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  "id": 12313785,
  "title": "Bartlett wants ALEX to become a regional platform",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/bartlett-wants-alex-to-become-a-regional-platform",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:06:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261006/bartlett-wants-alex-become-regional-platform"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett want Jamaica’s Agricultural Linkages Exchange (ALEX) to be expanded into a Caribbean-wide platform as part of a broader push to build a regional agricultural logistics network capable of supplying the tourism industry. Bartlett said ALEX, which connects farmers with hotels and tourism buyers in Jamaica, could be used to link producers and buyers…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}