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Chairman Robert Rainford discusses KMJ bamboo products with Hon. Audley Shaw and Executive Director Stephen Wedderburn

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Robert Rainford (right), chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica, discusses KMJ bamboo products with (from left) Stephen Wedderburn, Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Khadesha Whyte, manufacturer of KMJ sauces, pickles and seasonings, at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ New Kingston offices on September 5. In the background is Dr. Carey Wallace, Executive Director of the...


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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking 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 BSJ , the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, the Tourism Enhancement Fund, the Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica, and Jamaica Business Development Corporation at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, November 27-29, 2018, under the theme ‘Bamboo: An...


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Hon. Audley Shaw smells KMJ Bamboo Jerk Seasoning manufactured by Khadesha Whyte

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, smells (right) 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. Others from left are Stephen Wedderburn, Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), and Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). The symposium will be hosted by the MICAF, the BSJ , the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, the Tourism...


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Ministers Audley Shaw and Fayval Williams at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Hon Fayval Williams, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has primary responsibility for the successful implementation of this 36-month project with the lead agency being the Jamaica Customs. The project is aimed at improving trade facilitation among traders, trade operators...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets Chairman Pat Francis at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Patricia Francis, chairman of the Trade Facilitation Task Force, at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September 5. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has primary responsibility for the successful implementation of this 36-month project with the lead agency being the Jamaica Customs. The project is aimed at improving trade facilitation among traders, trade operators and agents, and trade-related...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets members of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets members of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Tobias Mutebi (right) and Mohammad Tina, at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on September 5. http://www.micaf.gov.jm/sites/default/files/pdfs/Launch%20of%20the%20Ele...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets Minister Fayval Williams at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar

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 06 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets the Hon. Fayval Williams, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on September 5. At left is Commissioner of Customs, Velma Ricketts Walker.


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sugar industry luncheon

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries speaking with (from left) Phillip Henriques, chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority; Jorge Gonzalez, Product Supply Chain Director at J. Wray & Nephew; and Jean-Phillipe Beyer, Managing Director, J. Wray & Nephew, at the Sugar Industry Luncheon organised by the Sugar Industry Authority in association with the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association. At the luncheon held at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on September 4, Minister Shaw announced Government’s intention to support the sugar industry.

Government stands by sugar industry, indicates restructuring to take place

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 05 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, today (Tuesday, September 4, 2018) , announced Government’s intention to support the country’s sugar industry and preserve the jobs of some 30,000 employees in the sector. Minister Shaw outlined the support for the industry as he addressed stakeholders at a sugar industry luncheon held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Acknowledging that the sugar industry was in a state of crisis, Minister Shaw said that in spite of the many challenges there were opportunities and that as Minister, he had a duty and an...


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Hon. J.C. Hutchinson greets Superintendent Lanford Salmon at the Farmers’ Watch Launch

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 31 Aug 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Superintendent Lanford Salmon at the Farmers’ Watch Launch in Ulster Spring, Trelawny, on August 30. Others from left are Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Community Safety and Security, Steve McGregor, and Superintendent of Police in charge of Trelawny, Dwight Powell.


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Minister Shaw tours Arosa Limited's meat processing facility

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 31 Aug 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) Chief Veterinary Officer, MICAF, Dr. Osbil Watson; and Manager, Arosa Limited, Louise Jackson, during a tour of the company’s meat processing facility in Drax Hall, St. Ann's Bay, on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Arosa Limited is a meat manufacturing and processing company that also imports European wines and specialty foods.


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