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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw is encouraging middle managers to become transformational leaders within their organizations by supporting their entities’ ultimate vision. “You must find out where senior management or owners want to take the organization and how you, as an individual middle manager, can help in that process,” MinisterContinue reading “Middle managers encouraged to become transformational leaders”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Polimer Inno Tech Limited, Piotr Machnik; Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Poland, Irena Cousins; Member of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Eleanor Crichton Hussey; and Founder, Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC), Dr. Przemysław Jura, during a courtesyContinue reading “Minister Shaw along with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce Team”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, meets with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC) team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The P-JCC members are keen on partnering with Jamaica in several areas including food technology and recycling.

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (centre), along with (from left) Principal Director-Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Marina Young; Senior Director, Agricultural Land Management Division, MICAF, Joan Brown Morrison; Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole; Managing Director, Newport Fersan, DennisContinue reading “PS Spence meets with the Newport Fersan Team”

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left), in discussion with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The meeting discussed developments in the agricultural sector, focusingContinue reading “PS Spence in discussion with the Newport Fersan Team”

Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), along with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The meeting discussed developments in the agriculturalContinue reading “CTD Courtney Cole greets Newport Fersan’s Managing Director Dennis Valdez and Business Development Manager Hedda Rose Pitter”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with (from left) Ambassador of Brazil, H.E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog; and Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Minister Shaw andContinue reading “Courtesy Call with Ambassador of Brazil”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Ambassador of Brazil, H. E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Minister Shaw and Ambassador den Hartog discussed opportunities for cooperation between Jamaica and Brazil.

Dermon Spence (left), Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF); César Dang Guillen (2nd left) and Christian Iván Neya López (4th left) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico along with His Excellency Juan José González Mijares (3rd left),  Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, share a light moment Continue reading “Discussing Agriculture Canine Detection”

Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses atop a cow on display at the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on April 22, 2019.