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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 12/12/2019
Minister Audley Shaw participates in ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm at Long Pond Estate
From left, Mitchel Yeckes, Managing Director, Organic Growth Holdings Grow Jamaica, Robert Weinstein, Co-Founder & President, Organic Growth Holdings, Inc (OGH), Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Shawn Rogers, Vice-President, OGH Grow Jamaica officially break...
Posted on 12/12/2019
President Robert Weinstein greets Hon. Audley Shaw at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm
Robert Weinstein (centre), Co-Founder & President, Organic Growth Holdings, Inc, greets the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm at Long Pond Estate...
Posted on 12/12/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw participates in flag-raising exercise at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Robert Weinstein, Co-Founder & President, Organic Growth Holdings, Inc., participate in flag-raising exercise at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm...
Posted on 10/12/2019
National Youth in Agriculture Policy to be completed next year
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the National Youth in Agriculture Policy is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020. Addressing the annual accountability seminar and cocktail reception...
Posted on 10/12/2019
Hon. Floyd Green raises a toast with IICA Country Representative Dr. Elizabeth Johnson
State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), raises a toast with Country Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, at the annual accountability seminar and cocktail reception,...
Posted on 10/12/2019
IICA First- place Youth in Agribusiness award for 2019 Kemoy McKenzie
State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), congratulates the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) first- place Youth in Agribusiness awardee for 2019, Kemoy McKenzie, at IICA’s annual accountability seminar and cocktail...
Posted on 10/12/2019
CLA Issues 50th Licence
The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has issued its 50th licence for operations in the medical cannabis industry. The Montego Bay-based Outlier Biopharma Limited was presented with the permit to operate a retail herbal house (without facility for consumption) during a...
Posted on 10/12/2019
Minister Calls On Farmers To Write Letters For Road Repairs
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling on farmers to write formal letters with requests for road repairs in their communities. Speaking at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Thursday (December 5) in Kingston, Minister without Portfolio...
Posted on 09/12/2019
US Ambassador Calls On Jamaicans To Take Better Advantage Of CBI
Addressing the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MBCCI) Awards Banquet, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, on Saturday (November 30), Mr. Tapia indicated that local companies can get “5 to 20 per cent tax...
