Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle, made the comment while fielding questions about the matter during post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday.
Reports emerged this week that a St. Catherine-based school had suspended its PATH lunch programme, citing financial constraints.
This in a bid to prevent a recurrence of the circumstances that led to the case being dismissed by the court on Monday.
The former TAJ workers were arrested in 2017 and slapped with multiple charges, including Conspiracy to Defraud, Forgery, Falsification of Records and Larceny as a Servant.
Its reported that a multi unit raid was carried out in the area about 7:30 PM. 23 packages containing about 1600 pounds of the illicit drug, were reportedly found in a generator in a cargo container.
The heat season started in April and runs until October. Head of Data Processing within Climate Services at the Met Office Adrian Shaw says the forecast is for above normal temperature this week and next week.
The incident occurred at about 2 this morning in the vicinity of Brandon Hill, St. Andrew along the Junction main road. The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says based on its investigation, some amount of fuel has entered the wag water river as an oil sheen was observed in the proximity of the incident.