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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 12/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. Seated at the head table (from...
Posted on 12/09/2018
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin announces gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin announces a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry...
Posted on 11/09/2018
Shaw encourages young people to think big for agriculture
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging young people to think big and to place more emphasis on creating products for the international marketplace. “Our vision is to have a vibrant re-energised agricultural sector...
Posted on 11/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw views Irish potato sucker
Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views Irish potato sucker while Alvin Murray (2nd left), Project Coordinator, World University Service of Canada Caribbean PROPEL, explains tissue culture technology used to develop plant. Others from left...
Posted on 11/09/2018
Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with students from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Studies at Knox Community College at the Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public...
Posted on 10/09/2018
$60-million gift for coffee farmers
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin has announced a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector. Lee-Chin made the announcement at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Industry,...
Posted on 06/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw smells KMJ Bamboo Jerk Seasoning manufactured by Khadesha Whyte
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, smells (right) at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on September 5. Others...
Posted on 06/09/2018
Ministers Audley Shaw and Fayval Williams at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Hon Fayval Williams, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica...
Posted on 06/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw greets Chairman Pat Francis at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Patricia Francis, chairman of the Trade Facilitation Task Force, at the Jamaica Electronic Single Window Project Mobilization Seminar, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on September...
