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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 07/02/2020
Minister Audley Shaw discusses the importance of preserving the Jamaica Iguana
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), discusses the importance of preserving the Jamaica Iguana with Assistant Curator of iguanas at the Audubon Zoo in the United States, Melanie Litton (right), at the health screening of the...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Agriculture Ministry calls for an end to illegal citrus plants production
The Ministry of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling for an end to the illegal production of citrus plants because of the threat of spreading existing and new diseases that will decimate the crop. Interim Chief Executive Officer of...
Posted on 07/02/2020
Annual general meeting of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency
Interim Chief Executive Officer of the National Fisheries Authority, Courtney Cole (right), discuss the programme of the 21st annual general meeting of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency with Plant Quarantine Officer in the Ministry of Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries,...
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 06/02/2020
Shaw tells young people to get ready for agricultural transformation
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is encouraging young people to get ready to participate in the agricultural sector noting that they are integral to the transformation of the sector. “Young people, it is time to...
Posted on 06/02/2020
Important Notice on the 2020 Conch Close Season
The National Fisheries Authority wishes to inform the general public that the conch close season remains in effect and continues until March 31, 2020. During this time it is illegal to catch, sell or process any conch meat. Conch meat...
Posted on 04/02/2020
Jamaicans being encouraged to become stewards of the environment
Jamaicans are being encouraged to become stewards of the environment by ensuring that the well-being of plants and animals are safeguarded. Chief Plant Quarantine Officer of the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...
Posted on 04/02/2020
MICAF’s Chief Plant Quarantine Officer Sanniel Wilson-Graham examines plant at a Botanical and Horticultural Seminar
Chief Plant Quarantine Officer of the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Sanniel Wilson-Graham (centre), examines a plant with Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and...
Posted on 04/02/2020
General Manager of Carib Cement Yago Castro greets Chief Technical Director Monique Gibbs during a site visit of the company’s plant in Rockfort
General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL), Yago Castro (right), greets Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Monique Gibbs, during a site visit of the company’s plant in Rockfort, Kingston, on Thursday, January...
