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Posted on 06/05/2026
Jamaica and India Celebrate Enduring Bilateral Partnership
The longstanding diplomatic partnership between Jamaica and the Republic of India was highlighted on Monday (May 4) during a Ministerial Luncheon hosted by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. The luncheon was hosted in honour of the official visit by India’s Minister of External Affairs...
Posted on 05/05/2026
New trade order? Indian minister pushes Jamaica to seize fresh economic opportunities amid growing global instability
Jamaica’s Minister of industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill (left) greets India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar ahead of Monday’s ministerial luncheon held at AC Hotel Kingston in New Kingston. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) Declaring that modern commerce can no longer be separated from global politic...
Posted on 18/04/2026
NCB Launches $2 Billion SME Growth Fund Facility
National Commercial Bank Limited (NCB) has launched a $2 billion facility designed to provide access to financing to small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The NCB SME Growth Fund II is open to both new and existing NCB customers across Jamaica’s key growth sectors. Lauding the initiative during a luncheon at the AC Marr...
Posted on 21/08/2020
Innovation-Based Entrepreneurship Encouraged For World Entrepreneurship Day
In recognition of World Entrepreneurship Day 2020 to be celebrated on Friday, August 21, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), through its MSME Office, is encouraging entrepreneurs operating as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to pursue...
Posted on 21/08/2020
Jamaica to reap 3,000 tonnes of hot pepper under incentive programme
Jamaica is expected to reap another 3,000 metric tonnes of hot peppers for the 2020/21 crop year under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Production Incentive Programme (PIP). This was disclosed by Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish...
Posted on 17/08/2020
Consumer Alert!
Survey of Agricultural Produce - Week Ending August 8, 2020. Click link for full list: https://www.cac.gov.jm/portal/index.php/special-features/publications/category/21-consumer-alert?download=278:cac-agricultural-prices-august-8-2020
Posted on 17/08/2020
JBDC Stages Employee Engagement Seminars October
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be staging a series of online Employee Engagement Seminars during the month of October. The seminars, under the theme ‘Lead in the Moment: Empower. Pivot. Grow’, will be held every Thursday between October...
Posted on 14/08/2020
Agriculture Minister discusses closure of Appleton Factory with sugar cane industry stakeholders
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has commended the management of Appleton Estate for the plans that the company has developed to ensure a smooth and amicable transitioning of former sugar cane workers and farmers...
Posted on 14/08/2020
JAMPRO Working To Make Jamaica The Best Place To Do Business In The Caribbean
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, says the agency is working towards making Jamaica the best place to do business in the Caribbean. This, she said, will be done through several pieces of legislation being worked on, which...
Posted on 10/08/2020
Agriculture Ministry Providing $50 Million For Production Incentive, Drought Mitigation
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be making $50 million available to support the production incentive and drought mitigation/climate mitigation programmes in each constituency. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Leslie Campbell...
Posted on 05/08/2020
Sweet yam farmer has high praises for RADA
Farmer Shermaine Barnett has high praises for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) for the support given to her in the development of her sweet yam farm in Endeavour in the parish of St. Ann. The 40 year-old mother of...
Posted on 05/08/2020
Jamaica records 12 per cent increase in sweet yam under Production Incentive Programme
There has been a 12 per cent increase in sweet yam production under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Production Incentive Programme for the 2019/20 fiscal year when compared to the corresponding period of 2018/19. Acting Senior Director...
