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Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, Country Representative at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, at the launch of the MSc in Integrated Rural Development programme at the University of Technology, Jamaica on February 7, 2019 in St. Andrew. Others from left are Claire Bernard,Continue reading “Minister Shaw greets IICA Country Representative Dr. Elizabeth Johnson”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda, at the launch of the Jamaican Standard Specifications for Structural Steel Products, at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Winchester Road, Kingston, on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. The structural steel standards are instrumental in guiding metallurgical laboratoriesContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw greets Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda”

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (right), in dialogue with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda, at the launch of the Jamaican Standard Specifications for Structural Steel Products, at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Winchester Road, Kingston, on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. The structural steel standardsContinue reading “Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence in dialogue with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda,at the launch of the Jamaican Standard Specifications for Structural Steel Products, at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Winchester Road, Kingston, on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. The structural steel standards are instrumental in guiding metallurgical laboratoriesContinue reading “Minister Shaw converses with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw says the country needs to use agriculture to grow the economy. In doing so, Jamaica could create wealth from the ground up, utilising creative financing with the assistance of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). Minister Shaw made these comments while delivering the keynote addressContinue reading “Use agriculture to grow the economy, says Shaw”

From left, Marlene Street-Forrest, Managing Director at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Ian McNaughton, chairman, JSE, and the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, view turnip on sale by a vendor at the JSE’s Market Meets the Market by the Sea at the waterfront in downtown Kingston on February 7, 2019,Continue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw and Managing Director Marlene Street-Forrest view turnip on sale”

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Marlene Street-Forrest, Managing Director at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Antoinette McKain, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation, Steven Gooden, CEO, NCB Capital Markets and Ian McNaughton, chairman, JSE, at the JSE’s Market Meets the Market by theContinue reading “JSE’s Market Meets the Market by the Sea”

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses castor bean with (from left) Marlene Street-Forrest, Managing Director at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Ian McNaughton, chairman, JSE, and Michael Pryce, Acting Chief Executive Officer at the Agro-Invest Corporation (AIC), during a tour of the AIC’s booth at the JSE’s MarketContinue reading “Minister Shaw discusses castor bean at the JSE’s Market Meets the Market by the Sea event”

In an effort to strengthen and support the building and construction industry in Jamaica, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in collaboration with the Building and Associated Materials Technical Committee, has developed and established eight standards for adaptation, which will provide minimum requirements for structuralContinue reading “BSJ launches standard specifications for structural steel products”

Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible at St. John’s Primary School, St. Catherine, on Friday, February 1, 2019. This initiative, conceptualised and founded by New York-based Jamaican chef and past student of the school, Peter Ivey, will seek to utilize Jamaica’s indigenous produce such asContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible”