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Posted on 24/09/2025
MIIC Strengthens Jamaica’s Business Environment Through COJ Expansion and Digital Innovation
The Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce (MIIC), Jamaica’s Business Ministry, hosted a press conference today, led by Senator the Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, with Permanent Secretary Sancia Bennett Templer and Shellie Leon, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of Compani...
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 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 14/11/2018
Minister Shaw attends International Community Tourism Conference at UWI, Mona
Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, along with (from left) Diana McIntyre-Pike, President/Founder Countrystyle Villages as Businesses and IIPT Caribbean President; Amanda Charles, Sustainable Tourism Specialist, Caribbean Tourism Organization; Annie Bertrand, Coordinator Productivity and Innovation...
Posted on 14/11/2018
Airbnb is not a competitor to community tourism – Audley Shaw
Gillian Rowland (left), Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Caribbean, presents compact disc of conference presentations to the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the International Community Tourism Conference on November...
Posted on 08/11/2018
Make eating Jamaican part of your lifestyle, says Permanent Sec
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings, is urging Jamaicans to support local farmers and businesses by making eating Jamaican a part of their lifestyle. This appeal was made at the launch of...
Posted on 06/11/2018
Minister Shaw visits offices of HUAWEI Technologies in Shanghai, China
(L-R) Chris Bao, Director of Trade, HUAWEI; H.E. Antonio Hugh, Jamaica's High Commissioner to China; Diane Edwards, President of JAMPRO; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon Daryl Vaz; Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture...
Posted on 02/11/2018
Minister Shaw attends 12th China-Latin American and Caribbean Conference in Zhuhai, China
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, left the island earlier this week to represent Jamaica at the 12th annual conference of China - Latin America and Caribbean Countries being held in Zhuhai, China. Minister Shaw today...
Posted on 01/11/2018
Participants in training at the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop
Participants in training at the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine from October 23-25, 2018. Under the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Technical Cooperation Programme on Support...
Posted on 01/11/2018
Deputy Director Michelle Sherwood presents Certificate of Participation in the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop to Cosmond James
Deputy Director, Crop and Plant Protection Unit of the Research and Development Division at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Sherwood, presents Certificate of Participation in the Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop to Cosmond James....
Posted on 01/11/2018
Ginger Nursery Training Hardening to G1 Workshop
Head of the Department of Plant Soils, Sciences and Engineering at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education, Dr. Seymour Webster (left,) speaking with Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) Consultant Dr. Duraisamy Saravanakumar at a Ginger...
