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Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, flanked by Major George Kates, chairman, College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), and Oneka Sinclair, Director of Student Affairs, CASE, following a presentation of a pear tree and a breadfruit tree at the college’s 109th Founders’ Day anniversary celebration on January 25, 2019.

Hon Audley Shaw, (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with Dr. Derrick Deslandes, President, College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), at the 109th anniversary of Founders’ Day on January 25. At right is Decoy Royal, President, Students’ Council. CASE, formerly Government Farm School, was founded on January 25, 1910 andContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with President Dr. Derrick Deslandes”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that Jamaica needs to look seriously at the prospect of having a micro stock exchange, adding that there is also a place for equity financing for micro and small enterprises as an alternative to high interest rates. “We need to look at it in Jamaica.Continue reading “Shaw reiterates call for micro stock exchange”

Director, Programmes and Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer, speaking at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from JanuaryContinue reading “14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with (from left) Charge D’affaires/Minister Counselor, Delegation of the European to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and The Cayman Islands, Fredik Ekfeldt; and Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest, at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference hostedContinue reading “14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, responds during a question and answer session at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange wasContinue reading “Minister Shaw at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest (left), at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. Looking on is Professor NevilleContinue reading “14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Director, Programmes and Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer (centre), in discussion with (from left) Charge D’affaires/Minister Counselor, Delegation of the European to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and The Cayman Islands, Fredrik Ekfeldt; and Project Manager, Jamaica Social Stock Exchange Project, Nora Blake, at the 14th Regional InvestmentsContinue reading “14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, officially launched the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project at Lititz Primary School in St. Elizabeth on January 16, 2019, with the aim of reducing the water -related challenges being faced by the over 700 farmers of Essex Valley. Launched by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, theContinue reading “Essex Valley Agriculture Project to improve irrigation for over 700 farmers”

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, operates drill equipment at the Lititz Farm Well Site in St. Elizabeth at the launch of the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project on January 16, 2019. Looking on is the Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Dermon Spence (left),Continue reading “Launch of the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project”