JPFA), Annabel Williams, in a radio interview, made a statement that may have been misconstrued to mean that price increases would likely be about 80 per cent, which the ministry has sought to clarify.

Weekly Starter: Champs returns, Marley's death 40 years later and more

Romel Plummer of KC celebrates after winning the Boys Class 1 400m hurdles final in 50.43 at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on Friday, March 29, 2019. (PHOTO: Marlon Reid). Get up to speed with a round-up of the top developments to look out for as you start your week. Champs!  The National Stadium in Kingston will come alive this week with the 110 th staging of the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championship from Tuesday, May 11 to Saturday, May 15. This year’s staging of the most anticipated track and field event for high school students will see a sharp reduction in participants due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Only 970 athletes representing 80 schools are eligible to compete, a far cry from the 2,700 who competed at the 2019 edition. The competition was abandoned in 2020 because of the pandemic. Kingston College are the defending champions on the boys side while Edwin Allen will be defending the trophy on the g