Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left); Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Edward Seaga (3rd left); and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (4th left), cut ribbon to officially open the Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store at Devon House, Kingston, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Others participating in the ceremony (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe; and Deputy CEO, JBDC, Harold Davis (background). Things Jamaican celebrates its 55th Anniversary and is currently operated by the JBDC, an agency of MICAF.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has issued a call for more authentic Jamaican craft products to be available in the island’s hotels and at least one of the island’s airports. The Minister issued this call at the official opening of the Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store at Devon House in Kingston on Wednesday, August 22. Minister Shaw lamented the decline in the Jamaican craft industry and welcomed initiatives such as the Ministry of Tourism’s artisan villages and the launch of the Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store among the efforts being...
