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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 12/09/2018
Shaw lauds Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme, which he said is providing another opportunity for increased growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He noted that the MSME sector...
Posted on 12/09/2018
Minister Shaw in discussion with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness and Hon. Daryl Vaz
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon....
Posted on 12/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw converses with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Holness, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee industry at the Ministry’s New...
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 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 speaking with CEO Valerie Veira and Chairman Robert Rainford at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium
Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with (from left) Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, and Robert Rainford, chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), at the media launch for the...
