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May 2018
 

02 May 2018

Minister Hutchinson in discussion with Cuban delegation

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 02 May 2018    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with a Cuban delegation, headed by Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández (left), Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba; at a meeting held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens’ offices in Kingston on May 2. The meeting discussed the possibility of purchasing agricultural implements such as ploughs and harrows, greenhouses and windmills from Cuba as well as Jamaica providing assistance to the Cuban government with new varieties of sugar cane in order to boost the...


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Minister Hutchinson meets with Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández

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 02 May 2018    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, meets with Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba; at a meeting held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens’ offices in Kingston on May 2. The meeting discussed the possibility of purchasing agricultural implements such as ploughs and harrows, greenhouses and windmills from Cuba as well as Jamaica providing assistance to the Cuban government with new varieties of sugar cane in order to boost the performance of their sugar cane industry.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with Member of the Board, Israel Bonds Organization USA, Gideon Siterman, during a courtesy call, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Monday, April 30, 2018. Minister Shaw and a delegation from Israel held discussions on the possibilities for cooperation in water, agriculture and domestic security. The team is also looking at Vernamfield in Clarendon as a potential logistics hub facility.

Minister Shaw meets with Israeli mission

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 02 May 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw on April 30, met with an Israeli delegation of Agriculture and Water Experts at his New Kingston offices. The delegation is on a fact finding mission to Jamaica. Minister Shaw and the delegation held discussions on the possibilities for cooperation in water, agriculture and domestic security. The team is also looking at Vernamfield in Clarendon as a potential logistics hub facility. Speaking during the courtesy call, Minister Shaw called for both sides to work toward the opening up of channels through which to advance...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd left), in dialogue with (from left) Permanent Secretary at MICAF, Donovan Stanberry; Country Representative, Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel; CEO, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; Executive Director, South West Texas Border, SBDC Network, Albert Salgado; and Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Occasion was a CEO Breakfast Forum hosted by MICAF in collaboration with the OAS and JBDC, under the theme “Creative and Innovative Financing Strategies for the MSME Sector”.

Shaw encourages small businesses to get formal

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 02 May 2018    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging businesses in the Micro, Small and Medium (MSME) sector to formalise their operations in order to access the necessary low interest funds to grow their businesses. “Formality, formality, formality and transparency,” Minister Shaw told stakeholders at a CEO breakfast forum held May 2 at the COURTYARD Marriott hotel in Kingston, were the critical factors for MSMEs to access better interest rates. The CEO breakfast forum, which attracted heads of financial institutions and the leadership of small...


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CEO Breakfast Forum

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 02 May 2018    communications   
CEO, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (right), in discussion with Executive Director, South West Texas Border, SBDC Network, Albert Salgado (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Donovan Stanberry, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Occasion was a CEO Breakfast Forum hosted by MICAF in collaboration with the Organization of American States and JBDC, under the theme “Creative and Innovative Financing Strategies for the MSME Sector”.


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Minister Hutchinson speaking with Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández

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 02 May 2018    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, at a meeting held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens’ offices in Kingston on May 2. Others, from left, are Jose Estevez Torres, director, Caribbean Cable Company and Fernando Caballero, Commercial Representative of Cuba. The meeting discussed the possibility of purchasing agricultural implements such as ploughs and harrows, greenhouses and windmills from Cuba as well as Jamaica providing...


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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is described as Jamaica's "Business Ministry." It's mandate is to lead the development of policies that will create growth and jobs, while achieving social inclusion and consumer protection. The Ministry, working its stakeholders is primarily responsible for business policy development, monitoring and evaluation, while giving direction and oversight to a cluster of implementing departments and agencies.

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