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October 2018
 

10 October 2018

Courtesy Call with Cane Farmers from Clarendon

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 10 Oct 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with Mayor of May Pen, Winston Maragh (left); Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and Member of Parliament for South East Clarendon Hon. Rudyard Spencer (2nd left); and Chairman, Sugar Company of Jamaica, Joseph Shoucair (right), in discussion with cane farmers from Clarendon, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. The meeting was held with the farmers affected by the reopening of the Monymusk sugar factory in Clarendon.


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Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Michael Lake, President of the Developers Association of Jamaica, at the Real Estate Board’s (REB) 30th Anniversary Banquet & Awards Ceremony, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on October 6. At centre is Karl Vendryes, representative of the Developers’ Association of Jamaica on the REB. Minister Shaw commended the REB for its stewardship and urged the REB and its practitioners to continue the drive to support the Anti-Money Laundering legislation and enforcement initiatives of the Government.

Shaw urges real estate practitioners to support Anti-Money Laundering efforts

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 10 Oct 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has urged stakeholders in the real estate industry to continue their drive to support the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation and enforcement initiatives of the Government. Noting that real estate is a one of the areas that readily comes into contact with individuals who may be seeking to circumvent the law, Minister Shaw said, “I know that the board and its colleague associations have checks and balances in place, but I urge you to be relentless in this regard and take a zero tolerance approach to any...


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Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (from left) Sandra Garrick, Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Richards, Chairman, both of the Real Estate Board (REB). The occasion was the REB’s 30th Anniversary Banquet & Awards Ceremony, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on October 6. Minister Shaw commended the REB for its stewardship and urged the REB and its practitioners to continue the drive to support the Anti-Money Laundering legislation and enforcement initiatives of the Government.

Gov’t developing regulatory framework to address inadequate housing

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 10 Oct 2018    communications   
Government is in the process of developing a comprehensive regulatory framework for the housing sector in order to meet the annual demand for houses, which currently stands at 15,000. This announcement was made by the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, who was representing Prime Minister The Most Hon. Andrew Holness at the Real Estate Board’s 30th Anniversary Banquet & Awards Ceremony, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on October 6. Among the initiatives to be undertaken to address this situation, Minister Shaw said, are the...


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Hon. Audley Shaw in conversation with conversation with Chairman Kevin Richards

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 10 Oct 2018    communications   
Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with Kevin Richards, chairman of the Real Estate Board (REB), at the REB’s 30th Anniversary Banquet & Awards Ceremony, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on October 6. Minister Shaw commended the REB for its stewardship and urged the REB and its practitioners to continue the drive to support the Anti-Money Laundering legislation and enforcement initiatives of the Government.


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Minister Shaw greets Mayor Winston Maragh

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 10 Oct 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), greets Mayor of May Pen , Winston Maragh (2nd left); Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and Member of Parliament for South East Clarendon , Rudyard Spencer (left); and cane farmers, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. The meeting was held with the farmers affected by the reopening of the Monymusk sugar factory in Clarendon.


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