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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 21/07/2020
Residents Of Clifton To Receive Free Skills Training, Land Titles
Hundreds of residents of Clifton in South St. Catherine are to benefit from free skills training and titles for the lands they occupy, as part of Government’s programme to transform the former sugar-dependent area. Speaking at a community meeting in...
Posted on 21/07/2020
H&L Agro Donates $2 Million In Agricultural Inputs To Farmers
Hardware & Lumber (H&L) Agro has donated $2 million in agricultural inputs to assist small farmers who have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The inputs, which include fertilisers, pesticides and seeds, were handed over to Minister of Commerce,...
Posted on 20/07/2020
$6.9-million upgraded Bingham Hill Farm Road officially opened
Farmers and other residents of Bingham Hill and surrounding communities in St. Ann had high praises for the recently rehabilitated $6.9-million Bingham Hill road in St. Ann. The road was one of 77 farm roads completed by the Rural Agricultural...
Posted on 20/07/2020
Government Takes Lead To Safeguard Food Security
The Government is making significant investments in the agricultural sector to safeguard the country’s food security and accelerate the sector’s recovery from the economic fallout induced by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With the temporary closure of the tourism sector in...
Posted on 16/07/2020
Jamaica becomes first country in the Caribbean to launch Cannabis Standards
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has developed and established seven standards for adaptation, which will provide guidelines and safeguards to protect consumers as well as assist companies with positioning their operations for the export market. The BSJ, an agency...
Posted on 16/07/2020
Shaw hails online trading platform for agricultural commodities
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has hailed the OEXONE online platform for its role in facilitating the trading of agricultural commodities in Latin America and the Caribbean. “The platform’s objective of driving commodities trading across the...
Posted on 10/07/2020
Launch of the National Craft Policy
Hon. Floyd Green, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (2nd right), at the launch of the National Craft Policy under the theme ‘Preserving Culture. Promoting Craft’, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July...
Posted on 09/07/2020
RADA Technical Staff To Be Increased By 100%
The cadre of technical staff at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is expected to be increased by more than 100 per cent, with the proposed restructuring of the agency. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry...
Posted on 09/07/2020
Gov’t Supporting Farmers During COVID-19
State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is committed to supporting farmers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and safeguard the country’s food security. He noted that among the initiatives implemented was a $240...
