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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 13/12/2019
Irie Lyfe Creates Value-Added Products From Honey
The versatility of honey, one of the most popular and widely used natural sweeteners, has been manifested in the range of value-added products manufactured by the St. Thomas-based entity, Irie Lyfe. The business, which Jamaican entrepreneurs, Brian Allen, and wife,...
Posted on 13/12/2019
Entrepreneur Creates Colouring Book For Girls Of Colour
Entrepreneur Lisa Davis was in search of a colouring book for her daughter that featured black characters, and was disappointed when she could not find any at the stores she visited. It was then that she decided to not only...
Posted on 13/12/2019
CAC Encourages Consumers To Be Aware Of Their Basic Rights
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging shoppers to understand and be aware of their basic rights while conducting their business during the Yuletide season. Communications Specialist at the CAC, Dorothy Campbell, tells JIS News that it is very important...
Posted on 13/12/2019
Plant Quarantine Branch phone lines down
The Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is advising members of the public that its phone lines are down due to technical issues. The Branch, which is responsible for ensuring that...
Posted on 12/12/2019
Jamaica’s hemp to produce best CBD oil – Shaw
Jamaica’s hemp industry will produce the best CBD oil, declared the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the official ground-breaking ceremony for 365-acre Organic Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm at Long Pond Estate in...
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...
