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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, at the opening ceremony of the 4th staging of the Christmas in July Corporate Gifting event, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July 19. Others (from left) are Chairman, Tourism Linkages Network, Adam Stewart; and Deputy Chairman, Tourism Linkages Council and Managing Director, Courtleigh Hotel Group, Kevin Hendrickson. The Tourism Linkages Network of the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Jamaica Promotions Corporation and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association hosted Christmas in July 2018, featuring an exhibition of locally produced corporate gifts and souvenir items. Some 115 exhibitors participated and showcased a variety of authentic Jamaican products.

Discussions under way for special fund for micro and small enterprises - Shaw

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 19 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, says discussions are under way to develop a special fund to support the development of micro and small businesses. The Minister was addressing the Christmas in July trade show held Thursday, July 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, organized by the Tourism Linkages Network to market local products created by small businesses. Minister Shaw said he has a draft Cabinet Submission which he has discussed with the Minister of Finance to utilize unclaimed funds in dormant accounts, amounting to some $15...


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Permanent Secretary Jennifer Griffith presents Minister Shaw with a copy of the Christmas in July catalogue

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 19 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with a copy of the Christmas in July catalogue, at the Christmas in July Corporate Gifting event, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July 19. The Tourism Linkages Network of the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Jamaica Promotions Corporation and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association hosted Christmas in July 2018,...


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Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views Coffee-Lizer fertilizer presented to him by Dennis Valdez, Managing Director, Newport-Fersan, along with Peter Thompson, CEO, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, at the official handover of the fertiliser to coffee farmers on July 13 in Kingston.

Agriculture Ministry partners with Newport-Fersan to provide fertiliser to coffee farmers

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 18 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), has partnered with Newport-Fersan to supply 321 metric tonnes of Coffee-Lizer fertiliser to coffee farmers as part of its Productivity Incentive Programme. Distribution of this newly formulated fertilizer is part of an $80-m grant provided by the Ministry to coffee farmers to include $13m for treatment of the coffee leaf rust disease, training and provision of small tools as the Government seeks to assist farmers to increase their productivity. Speaking at...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms

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 18 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers in Kingston on July 13. At centre is Norman Grant, chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association.


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Minister Shaw at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers

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 18 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Hedda Rose Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan Jamaica (NFJ); Gusland McCook, Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority; and Dennis Valdez, Managing Director, NFJ. The occasion was the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers at NFJ on July 13 in Kingston.


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Minister Audley Shaw in dialogue with President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, Odia Bruce

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 18 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens to Odia Bruce (2nd right), President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, at the Newport-Fersan Handover of Coffee-Lizer fertlizer on July 13 in Kingston. Also participating in the discussion (from left) are Michael Brooks and Leebert Williams, members of Hillside Coffee Growers.


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Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, and Monique Solomon, Entomologist, Plant Quarantine/Plant Inspection Branch, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; view specimen of frosty pod rot infected cocoa during a tour of displays at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 16.

Shaw urges regional plant health directors to safeguard crops

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 16 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on regional plant health directors to provide the strategies to safeguard the Caribbean against plant pests and diseases. Minister Shaw made the appeal as he delivered the keynote address at the official opening ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum at the Iberostar Conference Centre in Montego Bay. As a region, Minister Shaw told delegates from 26 countries, “our ability to produce crops to meet national and regional demands continues to be plagued by many issues, chief...


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Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum

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 16 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Sherlock Pinnock, Apiculture Officer, and Dalton Hastings, Manager, Export Complex, Plant Quarantine/Plant Inspection Branch, both of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, during a tour of displays at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 16.


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Minister Shaw speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum

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 16 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July16. Others from left are Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite, Deputy Programme Manager, Agricultural Development Unit, CARCOM Secretariat; Dr. Brendon Reardon, Assistant Director, PPQ Preclearance and Offshore, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Services; and Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries.


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Minister Audley Shaw participates in ground breaking ceremony

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 13 Jul 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), along with (from left) Trade Unionist, National Workers Union, Granville Valentine; Chairman, Carib Cement, Paris Lyew-Ayee; and General Manager, Carib Cement, Peter Donkersloot, break ground for the Carib Cement Company’s new Administration Building in Rockfort, Kingston, on Friday, July 13, 2018. The ground breaking ceremony showcased the new building location which replaces a previous one that was destroyed by fire in January 2017. The new 1050 sq. m building will cost more than US$2M and will house...


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