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Posted on 24/09/2025
MIIC Strengthens Jamaica’s Business Environment Through COJ Expansion and Digital Innovation
The Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce (MIIC), Jamaica’s Business Ministry, hosted a press conference today, led by Senator the Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, with Permanent Secretary Sancia Bennett Templer and Shellie Leon, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of Compani...
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 28/06/2019
Minister Audley Shaw tours Trade Winds Citrus Jamaica Limited
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), observes the citrus nursery being shown to him by Trade Winds Citrus Jamaica Limited Managing Director, Peter McConnell, during a farm tour in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on June 26.
Posted on 27/06/2019
National Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting
Marina Young (right), Chairman of the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee, discusses Institutional Framework and Terms of Reference for Integrating Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in Jamaica’s Agriculture Sector Booklet with the Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left),...
Posted on 27/06/2019
Minister Shaw in dialogue with Executive Director Michel Arrion
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in dialogue with Executive Director, International Cocoa Organization, Michel Arrion, during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Matters discussed at the meeting...
Posted on 27/06/2019
Frosty Pod Rot disease discussions
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, International Cocoa Organization, Michel Arrion; Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; Acting Director General,...
Posted on 27/06/2019
Minister Audley Shaw at the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Bree Romuld, Value Chains and Agribusiness Technical Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, at the National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Committee Meeting, held at the Medallion...
Posted on 27/06/2019
Shaw reiterates call for investments into specific crops
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is reiterating a call for investments to be made in the growth of certain fruit tree crops in order to reduce Jamaica’s high food import bill. The crops include soursop, guava...
Posted on 20/06/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw’s Statement on Mr. Edward Seaga’s Contribution to Jamaica’s Development – House of Parliament June 19, 2019
During the first decade of independence between 1962 and 1972, Jamaica’s average economic growth under the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was almost 6%. This was under the stewardship of the late Sir Donald Sangster in the first five years and...
Posted on 20/06/2019
Fisheries sector important to Jamaica’s economy
Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Agro-Investment Corporation, Michael Pryce, is emphasizing the importance of the fisheries sector to the economy, which contributed US$79million to the country’s gross domestic product two years ago. Mr. Pryce noted that exports from...
Posted on 20/06/2019
Minister Shaw lauds Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Ltd’s F1RST product line
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has hailed the launch of ‘FIRST’, a new line of low and no gluten added product by manufacturer, Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, as “impressive and the sort of innovative thinking...
