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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd left); Executive Vice President, Retail, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry (4th left); and President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel (5th left), in photo with the top three 2018 Scotiabank Vision Achievers (SVA) (l-r) CEO and Founder, Jamaican Care Packages, Rory-Craig Walker; Managing Director, Morgan’s Creek, Joni-Dale Morgan; and Sheryl Anderson of QSSL Quality Systems Solutions and Initiative, at the SVA Closing Ceremony, held under the theme “Pepared to Win”, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11. SVA provided 25 SMEs the opportunity to benefit from a 17 week coaching programme. The programme, led by International Business Coach, Marcia Woon-Choy of ActionCOACH, was designed to impart core competencies required for running a profitable business. These include sales, systemizing the business process, marketing and understanding business financials.

Shaw lauds Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme, which he said is providing another opportunity for increased growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He noted that the MSME sector is an important driver of economic growth, which governments rely on to create jobs and increase economic growth and productivity. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Scotiabank Vision Achiever Programme at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel in Kingston on September 11, Minister Shaw said, “Scotiabank, a private...


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Minister Shaw in discussion with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness and Hon. Daryl Vaz

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee Industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. At the conference, Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin donated a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the...


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Hon. Audley Shaw converses with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Holness, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. At the conference, Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin donated a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector.


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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. Seated at the head table (from left) are Michael Lee-Chin Philanthropist who announced his donation of a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector; Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job...


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Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin announces gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin announces a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. Seated at the head table (from left) are Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness; MICAF Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon...


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Cedric Hanson (right) of Northern Caribbean University explains his clay pot irrigation technology to the Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Knox Community College students (from left) Brittany Campbell and Shanice Wander at the Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum, held at the Cobbla Campus of Knox Community College in Manchester on September 7. The forum explored economic opportunities available in agriculture for young people.

Shaw encourages young people to think big for agriculture

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 11 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging young people to think big and to place more emphasis on creating products for the international marketplace. “Our vision is to have a vibrant re-energised agricultural sector involving young creative minds and young men and women who are technologically savvy and ready to join the vanguard of entrepreneurs,” said Minister Shaw. He was speaking at the PROPEL-organised Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum held at the Cobbla Campus of Knox Community College in...


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Hon. Audley Shaw views Irish potato sucker

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 11 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views Irish potato sucker while Alvin Murray (2nd left), Project Coordinator, World University Service of Canada Caribbean PROPEL, explains tissue culture technology used to develop plant. Others from left are Donald Robinson, Agricultural Extension Facilitator, Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages (PROPEL), and Dr. Sherrefa Burchell, Director, Agriculture Research Centre at the Northern Caribbean University. The occasion was the Youth Employment Creation in...


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Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum

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 11 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with students from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Studies at Knox Community College at the Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum, held at the Cobbla Campus of Knox Community College in Manchester on September 7. The forum explored economic opportunities available in agriculture for young people.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), along with (from left) Executive Director, Economic Growth Council, Senator Aubyn Hill; Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness; Owner, Wallenford Coffee Company Limited, Michael Lee-Chin; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018.

$60-million gift for coffee farmers

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 10 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin has announced a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector. Lee-Chin made the announcement at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices today, September 10, 2018. The donation, which is a personal gift from the Lee-Chin family, is in response to a special appeal from Member of Parliament, East Rural St. Andrew, Juliet Holness, and will constitute a temporary solution to the plight of the 7,000 coffee farmers...


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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking with CEO Valerie Veira and Chairman Robert Rainford at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with (from left) Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, and Robert Rainford, chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on September 5. The symposium will be hosted by the MICAF, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica , the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, the Tourism...


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