The issue surrounding the Holland Estate land deal has so far claimed a ministerial casualty, as the Prime Minister earlier announced the reassigning of JC Hutchinson from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries as the controversy over the transactions and claims of nepotism erupted. There however remains a call for the entire board at the SCJ Holdings to be removed and proper streamlining of its functions.

In this Panel Discussion, we take a closer look at this development.

With Hugh Johnson, President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica and we should have been joined by Allan Rickard, Former President of the All Island Sugar Cane Farmers Association, but he is absent.