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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 01/10/2019
Phytomedicine and Cannabis Institute to be established in Jamaica
A local phytomedicine and cannabis institute will be established in short order to explore Jamaica’s vast botanical resources and validate the country’s medicinal plants for safety, efficacy, and dosage in clinical use. This forms part of a research partnership being...
Posted on 01/10/2019
Shaw emphasizes the need for businesses to become formal
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw is again emphasising the need for informal businesses to become formal. He noted that what he wants to see more than ever is for entrepreneurs being able to do better and...
Posted on 27/09/2019
Agriculture ministry endorses Pig Production Early Warning System
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has endorsed the introduction of a Pig Production Early Warning System and the establishment of the Pork Association, describing them as viable strategies to be explored by stakeholders to strengthen and...
Posted on 27/09/2019
Presentation of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018
From left, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; Carol Coy, Director General,...
Posted on 27/09/2019
Ministers Shaw and Green along with Dr. Wayne Henry at the Presentation of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018
From left, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, in dialogue at the...
Posted on 27/09/2019
Minister Shaw at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left), in discussion with Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Health Product, INC, Perry Antelman (right), at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference at the Montego Bay Convention...
Posted on 27/09/2019
Minister Shaw views canna pod at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), is shown a ‘canna pod’ by Founder of Kreative Kush, Keri-Ann Evans, at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St....
Posted on 27/09/2019
Minister Green views a variety of breadfruit products
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), views breadfruit products being shown to him by Author Andrea Whyte, at her book launch Breadfruit Recipes: Sweet and Savoury at the Institute of...
Posted on 27/09/2019
Minister Floyd Green discusses breadfruit with Author Andrea Whyte
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), discusses breadfruit drink with Author Andrea Whyte (2nd right); her son Dr. Norman Whyte (right); and Deputy Director, Institute of Jamaica, Nicole Patrick-Shaw,...
