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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 11/02/2020
Hon J.C. Hutchinson and FAO Representative Dr Crispim Moreira taste cantaloupe cultivated on the Holland Agro-Economic Zone
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Dr Crispim Moreira (right), Food and Agriculture Organization Representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, taste cantaloupe cultivated on the Holland Agro-Economic...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Hon J.C. Hutchinson discusses production of broccoli under cultivation at the Holland Agro-Economic Zone in St. Elizabeth
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses production of broccoli under cultivation at the Holland Agro-Economic Zone in St. Elizabeth on February 7, 2020 with (from left) farmer Steve...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Hon. Audley Shaw tours Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Spring Plain Clarendon
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), listens attentively as Special Crop Coordinator in the Ministry, Locksley Waite (left) explains the process of planting Irish potato during a tour of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Spring...
Posted on 11/02/2020
Minister Shaw observes the growth of onion of a farm in Spring Plain Clarendon
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), observes the growth of onion being shown to him by Vice President of Farming Operations, at Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited, Nicholas Duke during a tour of the farm in Spring...
Posted on 07/02/2020
21st AGM of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency
Plant Quarantine Officer in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Alfred Barrett (left), makes a point to Chairman of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency, Peter McConnell, at the 21st annual general meeting of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Students of Guy’s Hill High School view bamboo products on display by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica
Students of Guy’s Hill High School view bamboo products on display by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Inaugural National Youth in Agriculture Symposium held at the Northern Caribbean University Gymnatorium in Mandeville on February 5,...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Jamaica 4-H Clubs Inaugural National Youth in Agriculture Symposium
Ricardo Miller (2nd left), Animal Health Technician, Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with the Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hidran McKulsky, Chairman, and Dr. Ronald...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Jamaica 4-H Clubs Inaugural National Youth in Agriculture Symposium
Students of Derry Primary (from left) Georgia Smith, Ashawny Gordon, Britany Taylor and Dennoy Menzie with sweet pepper and strawberry seedlings at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Inaugural National Youth in Agriculture Symposium held at the Northern Caribbean University Gymnatorium in...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Minister Shaw examines a Jamaican Iguana at a health screening
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), Assistant Curator of iguanas at the Audubon Zoo in the United States, Melanie Litton (left), and Area Supervisor of the Milwaukee County Zoo, Dawn Fleuchaus, examine a Jamaican Iguana at...
