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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 13/09/2019
Minister Shaw lauds JSIF’s alternative livelihood skills development training programme
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s Alternative Livelihood Skills Training Programme. Under the programme, JSIF partnered with the CAC 2000 Foundation to train 132 persons from 18 underserved communities across...
Posted on 13/09/2019
Minister Shaw in discussion at JSIF’s Graduation Ceremony
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), in discussion with (from left) Social Services Manager, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Gresford, Bennett; Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; and Chairman, CAC 2000 Foundation, Steven Marston, at...
Posted on 13/09/2019
Minister Shaw converses with Managing Director Omar Sweeny
Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeny (left), converses with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, at a graduation ceremony, at the AC Hotel Marriott, Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston on Thursday, September 12, 2019....
Posted on 13/09/2019
Minister Shaw meets with IMF team
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with (from second left) Mission Chief, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Uma Ramakrishnan; Chief Technical Director at the Ministry, Monique Gibbs; Economist, IMF, Aleksandra Babii; Resident Representative, IMF, Karim...
Posted on 13/09/2019
Minister Shaw meets with IMF Team
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with (from second left) Mission Chief Uma Ramakrishnan; Senior Economist Jeff Danforth; Economist Aleksandra Babii; Resident Representative Karim Youssef, all of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during...
Posted on 13/09/2019
Minister Shaw greets IMF’s Mission Chief Uma Ramakrishnan
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Mission Chief, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Uma Ramakrishnan, during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, September 12, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss...
Posted on 13/09/2019
JSIF’s Graduation Ceremony
The graduation ceremony, organised by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in collaboration with the CAC 2000 Foundation, marked completion of the Alternative Livelihood Skills Training Programme, under which JSIF and CAC 2000 partnered with 6 organizations to provide training...
Posted on 12/09/2019
FAO prepares concept paper to assist Jamaica with build-out of agriculture sector
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has drafted a concept paper to assist Jamaica in building out projects in the agriculture sector in four priority areas. The areas are the development of a National Fruit Tree...
Posted on 12/09/2019
Minister Audley Shaw at a JAS press conference
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) listens to an address being made by Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President Lenworth Fulton, at a JAS press conference, held at its offices in downtown Kingston on September 11.
