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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a steering committee to oversee the process of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The development was

The Select Board voted to transition the Weston Transfer Station to a Pay As You Throw system starting Oct. 1, an effective way to reduce trash.

May 27, 2021 1:26 pm The 11th meeting of the TB Forum was held yesterday (May 26), attended by a range of stakeholder groups and it was highlighted at the meeting that the new inconclusive policy was proving successful. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said there was active engagement by stakeholders on the many challenges posed by tuberculosis (TB). The department added that the forum recognised the seriousness of the current TB situation and the need to take action to reduce disease levels and protect family farms from the stress of TB breakdowns. TB Forum working g...

April 7, 2021 6:17 pm The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that it will move forward with recommendations on inconclusive TB tests. The recommendations comes from the TB Eradication Strategy. The department said it decided to move ahead with putting the recommendations into practice following a meeting of the Implementation Working Group of the TB Stakeholders Forum. The department noted that there was scientific research which shows that cattle which return inconclusive skin tests are “at an increased risk of becoming reactors at a later date, even after testing...

Working in partnership From a broader administrative viewpoint, the plan aims for further development of the bTB Stakeholder Forum with the development of three working groups to advise the forum on technical science issues, finance and implementation. Terms of reference, membership and chairs are to be decided by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, with the chairman of the forum, Michael Cronin, to submit an annual report to the minister. According to the strategy, a Scientific Working Group will comprise qualified personnel with a specific expertise on bTB...