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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 12/04/2018
Minister Hutchinson discusses onion cultivation with farmer Dean Reid
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses onion cultivation with farmer Dean Reid on his approximately 1-acre onion plot in Abbey, St. Thomas, on April 10. As part of its...
Posted on 12/04/2018
CEO, Turners Choice, Allison Turner greets Hon. Audley Shaw
CEO, Turners Choice, Allison Turner (right), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), at the National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The...
Posted on 12/04/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw converses with Chairman and CEO, National Baking Company, Butch Hendrickson
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Chairman and CEO, National Baking Company, Butch Hendrickson, at a press conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, to announce plans for...
Posted on 11/04/2018
Minister Hutchinson addresses farmers at Yallahs Agro-Park in St. Thomas
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (centre), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses farmers at the Yallahs Agro-Park in St. Thomas on April 10. Others from left are Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson, and Bevin Dickenson,...
Posted on 10/04/2018
Industry Minister Welcomes $2.16-Billion Investment by Red Stripe
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed Red Stripe/Heineken Jamaica’s $2.16-billion (€14-million) investment in a new state-of-the art production line at the entity’s brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The new Line 8 facility, which...
Posted on 10/04/2018
Conditions for the Importation of Plants and Plant Products from Jamaica
These conditions are in two parts and apply to the importation of cargo shipments only. With the exception of certified seeds, individual travelers are not allowed to import fresh plant products or propagative materials into the Cayman Islands from Jamaica...
Posted on 09/04/2018
Minister Shaw greets employees of Caribbean Broilers’ Imagination Farm
Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets employees of Caribbean Broilers’ Imagination Farm, Margaret Harrison and Desmond Clarke, during a tour of its onion plot in Hill Run, St. Catherine, on April 6. Under phase...
Posted on 05/04/2018
Ready yourselves – Shaw tells Small Farmers
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on small farmers to be ready to partner with larger farmers in an effort to increase their productivity. The larger farmers have access to technology that Minister Shaw is...
Posted on 05/04/2018
Minister Shaw in discussion with PS Donovan Stanberry at the launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry at the launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month, held at the headquarters of the Jamaica Agricultural Society(JAS) in Kingston today...
