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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 26/03/2019
Gov’t earmarks over $750m for farm roads repair
Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, will be spending some $752 million in the 2019/20 fiscal year, under the National Farm Roads Project as part of the measures to boost market access through improved road infrastructure....
Posted on 26/03/2019
Ministers Shaw and Green meet with His Excellency Juan José González Mijares
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, H.E. Juan José González Mijares (centre); and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, during a courtesy call at the...
Posted on 26/03/2019
Minister Shaw purchases lettuce from farmer Casandra Hinds
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, purchases lettuce from Casandra Hinds, farmer from Spice Grove in Manchester, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority Manchester Open Day on March 22, 2019. The agriculture minister commended the Manchester...
Posted on 21/03/2019
Hon. Floyd Green speaking at a media launch of the Caribbean MSME Conference 2019
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at a media launch of the Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Conference 2019, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, March 20....
Posted on 21/03/2019
MSME Conference an opportunity to build regional partnerships – Green
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the upcoming Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Conference is an opportunity for partnerships to be built with other small businesses within the region....
Posted on 20/03/2019
Hon. Floyd Green speaking at a Quarterly Meeting of the MSME National Policy Implementation Committee
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Floyd Green, speaking at a Quarterly Meeting of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on...
Posted on 20/03/2019
Principal Director Oral Shaw in discussion at a Quarterly Meeting of the MSME National Policy Implementation Committee
Principal Director, MSME Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Oral Shaw (right), in discussion with (from left) Director, Projects and Programmes, MSME Division, Clifford Spencer; Specialist, Growth Inducement Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Kamesha Turner-Blake; and President, Small...
Posted on 19/03/2019
Shaw commits to development of dairy industry
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has reassured dairy farmers of Government’s commitment to stimulate growth and development of the dairy industry. Stating that Jamaica produces only 50% of the milk that we consume, the Industry,...
Posted on 19/03/2019
Ministers Floyd and Shaw view demonstration of 50-kg silo press and packer
Hon Floyd Green (2nd right), Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), views demonstration of 50-kg silo press and packer along with Minister Audley Shaw (3rd right) at a handover ceremony held at Bodles...
