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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 10/01/2020
Shaw calls for improved productivity to enhance workers’ wealth
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has emphasised the need for improvement in the country’s productivity as a means of enhancing workers’ wealth. “We have to focus on improving the quality and productivity of country so...
Posted on 10/01/2020
Minister Shaw converses with Director York Seaton at the First Rock Capital Holdings IPO Investors Briefing
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with York Seaton, director, First Rock Capital Holdings, at the First Rock Capital Holdings IPO Investors Briefing, held in St. Andrew on January 9, 2020. In addition to...
Posted on 10/01/2020
First Rock Capital Holdings IPO Investors Briefing
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens keenly to Marjorie Seeberan, director, First Rock Capital Holdings, at First Rock’s IPO Investors Briefing, held in St. Andrew on January 9, 2020. At centre is Dr. Henry...
Posted on 09/01/2020
JACRA hands over coffee brewers to MICAF
Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Michelle Parkins (right); and Senior Director, Human Resource Management Department, MICAF, Deidre Latibeaudiere (centre) along with (from left) Warehouse Supervisor, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), Nicholas Carrol;...
Posted on 08/01/2020
Agricultural transformation coming for St. Catherine
Agricultural land transformation in sections of St. Catherine that will bring wealth to several farmers in the area is scheduled to get under way over the next six to twelve months. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw,...
Posted on 08/01/2020
Minister Shaw converses with Jamaica’s Country Director of the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Programme Marsha Johnson.
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), makes a point to Jamaica’s Country Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Farmer-to-Farmer Programme, Marsha Johnson. Occasion was the 2020 staging of the John Ogonowski and...
Posted on 07/01/2020
New Agricultural Transformation Project For St. Catherine
A new agricultural transformation project will soon commence in St. Catherine, as the Government aims to create more wealth among local farmers. “Within a matter of months, this transformation will begin. In fact, in the Bernard Lodge and Innswood areas...
Posted on 02/01/2020
COJ Urges Jamaicans to Use eBRF Kiosk to Register Their Business
The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is encouraging persons to use the Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) kiosk, located at its New Kingston offices, to register their business or company. Public Relations Officer at the COJ, Kawain Fearon, told JIS News that the kiosk,...
Posted on 02/01/2020
The future is bamboo – Jamaicans encouraged to go green with multiuse wonder plant
Bamboo is being heralded as the perfect alternative to plastic and styrofoam products as Jamaica moves into a new phase on bans against materials that are largely considered to be harmful to the environment. “We are encouraging Jamaicans to grow...
