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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 05/04/2018
Launch of the 35th anniversary of Farmers’ Month
Norman Grant (right), President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, introduces the Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry, to the JAS offices at Church Street in Kingston prior to the...
Posted on 03/04/2018
Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture (MICAF), samples Irish potato punch and pudding made by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority along with (from left) the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, Permanent Secretary Donovan...
Posted on 03/04/2018
Shaw wants partnership with JAS, Coconut Board
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has signalled his intention to collaborate with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) as well as the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) in his bid to lift agricultural production in the...
Posted on 28/03/2018
Minister Shaw meets staff at Agriculture Ministry
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, in lamenting the fact that there was too much idle land in Jamaica, said that he will be developing a master plan for putting these lands into production, in...
Posted on 28/03/2018
Minister Shaw meets with staff at his St. Lucia offices
Newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to staff at the St. Lucia offices of the Ministry, on Wednesday March 28, 2018. Minister Shaw says he is looking forward to working with the Ministry...
Posted on 28/03/2018
Minister Audley Shaw and Minister without Portfolio J.C. Hutchinson discuss the way forward
Newly minted, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, discuss the way forward at a meeting of staff members and Directors on Minister Shaw’s first day...
Posted on 27/03/2018
Businesses urged to become globally competitive through ISO certification
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown, is urging businesses to seek international standard certification so that they can be competitive in the global marketplace. He made the remarks during the presentation of...
Posted on 27/03/2018
ISO 9001:2015 Handover Ceremony
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, speaking at a ISO 9001:2015 handover ceremony, held at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites, New Kingston, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The ISO 9001 Quality Management System...
Posted on 27/03/2018
DG Vivian Brown presents Deputy Manager Zegang Guo with a certificate of ISO 9001:2015
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown (right), presents Deputy Manager, Jamaica North South Highway Company, Zegang Guo, with a certificate of International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015, during a handover ceremony, at the...
