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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”

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”

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is encouraging persons to use the Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) kiosk, located at its New Kingston offices, to register their business or company. Public Relations Officer at the COJ, Kawain Fearon, told JIS News that the kiosk, which was installed in April, is designed to include persons without internet access or aContinue reading “COJ Urges Jamaicans to Use eBRF Kiosk to Register Their Business”

Bamboo is being heralded as the perfect alternative to plastic and styrofoam products as Jamaica moves into a new phase on bans against materials that are largely considered to be harmful to the environment. “We are encouraging Jamaicans to grow bamboo because we help, as a small island nation, by doing that to clean upContinue reading “The future is bamboo – Jamaicans encouraged to go green with multiuse wonder plant”

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right), examines a sweet pepper with farmers Caleb Reid (left) and Nancy Reid, at a graduation ceremony at the Church of God of Prophecy on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine on December 18.

General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie, says the organisation is intensifying collaborative efforts with local, regional and international stakeholders against the potential threat of the Tropical Race 4 Disease (TR4). Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Studio 58A session, Mrs. Conie said that given the impact that TR4 can have onContinue reading “Banana Board On Alert For Threat Of TR4 Disease”

More than 7,000 persons from 98 countries have utilised the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP) since its launch in May this year. Stakeholders in Jamaica accounted for 49 per cent usage followed by the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom (UK). Managed by the Trade Board Limited (TBL), JTIP is a single,Continue reading “More than 7,000 Persons from 98 Countries Have Utilised Trade Information Portal”