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Posted on 24/09/2025
MIIC Strengthens Jamaica’s Business Environment Through COJ Expansion and Digital Innovation
The Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce (MIIC), Jamaica’s Business Ministry, hosted a press conference today, led by Senator the Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, with Permanent Secretary Sancia Bennett Templer and Shellie Leon, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of Compani...
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 16/07/2018
Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Sherlock Pinnock, Apiculture Officer, and Dalton Hastings, Manager, Export Complex, Plant Quarantine/Plant Inspection Branch, both of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries,...
Posted on 16/07/2018
Minister Shaw speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July16. Others from left are Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite, Deputy...
Posted on 13/07/2018
Minister Audley Shaw participates in ground breaking ceremony
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), along with (from left) Trade Unionist, National Workers Union, Granville Valentine; Chairman, Carib Cement, Paris Lyew-Ayee; and General Manager, Carib Cement, Peter Donkersloot, break ground for the Carib...
Posted on 13/07/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw views parcels of cement
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), views parcels of cement being shown to him by General Manager, Caribbean Cement Company, Peter Donkersloot, during a tour of the company’s plant on Friday, July 13, 2018. Occasion...
Posted on 13/07/2018
Minister Shaw greets United States Chargé d’Affaires Eric Khant
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets United States Chargé d’Affaires, Eric Khant, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Some of the matters discussed at the...
Posted on 12/07/2018
Shaw pledges support for farmers, local industry
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is pledging more support for farmers and local manufacturers in the expansion of their production and identification of new markets for their products. Minister Shaw was addressing farmers at the...
Posted on 06/07/2018
Carlos Bernard explains the uses of Hempcrete blocks
Student, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, UTech, Carlos Bernard (right), explains the uses of Hempcrete blocks to one of the participants, during a tour of exhibits at the 3rd staging of the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium (JAMECANN 2018), hosted...
Posted on 06/07/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the opening ceremony of the 3rd staging of the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the opening ceremony of the 3rd staging of the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium (JAMECANN 2018), under the theme ‘Merging Science, Spirit and Business’, hosted by the College...
Posted on 06/07/2018
Jamaica will not be left behind in the growing cannabis industry, assures Min. Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is assuring Jamaicans that despite the challenges, the country will not be left behind in the rapidly growing cannabis industry. According to the Minister, Jamaica cannot afford to miss the...
