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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 31/01/2020
Agriculture Ministry Beefing Up Praedial Larceny Unit
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, is beefing up the praedial larceny unit in order to enhance its effectiveness in curtailing agricultural theft across the island. Minister without Portfolio, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said that the Ministry will be...
Posted on 31/01/2020
Praedial Larceny Unit To Be Strengthened This Year
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Praedial Larceny Unit in the Ministry will be strengthened this year. Mr. Green was addressing the official launch of the 65th staging of...
Posted on 31/01/2020
South West Primary School Debate Competition Launched
The inaugural South West Primary School Debate Competition, organised by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Social Development Commission (SDC), got under way on Thursday (January 23) at the Black River Parish Library. A total of...
Posted on 31/01/2020
Company To Invest US$280 Million In Bamboo Farm
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says a company is set to invest US$280 million in the development of a bamboo farm in Trelawny. Mr. Green made the disclosure at the...
Posted on 31/01/2020
Local Film Industry Contributes $2.5 Billion To GDP
Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, says the local film industry contributed $2.5 billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) during the 2018/19 fiscal year. In an interview with JIS News, Ms. Robinson said the film...
Posted on 31/01/2020
BSJ Gets Money From NHT To Develop Bamboo Houses
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) will shortly commence the development of affordable houses utilising bamboo, from a $54-million donation by the National Housing Trust (NHT). According to Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, the project will...
Posted on 29/01/2020
Launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, speaking at the launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show at the showground on January 22. Under the theme 'Agricultural...
Posted on 29/01/2020
Ministers Shaw, Charles and MP Dr. Ferguson meet with former sugar cane workers
From left, Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, and Hon Pearnel Charles, farmer, in dialogue at a meeting with former sugar cane workers of the...
Posted on 29/01/2020
Former Sugar Cane Worker Joseph Carr speaking during a meeting with the Hon. Audley Shaw
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens attentively as Joseph Carr, former sugar cane worker explains challenges he is having at a meeting with former sugar cane workers and stakeholders in Golden Grove, St. Thomas...
