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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 24/09/2020
Industry Minister charges agencies to think out of the box
Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has charged agencies under the Ministry to start thinking out of the box and to be more creative in how they do business in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I want...
Posted on 24/09/2020
Minister Shaw lauds EXIM Bank on achieving ISO: 9001 certification
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded the National Export Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), on achieving ISO 9001 certification. The EXIM Bank is the first of 19 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to become ISO...
Posted on 23/09/2020
Green directs RADA to provide data-driven, technology based information to farmers
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, is urging the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to ensure that the information being provided to farmers is data-driven and technology based. Noting that the growth of the sector and the operations...
Posted on 21/09/2020
Industry, investment and commerce to drive wealth creation, economic growth – Minister Shaw
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that re-establishing the Industry, Investment and Commerce Ministry is a major part of the Government’s efforts to drive wealth creation and economic growth in Jamaica. “We have great professionals in...
Posted on 21/09/2020
New Agriculture Minister says innovation and technology to play role in Ministry’s work and agricultural sector
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says innovation and technology will play a critical role in executing the work of the Ministry and, by extension, the development of the agricultural sector. “If we have an Agriculture...
Posted on 21/09/2020
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw Embraces Ministry’s Name-Change, Forges Ahead with New Focus
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the Hon. Audley Shaw is optimistic that the strategic goals of the newly renamed ministry will continue to redound to great economic impact as the ministry forges ahead with its mandate to support the...
Posted on 18/09/2020
100 farmers to benefit from $3.6-million project
Some 100 farmers from five parishes across the island are to benefit from the distribution of 70,000 vegetable seedlings and fruit trees under the second phase of the Agri Resilience Response to COVID Project, valued at $3.6 million. The parishes...
Posted on 18/09/2020
Jamaica celebrates World Bamboo Day on September 18
Jamaica, through the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), will join the rest of the world on September 18 in commemorating World Bamboo Day 2020. World Bamboo Day aims to increase awareness of bamboo throughout the world and is a day...
Posted on 18/09/2020
JSWIFT to Become Much Swifter
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the Honourable Audley Shaw is assuring importers and exporters that the Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT), will shortly become more expeditious as the backlog of applications is now being eroded by the Trade...
