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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 24/07/2018
Minister Audley Shaw in dialogue with Deputy Principal Professor IshenKumba Kahwa
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in dialogue with Deputy Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor IshenKumba Kahwa, at the opening ceremony of the Advanced Crop Modelling Training Workshop, at the UWI, Mona,...
Posted on 19/07/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the opening ceremony of the 4th staging of the Christmas in July Corporate Gifting event
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the opening ceremony of the 4th staging of the Christmas in July Corporate Gifting event, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday, July 19. The Tourism Linkages Network...
Posted on 19/07/2018
Discussions under way for special fund for micro and small enterprises – Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, says discussions are under way to develop a special fund to support the development of micro and small businesses. The Minister was addressing the Christmas in July trade show...
Posted on 19/07/2018
Permanent Secretary Jennifer Griffith presents Minister Shaw with a copy of the Christmas in July catalogue
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (right), presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with a copy of the Christmas in July catalogue, at the Christmas in July Corporate Gifting event, at the...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Agriculture Ministry partners with Newport-Fersan to provide fertiliser to coffee farmers
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), has partnered with Newport-Fersan to supply 321 metric tonnes of Coffee-Lizer fertiliser to coffee farmers as part of its Productivity Incentive Programme. Distribution of...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers in Kingston on July 13. At centre is Norman Grant,...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Minister Shaw at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Hedda Rose Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan Jamaica (NFJ); Gusland McCook, Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority; and Dennis Valdez, Managing Director,...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Minister Audley Shaw in dialogue with President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, Odia Bruce
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens to Odia Bruce (2nd right), President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, at the Newport-Fersan Handover of Coffee-Lizer fertlizer on July 13 in Kingston. Also participating in the discussion...
Posted on 16/07/2018
Shaw urges regional plant health directors to safeguard crops
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on regional plant health directors to provide the strategies to safeguard the Caribbean against plant pests and diseases. Minister Shaw made the appeal as he delivered the...
