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Government is placing priority on ensuring that Jamaica’s small businesses will benefit from 20 per cent share of the Government’s procurement spend this year.Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, who made the disclosure noted that the process started late last year and will be increased thisContinue reading “Government prioritizing 20 per cent procurement spend for small businesses”

Government is placing priority on ensuring that Jamaica’s small businesses will benefit from 20 per cent share of the Government’s procurement spend this year. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, who made the disclosure noted that the process started late last year and will be increasedContinue reading “Government prioritizing 20 per cent procurement spend for small businesses”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has emphasised the need for improvement in the country’s productivity as a means of enhancing workers’ wealth.“We have to focus on improving the quality and productivity of country so that our workers can get a better paycheque that can enhance their own wealth in aContinue reading “Shaw calls for improved productivity to enhance workers’ wealth”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has emphasised the need for improvement in the country’s productivity as a means of enhancing workers’ wealth. “We have to focus on improving the quality and productivity of country so that our workers can get a better paycheque that can enhance their own wealth inContinue reading “Shaw calls for improved productivity to enhance workers’ wealth”

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with York Seaton, director, First Rock Capital Holdings, at the First Rock Capital Holdings IPO Investors Briefing, held in St. Andrew on January 9, 2020. In addition to Jamaica, First Rock has investments in Cayman, Costa Rica and the United States. Its IPOContinue reading “Minister Shaw converses with Director York Seaton at the First Rock Capital Holdings IPO Investors Briefing”

Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens keenly to Marjorie Seeberan, director, First Rock Capital Holdings, at First Rock’s IPO Investors Briefing, held in St. Andrew on January 9, 2020. At centre is Dr. Henry Lowe. In addition to Jamaica, First Rock has investments in Cayman, Costa Rica and theContinue reading “First Rock Capital Holdings IPO Investors Briefing”

Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Michelle Parkins (right); and Senior Director, Human Resource Management Department, MICAF, Deidre Latibeaudiere (centre) along with (from left) Warehouse Supervisor, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Nicholas Carrol; Senior Director, Coffee Division, JACRA, Hervin Willis and Senior Administrator, JACRA, Fermin Francis, at theContinue reading “JACRA hands over coffee brewers to MICAF”

Agricultural land transformation in sections of St. Catherine that will bring wealth to several farmers in the area is scheduled to get under way over the next six to twelve months. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the areas of focus will include Bernard Lodge and Innswood in the parish, whichContinue reading “Agricultural transformation coming for St. Catherine”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), makes a point to Jamaica’s Country Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Farmer-to-Farmer Programme, Marsha Johnson. Occasion was the 2020 staging of the John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Conference, held at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on January 6.

A new agricultural transformation project will soon commence in St. Catherine, as the Government aims to create more wealth among local farmers. “Within a matter of months, this transformation will begin. In fact, in the Bernard Lodge and Innswood areas of St. Catherine, we are going to be seeing, over the next six to 12Continue reading “New Agricultural Transformation Project For St. Catherine”