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Posted on 19/07/2025
Business Roadshow Reaches Thousands of MSMEs
Thousands of Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and individuals have been engaged through the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s islandwide roadshows. “We have had roadshows in eight different parishes, Manchester, St. James, St. Ann, Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and Westmorela...
Posted on 17/07/2025
$668 Million Approved for Local Film Productions
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says $668 million has been approved for local film productions under the Jamaica Screen Development Initiative (JSDI). He said that the funds, which will be disbursed shortly, will benefit 91 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMES). “This is a priority sector because...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Hon J.C. Hutchinson and FAO Representative Dr Crispim Moreira taste cantaloupe cultivated on the Holland Agro-Economic Zone
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Dr Crispim Moreira (right), Food and Agriculture Organization Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, taste cantaloupe cultivated on the Holland Agro-Economic...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Hon J.C. Hutchinson discusses production of broccoli under cultivation at the Holland Agro-Economic Zone in St. Elizabeth
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses production of broccoli under cultivation at the Holland Agro-Economic Zone in St. Elizabeth on February 7, 2020 with (from left) farmer Steve...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Hon. Audley Shaw tours Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Spring Plain Clarendon
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), listens attentively as Special Crop Coordinator in the Ministry, Locksley Waite (left) explains the process of planting Irish potato during a tour of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Spring...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Minister Shaw observes the growth of onion of a farm in Spring Plain Clarendon
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), observes the growth of onion being shown to him by Vice President of Farming Operations, at Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited, Nicholas Duke during a tour of the farm in Spring...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Minister Audley Shaw discusses the importance of preserving the Jamaica Iguana
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), discusses the importance of preserving the Jamaica Iguana with Assistant Curator of iguanas at the Audubon Zoo in the United States, Melanie Litton (right), at the health screening of the...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Agriculture Ministry calls for an end to illegal citrus plants production
The Ministry of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling for an end to the illegal production of citrus plants because of the threat of spreading existing and new diseases that will decimate the crop. Interim Chief Executive Officer of...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Annual general meeting of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency
Interim Chief Executive Officer of the National Fisheries Authority, Courtney Cole (right), discuss the programme of the 21st annual general meeting of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency with Plant Quarantine Officer in the Ministry of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries,...
Posted on 07/02/2020
21st AGM of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency
Plant Quarantine Officer in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Alfred Barrett (left), makes a point to Chairman of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency, Peter McConnell, at the 21st annual general meeting of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Students of Guy’s Hill High School view bamboo products on display by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica
Students of Guy’s Hill High School view bamboo products on display by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Inaugural National Youth in Agriculture Symposium held at the Northern Caribbean University Gymnatorium in Mandeville on February 5,...
