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To improve service to its customers, the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, is piloting an Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF), which will allow for expedited Business Name Reservation and Registration. The COJ intends, when the platform is fully operational, to offer registration on aContinue reading “COJ piloting Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF)”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), congratulates entrepreneur Sania McDonald, who registered her business online using the Electronic Business Registration Form, at the COJ’s offices in New Kingston, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The COJ is piloting an eBRF, which will allow for Business Name Reservation and Registration. Through thisContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw congratulates entrepreneur Sania McDonald”

Registrar, Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan, welcomes Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, who visited the offices of the COJ in New Kingston, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The occasion was to view a live demonstration of registering a business using the Electronic Business Registration Form. The COJ isContinue reading “Registrar Judith Ramlogan welcomes Minister Audley Shaw”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in dialogue with (from left) Registrar, Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan; and Permanent Secretary, MICAF, Donovan Stanberry, during a visit to the COJ’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The occasion was a visit to the agency to view aContinue reading “Visit to Companies Office of Jamaica”

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with farmers Everton Barnett (left) and Howard Anderson during a tour of farms at Abbey in St. Thomas on April 10. Seven farmers are currently producing crops such as pepper, onion, pumpkins and Irish potato on approximatelyContinue reading “Minister Hutchinson in conversation with farmers Everton Barnett and Howard Anderson”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in dialogue with (from left) Chairman and CEO, National Baking Company, Butch Hendrickson; Marketing and Research Officer, UMIUM, June Gottgens; President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell; and Director, Spur Tree Spices, Mohan Jagnarine (background). The occasion was a press conference, heldContinue reading “National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018”

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views 30-lb pumpkin cultivated by farmer Denesha Shepherd at Abbey in St. Thomas, during a tour of the over 100-acre property on April 10.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (centre), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses farmers at the Yallahs Agro-Park in St. Thomas on April 10. Others from left are Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson, and Bevin Dickenson, Parish Manager, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed Red Stripe/Heineken Jamaica’s $2.16-billion (€14-million) investment in a new state-of-the art production line at the entity’s brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The new Line 8 facility, which was commissioned into service in October 2017, brews Jamaica’s world-renowned Red Stripe Beer and DragonContinue reading “Industry Minister Welcomes $2.16-Billion Investment by Red Stripe”

These conditions are in two parts and apply to the importation of cargo shipments only. With the exception of certified seeds, individual travelers are not allowed to import fresh plant products or propagative materials into the Cayman Islands from Jamaica as part of checked or carry-on luggage. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Import Permit a. A written applicationContinue reading “Conditions for the Importation of Plants and Plant Products from Jamaica”