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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 03/04/2019
Shaw calls for improved standards
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is on a mission to make Jamaica a standards-driven country. Minister Shaw was speaking at a Training of Trainers course in ISO 20700-2017 Guidelines for Management Consulting Standard,...
Posted on 03/04/2019
Hon Audley Shaw speaking at the ISO 20700 Training of Trainers Course
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (right), speaking at the ISO 20700 Training of Trainers Course, at The Jamaica Pegaus hotel, on April 2, 2019. Others seated (from left) are International Organisation for Standardization (ISO)...
Posted on 02/04/2019
UTech student receives awards from MICAF
Director, Projects and Programmes, MSME Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Clifford Spencer (right), along with student of University of Technology Jamaica (UTech), Christopher Wright, poses with awards received from the MICAF, at the institution’s Annual Awards...
Posted on 02/04/2019
UTech’s Dean presents MICAF award to student Christopher Wright
Dean of the College of Business and Management, University of Technology Jamaica (Utech), Professor Paul Golding (right), presents trophy to the first recipient of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries award to student Christopher Wright, at the institution’s...
Posted on 02/04/2019
Chief Technical Director Courtney Cole at UTech’s Annual Awards Banquet
Chief Technical Director- Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (left), in dialogue with Dean of the College of Business and Management, University of Technology Jamaica (UTech), Professor Paul Golding (centre); and Associate Head,...
Posted on 01/04/2019
Annual Spiny Lobster Close Season runs from April 1 – June 30
The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries wishes to advise the public that the annual Close Season for spiny lobsters commences on April 1st and ends on June 30, 2019. The Fisheries Division wishes to...
Posted on 01/04/2019
PS Dermon Spence along with retirees from MICAF
Retirees from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries who served for between six and 41 years as public servants pose with Acting Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence (centre) at the Ministry’s the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the...
Posted on 01/04/2019
Director Michelle Parkins presents award to Ms. Lorna Green
Ms Michelle Parkins (left) Director of Commerce at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) presents award for 21 years’ service to Ms Lorna Green (Left) retired Principal Financial Officer at the Recognition Ceremony for MICAF Retirees held...
Posted on 01/04/2019
Minister Shaw at MICAF’s Retirement Function
Hon Minister Audley Shaw (3rd left) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), welcomes Clovis Bryan (left) retiree who served in the Ministry for 40 years to the Recognition Ceremony for Retirees held at the Knutsford Court...
