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October 2017
 

20 October 2017

Minister Samuda at the Issuing of Cannabis Licences

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (left), in discussion with Claudine Liu (centre) of Everything Oily Labs Limited and Karibe McKenzie, Epican Medicinals Limited, who were issued with licences on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, by the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), an agency of MICAF. The issuing of the licences was held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (left), observes the signing of a tripartite agreement by the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Everything Oily Labs Limited and Epican Medicinals Limited, who were issued with Cannabis licences at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Others seated at the head table (l-r) are Chairman, Cindy Lightbourne, of the CLA, Claudine Liu of Everything Oily Labs Limited and Karibe McKenzie, Epican Medicinals Limited. Assisting with the signing (at back) are Chief Executive Officer, Greg Douglas and Legal Officer/Corporate Secretary, Ellory Taylor, of the CLA.

Cannabis Licensing Authority issues first two licences

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, has granted the first two licences for participation in Jamaica’s medical marijuana industry. Licences were issued to Everything Oily Labs Limited for the processing of medical marijuana and to Epican for the cultivation of the plant at a brief ceremony held Wednesday, October 18 at the Ministry’s St Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston. The two entities along with the CLA also signed a tripartite agreement for the cultivation and processing of the product. Speaking at the...


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St. Ann National Irish Potato Stakeholders' Seminar

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addressing farmers at one in a series of the National Irish Potato and Onion Stakeholders’ Seminars held in Claremont, St. Ann, on Wednesday, October 18. At right is Locksley Waite, National Coordinator, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). Under the programme, it is expected that some 1,200 hectares of Irish potato will be planted for the 2017-2018 crop year with support from H&L Agro, Newport-Fersan, PROPEL and the Potato and Onion Producers’ Association. The...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (center) in discussions with Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry’s Fisheries Division, Lieutenant Commander Paul Wright and a fisherman on the Pedro Cays. Minister Samuda visited Middle Cay on the Pedro Banks on Wednesday, October 18 to discuss waste management solutions for the cay.

Better Waste Management System to be put in place on Pedro Cays

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has made a committment to take the necessary steps to improve conditions for fishermen on the Pedro Cays. Minister Samuda, who was speaking on Wednesday, October 18, while on a tour of Middle Cay on the Pedro Bank, said a multi- ministry approach will be taken to urgently solve the solid and human waste issues facing persons on the cays. The Minister was accompanied on the tour by officials from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), the Fisheries...


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Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill Passed

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Parliament has passed the Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill, which seeks to modernise the agricultural sector to meet the nation’s growing demands of food security and productivity. The Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organisations Act also facilitates the dissolution of the Agricultural Credit Board (ACB) and transfers the Board’s monitoring and regulatory functions to the Registrar of Co-operative and Friendly Societies. The Bill repeals the Agricultural Credit Board act. It also establishes the Agricultural Appeal Tribunal and provides for the...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (center) in discussions with Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry’s Fisheries Division, Lieutenant Commander Paul Wright and a fisherman on the Pedro Cays. Minister Samuda visited Middle Cay on the Pedro Banks on Wednesday, October 18 to discuss waste management solutions for the cay.

Better Waste Management System to be put in place on Pedro Cays

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has made a committment to take the necessary steps to improve conditions for fishermen on the Pedro Cays. Minister Samuda, who was speaking on Wednesday, October 18, while on a tour of Middle Cay on the Pedro Bank, said a multi- ministry approach will be taken to urgently solve the solid and human waste issues facing persons on the cays. The Minister was accompanied on the tour by officials from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), the Fisheries...


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Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill Passed

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Parliament has passed the Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill, which seeks to modernise the agricultural sector to meet the nation’s growing demands of food security and productivity. The Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organisations Act also facilitates the dissolution of the Agricultural Credit Board (ACB) and transfers the Board’s monitoring and regulatory functions to the Registrar of Co-operative and Friendly Societies. The Bill repeals the Agricultural Credit Board act. It also establishes the Agricultural Appeal Tribunal and provides for the...


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Ms. Paulette Kirkland, Director of Research Training and Development at the Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies (right) and Mr. Christopher Samuda, Attorney-at-Law (centre), listen attentively to Mr. Vivian Brown, Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. The occasion was a conference and symposium staged by the Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies at the Montego Bay Conference Centre on October 19, 2017, in celebration of International Credit Union Day.

Co-operatives critical to economic growth and development- Ministry rep

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr Vivian Brown, says that co-operatives are increasingly becoming drivers of economic growth and development. He noted that through their critical role in business development they have been having a direct impact on the type and quality of economic development the country is now seeing. The director general who was addressing participants at a one-day conference and symposium hosted by the Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies (DFCS), at the Montego Bay Conference Centre, Rose Hall, on Thursday,...


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Hon. Karl Samuda speaking at the Signing of a Tripartite Agreement

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 20 Oct 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking at the issuing of licences involving the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Everything Oily Labs Limited and Epican Medicinals Limited, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, October 18, 2017. Seated from left are Chief Executive Officer, Greg Douglas and Chairman, Cindy Lightbourne, of the CLA. The CLA is an agency of MICAF.


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