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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 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 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 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...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Investment Opportunity- Divestment of the assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), on behalf of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), is seeking investors with the financial capacity to purchase the commercial assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board (CIB) and to undertake...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Address by the Honourable Audley Shaw to the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association 69th AGM
Today, we meet again for another AGM of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association. Your proud record shows that this is the 69th such meeting and, indeed, this is the 77th Anniversary of the Association. This is an achievement. Embedded...
Posted on 15/11/2018
69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association
Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (from left) Allan Rickards, Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Phillip Henriques, Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority, and Lenworth Fulton, President...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association
From left, Badian Handal, of the St. Catherine Cane Farmers’ Association, Derrick Heaven, cane farmer, and Philip Henriques, Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority, in discussion at the 69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association, held...
