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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 03/05/2019
PS Spence meets with the Newport Fersan Team
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (centre), along with (from left) Principal Director-Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Marina Young; Senior Director, Agricultural Land Management Division, MICAF, Joan Brown Morrison; Chief...
Posted on 03/05/2019
PS Spence in discussion with the Newport Fersan Team
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left), in discussion with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston...
Posted on 03/05/2019
CTD Courtney Cole greets Newport Fersan’s Managing Director Dennis Valdez and Business Development Manager Hedda Rose Pitter
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), along with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s...
Posted on 01/05/2019
Courtesy Call with Ambassador of Brazil
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with (from left) Ambassador of Brazil, H.E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog; and Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole, during a courtesy...
Posted on 01/05/2019
Minister Audley Shaw greets Ambassador of Brazil, H. E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Ambassador of Brazil, H. E. Carlos Alberto Michaelsen den Hartog, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Minister Shaw and...
Posted on 29/04/2019
Discussing Agriculture Canine Detection
Dermon Spence (left), Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF); César Dang Guillen (2nd left) and Christian Iván Neya López (4th left) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico along with His...
Posted on 26/04/2019
APRIL 27 IS WORLD VETERINARY DAY 2019 Theme: “…the value of vaccines”
World Veterinary Day (WVD) is celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April. It is a day when the essential work performed by veterinarians around the world is celebrated and promoted. Created by the World Veterinary Association in 2000, WVD...
Posted on 26/04/2019
Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show
Gersham Brooks (left), President of the Summer Hill Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, discusses his 27-lb eddo with the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Montpelier...
Posted on 26/04/2019
Hon. J.C. Hutchinson presents prize to President Hyacinth Thorpe at the Montpelier Agri and Industrial Show
Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents prize to Hyacinth Thorpe, President of the Kensington Jamaica Agricultural Society, Champion Branch for St. James. The presentation was made at the Montpelier...
