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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, says that through the Trade Facilitation Task Force’s efforts to gradually reduce the unnecessary and burdensome ‘red-tape’ associated with regulatory compliance in the trading environment, the Ministry has received the green light from the Cabinet for the removal of specific permits and licences currently being issuedContinue reading “Trade Board cutting irrelevant red-tape – Shaw”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Conference 2019, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on April 17. The Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) is hosting its 2nd Regional MSME Conference April 16-18. This year’s conference, held under the theme “Improving SustainabilityContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the Caribbean MSME Conference 2019”

Chairman, Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Conference Committee, Dr. Blossom O’Meally-Nelson (left), engages Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); and Ambassador, International Organisation for Standardization, MICAF, Reginald Budhan, in conversation at the Caribbean MSME Conference 2019, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on April 17. The Small BusinessContinue reading “Minister Shaw at the 2019 Caribbean MSME Conference”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), in dialogue with President, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson (left); and Board Secretary, SBAJ, Dennise Williams, at the Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Conference 2019, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on April 17. The SBAJ is hosting its 2ndContinue reading “Minister Shaw in dialogue with SBAJ President Hugh Johnson and Board Secretary Dennise Williams”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has lauded the Amaterra Group for its integrated approach to the soon-to-be constructed 800-room resort on a beachfront property in Stewart Castle in Trelawny “I am pleased with the plan to incorporate an agricultural component in the project, supplying the fruits and vegetables that theContinue reading “Shaw lauds Amaterra Group for agricultural component in resort development”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right) greets Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left) on arrival at the official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 8,000 hotel rooms by Amaterra Group in Stewart Castle, Trelawny, on Friday, April 12, 2019. Others in photo from left are: Minister of Tourism, Hon. EdmundContinue reading “Minister Shaw greets Prime Minister Andrew Holness at ground breaking ceremony in Trelawny”

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett in discussion with Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (right). Occasion was the official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 8,000 hotel rooms by Amaterra Group in Stewart Castle, Trelawny, on Friday, April 12, 2019.

 Did you know that MICAF’s Public Gardens Division is responsible for the maintenance and development of three of Jamaica’s Botanical Gardens and two Scenic Avenues? Did you know that Castleton Botanical Gardens is located in St Mary? Click HERE to read more.

Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views plantain chips produced by Gary Green of May Pen in Clarendon. Mr Green, who is a member of the Clarendon Youth in Business group, also produces coco chips and essential oils. The occasion was the Clarendon Agro-Economic Symposium held at the St. Gabriel’s AnglicanContinue reading “Minister Shaw views plantain chips at the Clarendon Agro-Economic Symposium”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, interacts with participants at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation’s Agro-Economic Symposium, held at the St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church Hall in May Pen on April 9. Held under the theme ‘Creating Effective Linkages… Unlocking Clarendon’s Agro Growth,’ the symposium was aimed at sensitizing farmers to the variousContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation’s Agro-Economic Symposium”