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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 24/05/2019
Exec Director Andrea Marie Dawes addressing participants at a Trade Remedies Workshop
Executive Director of the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC), Andrea Marie Dawes (centre), makes a point at a workshop targeting exporters and producers at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) building on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston, on May 22. Looking...
Posted on 24/05/2019
Minister Audley Shaw greets students of Reach Academy
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Clementine Fitzgerald Selby (3rd right), along with (from left) Justin Jefferson, Alyssa Jefferson, Valentine Buzzi and Max O’Hanson, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 15,...
Posted on 24/05/2019
Hon. Audley Shaw meets with students of Reach Academy
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (left) and Chief Plant Protection Officer, Apiculture Unit, MICAF, Hugh Smith (right), along with (from left next to the Minister), Alyssa Jefferson, Valentine Buzzi, Max O’Hanson, and (at front)...
Posted on 24/05/2019
Minister Shaw discusses honey bee with Reach Academy students
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw and Chief Plant Protection Officer, Apiculture Unit, MICAF, Hugh Smith, meet with students of Reach Academy, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The students...
Posted on 22/05/2019
Minister Audley Shaw at the Organisation Development Transformation Conference
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Chief Executive Officer, Step HR Consulting, Shane Ram (right); and Ricardo Fernandez of Strategic Associate Inc., at the Organisation Development (OD) Transformation Conference, at the Spanish Court Hotel,...
Posted on 22/05/2019
Founder/CEO Ilsa duVerney greets Minister Audley Shaw
Founder/CEO, Caribbean Centre for Organisation Development of Excellence (CARI-CODE)/Caribbean Organisation Development Network (CODN), Ilsa duVerney (right), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), at the Organisation Development Transformation Conference, at the Spanish Court Hotel, on...
Posted on 22/05/2019
Shaw discusses agriculture with Finance Corporation
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has expressed an interest in engaging the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as part of the loan financing framework for the transitioning of the agricultural sector. The industry and commerce minister...
Posted on 22/05/2019
Castleton Gardens Expo promises education and excitement
Have you ever tasted a rambutan? Do you know what a mangosteen or velvet apple looks like? These are all fruits found at the Castleton Botanical Gardens in St. Mary and you will be able to see, taste, and touch...
Posted on 22/05/2019
Education and excitement part of the Castleton Botanical Gardens Expo
Nestled in the hills of St. Mary, the lush and picturesque Castleton Botanical Gardens will host its annual expo on May 31 under the theme ‘Protect Our Species’. Situated on either side of the Kingston to St. Mary main road,...
