Featured News
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 07/02/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw greets Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda, at the launch of the Jamaican Standard Specifications for Structural Steel Products, at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Winchester Road, Kingston,...
Posted on 07/02/2019
Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence in dialogue with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (right), in dialogue with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda, at the launch of the Jamaican Standard Specifications for Structural Steel Products, at the Bureau of...
Posted on 07/02/2019
Minister Shaw converses with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Chairman, Standards Council, Senator Matthew Samuda,at the launch of the Jamaican Standard Specifications for Structural Steel Products, at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Winchester Road, Kingston,...
Posted on 06/02/2019
BSJ launches standard specifications for structural steel products
In an effort to strengthen and support the building and construction industry in Jamaica, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in collaboration with the Building and Associated Materials Technical Committee,...
Posted on 04/02/2019
St. John’s Primary School students to benefit from school meal programme initiative
Students at St. John’s Primary School in St. Catherine will now benefit from a school meal programme, which will utilize Jamaica’s indigenous produce such as pumpkin, cassava, yams and green banana, along with other local produce, under an initiative dubbed...
Posted on 04/02/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible
Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible at St. John’s Primary School, St. Catherine, on Friday, February 1, 2019. This initiative, conceptualised and founded by New York-based Jamaican chef and past...
Posted on 04/02/2019
Minister Shaw prepares soil for the planting of a sweet pepper tree
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), prepares the soil for the planting of a sweet pepper tree at the official launch of Mission:FoodPossible, at the St. John’s Primary School in St. Catherine, on Friday, February 1,...
Posted on 28/01/2019
College of Agriculture, Science and Education’s 109th Founders’ Day anniversary celebration
Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, flanked by Major George Kates, chairman, College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), and Oneka Sinclair, Director of Student Affairs, CASE, following a presentation of a pear tree and...
Posted on 28/01/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with President Dr. Derrick Deslandes
Hon Audley Shaw, (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with Dr. Derrick Deslandes, President, College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), at the 109th anniversary of Founders’ Day on January 25. At right is Decoy Royal,...
