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Updates on the scrap metal industry, motor vehicle pre-shipment regime and the refined sugar regime

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 23 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking at a media briefing to update the country on the scrap metal industry, motor vehicle pre-shipment regime and the refined sugar regime, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.


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Media briefing to update the country on the scrap metal industry, motor vehicle pre-shipment regime and the refined sugar regime

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 23 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), listening intently to Board Chairman, Jamaica Cane Products Sales (JCPS), Karl James (left), during a media briefing to update the country on the scrap metal industry, motor vehicle pre-shipment regime and the refined sugar regime, at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Others (l-r) are Chief Technical Director, Andrene Collings and Permanent Secretary, Donovan Stanberry, MICAF.


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Board Chairman Karl James in discussion with CFO Paul Henriques and Chairman Phillip Henriques

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 23 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Board Chairman, Jamaica Cane Products Sales (JCPS), Karl James (left), along with Chief Financial Officer, Worthy Park Estate, Paul Henriques (centre) and Chairman, Sugar Industry Authority, Phillip Henriques, in discussion at a media briefing to update the country on the scrap metal industry, motor vehicle pre-shipment regime and the refined sugar regime, at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.


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Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and fisheries, tastes ginger grown using tissue culture technology along with Jherane Patmore, Gender Equity and Youth Programme Officer; and Alvin Murray (left), Project Coordinator ; both of the Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages (PROPEL)– World University Services of Canada; to the delight of ginger farmer Taja Simpson (2nd left) from Maroon Town in St. James. The occasion was a Women and Youth in Agriculture Consultation Forum organised by PROPEL in Kingston on January 19.

Hutchinson recommends youth involvement in agriculture to curb crime

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 23 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, is recommending that one way of curbing crime in the Jamaica is by getting more young people involved in agriculture. He was speaking at a Women and Youth in Agriculture Consultation Forum organised by the Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages – World University Services of Canada in Kingston on January 19. In supporting his suggestion, he cited an example of how a community in St. Elizabeth, which was affected by crime, was transformed...


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Women and Youth in Agriculture Consultation Forum

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 23 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Alvin Murray (left), Project Coordinator ; Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages – World University Services of Canada (WUSC); explains the advantages of using tissue culture in the production of seedlings to the Hon. J. C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Walter Bernyck (right), Counsellor and Head of Development Cooperation, Global Affairs Canada; during a Women and Youth in Agriculture Consultation Forum in Kingston on January 19. Listening in is Munish Persaud...


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Courtesy Call on the Hon. Karl Samuda by Cuban Ambassador

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 04 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), greets Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, H.E. Inés Fors Fernández, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, January 3, 2018.


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Samuda pledges continued relationship with Cuba

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 04 Jan 2018    nicola.wint   
With the appointment of a new ambassador to Jamaica, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda is pledging continued support to the Government and people of Cuba. Speaking during a courtesy call at his New Kingston offices on January 03, 2018, Minister Samuda welcomed the newly appointed Cuban ambassador-designate to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fores Fernández. He informed the ambassador that Jamaica and Cuba have always had a very good relationship. He also reiterated the call for both countries to continue the work in removing trade barriers in all forms,...


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Minister Samuda views bananas at AMC Complex

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 27 Dec 2017    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), views bananas being shown to him by General Manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie, at the AMC Complex Spanish Town Road, on Thursday, December 21, 2017. The occasion was a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the first shipment of bananas from Jamaica to Trinidad. The government has been working to consistently increase banana exports through the Banana Export Expansion Programme. Looking on are Plant Quarantine Inspector, MICAF, Patrick Johnson (left) and CEO, Carita Jamaica Limited, Rita Hilton.


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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to mark first shipment of bananas from Jamaica to Trinidad

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 27 Dec 2017    nicola.wint   
Chief Executive Officer, Carita Jamaica Limited, Rita Hilton (left), cuts ribbon along with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre) and General Manager of The Banana Board, Janet Conie to symbolically mark the first shipment of bananas from Jamaica to Trinidad, at the AMC Complex, Spanish Town Road, on Thursday, December 21, 2017. The government has been working to consistently increase banana export through the Banana Export Expansion Programme and will be shipping one container of bananas per week to Trinidad as part of that thrust.


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