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April 2017
 

06 April 2017

President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, Phillip Chong (left), engaging chief technical director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (right) and CEO of Ready TV, Chris Dehring in a conversation at the opening of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association’s Trade Show held at the Spanish Court hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.

Ministry committed to facilitating work of the petroleum industry

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 06 Apr 2017    communications   
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn, says the Government continues it work to ensure that the requisite laws and regulations are in place to govern the petroleum industry. He informed that what the Ministry has been doing is creating capacity building programmes through its various agencies to ensure that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are able to move their business to the next level; from micro to small or small to medium. “The gasolene industry, a part of our MSME sector, aside from contributing to...


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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (right) preparing the soil to plant the Ministry’s Rose Apple tree. Assisting Mr. Wedderburn is Principal of Knox Community College, Rev. Gordon Cowans. Occasion was the Knox Community College 3rd annual Agri Expo, held at the Spalding Campus, on April 5, 2017.

Technology to drive the agricultural sector

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 06 Apr 2017    communications   
One key priority of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is to continue to promote the use of technology as a critical tool in growing the agricultural sector. This was stated by the Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn, who also stressed the importance of agriculture as a career choice for young people and introducing it in schools at an early age. He said that including agricultural technology in school programmes was of critical importance since the application of technology to agriculture was...


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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