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real news: As the Faithful Nationals held their picket on Wednesday morning, January 10, the Police were dispatched to the scene to ask that they remove themselves from the Ministry of Agriculture premises.<\/p>

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The protestors had converged on the Ministry\u2019s headquarters, located on Independence Drive, in objection to the destruction of the Dunbars Agricultural and Research Station.<\/p>\n

However, gathering on the compound allegedly was in breach of the Public Order Act, and this was pointed out to them by a senior police officer.<\/p>

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Apparently, in the Act, the location qualifies as a \u201cscheduled place,\u201d
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