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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 22/11/2018
Agri minister calls for increased use of local ingredients in manufacturing
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is calling on manufacturers to include more local ingredients in the manufacturing of their products. He was speaking at a Knowledge Forum organised by Red Stripe under the theme ‘Beyond...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum
Dr. Nickeshia Reid (2nd right) of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), discusses cassava varieties on display with Ricardo Nuncio, Managing Director of Red Stripe, at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum, which was organised under the theme ‘Beyond...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Minister Shaw greets Gillian Hyde of the Jamaica National Group at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Gillian Hyde of the Jamaica National Group at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum, which was organised under the theme ‘Beyond Talk: The Commercialization of the Cassava Value Chain,...
Posted on 22/11/2018
Minister Shaw at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum
Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses with extension officers attached to Red Stripe’s Grow Jamaica project at Red Stripe’s Knowledge Forum, which was organised under the theme ‘Beyond Talk: The Commercialization of the Cassava...
Posted on 21/11/2018
MSMEs present great growth potential, says Minister Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that micro, small and medium-sized (MSME) businesses present one of the greatest areas of growth potential for Jamaica. He noted that it is for this reason that the Government...
Posted on 21/11/2018
Irrigation Commission honours 119 employees for years of service
One hundred and nineteen employees of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, were on Wednesday, November 14, honoured for their years of service at a Long Service Anniversary Luncheon...
Posted on 20/11/2018
Shaw lauds Salada’s $200-m coffee initiative
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has commended Salada Foods Jamaica for its $200-m injection into the coffee industry with the advance purchase of 25,000 boxes of local coffee cherries. Noting the downturn in the sale...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Investment Opportunity- Divestment of the assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), on behalf of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), is seeking investors with the financial capacity to purchase the commercial assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board (CIB) and to undertake...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Address by the Honourable Audley Shaw to the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association 69th AGM
Today, we meet again for another AGM of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association. Your proud record shows that this is the 69th such meeting and, indeed, this is the 77th Anniversary of the Association. This is an achievement. Embedded...
