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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 07/06/2019
Launch of the 67th Annual Denbigh Agricultural Industrial and Food Show
Lenworth Fulton (left), Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), presents shopping bag to the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the launch of the 67th Annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, held at Hi-Pro Ace Supercentre...
Posted on 07/06/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw at the launch of the 67th Annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show
Lenworth Fulton (left), President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, greets the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the launch of the 67th Annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, held at Hi-Pro Ace Supercentre, White...
Posted on 06/06/2019
Gov’t not abandoning sugar, says Shaw
Government is not abandoning sugar, says the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, but instead is right-sizing and rationalising the industry. Noting the downturn in the sugar industry, Minister Shaw said the focus is now on...
Posted on 04/06/2019
Parish Agricultural Manager Nathan Samuels discusses Scotch bonnet pepper seedlings
Nathan Samuels (right), Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Elizabeth, discusses Scotch bonnet pepper seedlings with the Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a tour of...
Posted on 04/06/2019
Hon. J.C. Hutchinson views hydroponics system at RADA’s Agri-Fest
(l-r) Students of Nain High School, Javanie Holness, Shane Parchment and Rodaine Mullings, explain hydroponics system on display to the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Rural Agricultural Development...
Posted on 04/06/2019
Hon. J.C. Hutchinson views corn sham at RADA’s St. Bess Agri-Fest
Theressa Ewers of the Knoxwood Production and Marketing Organisation, speaking with the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, about corn sham on display at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority St. Bess...
Posted on 04/06/2019
President of the St. Elizabeth Bee Farmers Association discusses honey with Hon J.C. Hutchinson
Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Everton McIntosh, President of the St. Elizabeth Bee Farmers Association, regarding honey on display at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St....
Posted on 03/06/2019
Agri Ministry to promote increased growth of local peas
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, says the Ministry will be encouraging farmers to grow more Portland Red and Miss Kelly peas in order to reduce the high imports of...
Posted on 03/06/2019
RADA St. Ann to establish six-acre peanut project
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority will be implementing a $1.6-m six-acre peanut project with farmers in St. Ann in collaboration with Noranda Bauxite with funding from the Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Speaking at the Noranda Bauxite Expo &Fun Fair held at...
