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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 23/11/2018
Import Licences for Romaine Lettuce Suspended Following E. coli Outbreak in the USA
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through its Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection Branch, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Public Health Division, has immediately suspended the issuing of permits for the importation of Romaine lettuce from...
Posted on 23/11/2018
Minister Shaw Travels to Israel
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, will travel to Israel, November 23 to 28, 2018, on a mission to explore opportunities for greater collaboration on several areas. Minister Shaw, along with an accompanying delegation of...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Minister Shaw at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum
Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses with extension officers attached to Red Stripe’s Grow Jamaica project at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum, which was organised under the theme ‘Beyond Talk: The Commercialization of the Cassava...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Agri minister calls for increased use of local ingredients in manufacturing
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is calling on manufacturers to include more local ingredients in the manufacturing of their products. He was speaking at a Knowledge Forum organised by Red Stripe under the theme ‘Beyond...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum
Dr. Nickeshia Reid (2nd right) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), discusses cassava varieties on display with Ricardo Nuncio, Managing Director of Red Stripe, at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum, which was organised under the theme ‘Beyond...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Minister Shaw greets Gillian Hyde of the Jamaica National Group at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gillian Hyde of the Jamaica National Group at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum, which was organised under the theme ‘Beyond Talk: The Commercialization of the Cassava Value Chain,...
Posted on 21/11/2018
MSMEs present great growth potential, says Minister Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that micro, small and medium-sized (MSME) businesses present one of the greatest areas of growth potential for Jamaica. He noted that it is for this reason that the Government...
Posted on 21/11/2018
Irrigation Commission honours 119 employees for years of service
One hundred and nineteen employees of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, were on Wednesday, November 14, honoured for their years of service at a Long Service Anniversary Luncheon...
Posted on 20/11/2018
Shaw lauds Salada’s $200-m coffee initiative
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has commended Salada Foods Jamaica for its $200-m injection into the coffee industry with the advance purchase of 25,000 boxes of local coffee cherries. Noting the downturn in the sale...
