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Minister Shaw speaking after a tour of the Lithographic Printers’ facilities

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 22 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking after a tour of the Lithographic Printers’ facilities located on East Avenue, downtown Kingston, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.The company celebrated its 60th Anniversary on June 16.


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Tour of Lithographic Printers’ facilities

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 22 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Managing Director, Lithographic Printers, Sean duQuesnay (right), explains the features of the company’s newest label on a roll printing machine to Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon, Audley Shaw, during a tour of the company’s facilities located on East Avenue, downtown Kingston, on June 20, 2018. The company celebrated its 60th Anniversary on June 16.


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Minister Shaw meets with Representatives of UNCTAD

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 21 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (4th left), in discussion with (from left) Project Manager, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Owen Holder; Chief of the ASYCUDA Programme, UNCTAD, Fabrice Millet; Chief Technical Director, MICAF, Andrene Collings; Director of UNCTAD's Division on Technology & Logistics, Shamika Sirimanne; and Regional Advisor, UNCTAD, Jamie Mendoza, at a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The meeting was to update Minister Shaw on the Automated...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets Director Shamika Sirimanne

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 21 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), greets Director, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Division on Technology and Logistics, Shamika Sirimanne, at a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The meeting was to update Minister Shaw on the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) Programme in Jamaica. At right is Regional Advisor, UNCTAD, Jamie Mendoza.


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Shaw wants greater diversification of agricultural sector

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 20 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw says that the transformation of Jamaica’s agricultural sector will require greater diversification of the industry. In order to do this, Minister Shaw said, the sector needed to embark on an aggressive programme of diversification of the use of available sugar lands for other industrial crops. “This includes working with our small farmers for this to be successful. We have to get them involved,” said Minister Shaw. Minister Shaw was speaking at a courtesy call with Dr. Gillian Smith, Assistant FAO Representative for...


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ISO Q-SITs/Junior Consultant Training Course Launched

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 19 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
The Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project of the Ministry of Finance and Planning in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ ISO Division, today (June 18), launched a training programme for ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians (Q-SITS/Junior Consultants). Twenty-five persons have been selected as junior consultants for the training programme and, will go through two weeks of intensive training after which they will be placed in agencies across Government. The World Bank, through the Strategic Public Sector Transformation...


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Launch of ISO Implementation Programme

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 19 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of the ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians (Q-SITs/Junior Consultants) Training Course, at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Kingston, on Monday, June 18. The Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) supports the implementation of ISO 9001 Quality Management System in several agencies of Government. In support of...


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Hon. Audley Shaw converses with CEO Winston Harrison

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 18 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Winston Harrison (right), Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, during a visit to the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. At centre is Alexandre Gabriel, Chairman of West Indies Rum Distillers, one-third owner of National Rums of Jamaica Limited. The visit was geared towards Minister Shaw having a better understanding of the needs of the rum manufacturers and to create linkages that will assist with marketing and selling their...


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Minister Shaw greets Plant Manager Michael Dunkley

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 18 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Michael Dunkley, Plant Manager of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory, during a tour of the facility in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. Others from left are Winston Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, and Neil Glasgow, Chief Operating Officer of the factory.


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Chairman Komal Samaroo presents the Hon. Audley Shaw with a bottle of rum

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 18 Jun 2018    nicola.wint   
Komal Samaroo (right), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, presents the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, with a bottle of rum following a tour of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14.


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