Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, says a consultant who was shot and injured by gunmen on Saturday is responding well to medical treatment.
Seslyn Hamilton was shot three times by his attackers while on his farm in the Bernard Lodge area of St Catherine.
Samuda told The Gleaner that he visited Hamilton in hospital late Saturday night after hearing of the incident.
The minister said Hamilton told him that after he was shot by a group of young men who robbed him of his licensed firearm and a quantity of cash, he had to walk for approximately 400 metres to get help
"I am really happy that he is alive ... I am encouraged that he will continue to do well and we are looking forward to seeing him back at work in the shortest possible time."
Hamilton was the campaign manager for the People's National Party's Dr Chris Munroe, who challenged Samuda for the North Central St Andrew seat in the 2007 general election.
Jamaica hosts international agriculture meeting
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is this week hosting 34 countries at the fifth ministerial meeting on Agriculture and Rural Life of the Americas and the 15th Inter-American Board of Agriculture, at The Ritz-Carton in Montego Bay, St James.
The weeklong forum will focus on a series of discussions and workshops on the theme 'Building Capacity for Enhancing Food Security and Rural Life in the Americas'.
More than 300 delegates, including ministers of agriculture, are expected to participate in the week of activities.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will deliver the main address at the opening ceremony tomorrow.
The week's discussion is expected to result in participating countries agreeing on a policy framework for enhancing food security in the hemisphere and a development agenda for rural life in the Americas.
SuperClubs kids awarded scholarships
SuperClubs Resorts recently awarded scholarship bursary awards to 41 students from several primary schools who are children of team members at all SuperClubs hotels in Jamaica.
The awards were based on their 2009 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results.
When the programme was created 10 years ago, SuperClubs was the first hotel group to offer such a reward to children of team members. Approximately $1 million was distributed to the students who were successful in the examinations to assist them with school expenses as they make the important transition to high school.
John Issa, chairman of SuperClubs, reiterated his company's contribution to mutually beneficial partnerships in communities which play a vital role of nation building through the residents and their children who attend schools consistently and ultimately maintain a high standard after successes in the GSAT examinations.
"We at SuperClubs are committed to supporting these students financially and emotionally, with the involvement and encouragement of their caregivers and teachers as they prepare to fulfil their individual dreams through a sound secondary education," Issa stated.