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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 16/10/2019
Jamaica commemorates World Standards Day
On Monday, October 14, Jamaica joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Standards Day 2019 under the theme ‘Video Standards Create a Global Stage’. Each year on 14 October, members of the International Electrotechnical Commission, the International Organization...
Posted on 16/10/2019
50 farmers receive tanks, training and irrigation system under climate change adaptation and mitigation project
A total of 50 farmers from the community of Cascade in St. Ann have benefitted from the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (JCCCP) Project, which seeks to enhance their capabilities in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Under the JCCP project,...
Posted on 16/10/2019
Dr. Crispim Moreira plants lychee tree on World Food Day
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (third left), looks on as Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Crispim Moreira (right), plants a lychee tree at the Christiana High School in Manchester...
Posted on 15/10/2019
Shaw encourages Jamaicans to plant fruit trees yearly
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging Jamaicans to plant a fruit tree per year to commemorate an anniversary or birthday. “The planting of the fruit trees shows that you care about the environment, you care...
Posted on 15/10/2019
Protecting Jamaican Bananas… Task force meets on Tropical Race 4 Disease
As Jamaica moves to implement measures to address the potential threat of the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease, which affects bananas, plantains and Heliconia, the national task force, assigned by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries held its...
Posted on 11/10/2019
Minister Shaw greets the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana Team
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Co-Chairperson of the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana, Bishop Simeon Hall and team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, October 10, 2019....
Posted on 11/10/2019
Minister Floyd Green meets with the Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana Team
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), along with (from 1st left) Director of the Industry Division in the Ministry, Sophia Wellington; Commissioner, The Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana (BNCM), Chargrega...
Posted on 11/10/2019
Minister Shaw greets Cho-Chair Quinn McCartney
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Co-Chairperson of The Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana (BNCM), Quinn McCartney, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, October 10, 2019. Mr. McCartney...
Posted on 11/10/2019
Minister Audley Shaw along with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company Team
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd left), along with (from left) Chief Technical Director for Special Projects for the Agriculture Portfolio, Roy McNeil; Chief Technical Director for the Industry Portfolio Monique Gibbs; Chief Executive Officer,...
