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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 05/03/2018
Bodles Citrus Day
From left, Courtney Cole, Chief Technical Director for Special Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses citrus tree with Alfred Barrett, Jamaica Citrus Protection Officer Plant Quarantine at Bodles Citrus Day held at Bodles Research Station in St....
Posted on 05/03/2018
BSJ Launches New Standard for Electrical Appliances
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has launched a new standard that will cover general safety requirements for electrical appliances for household and similar purposes. Launched on March 2 at the Bureau’s office, in Kingston, the new standard, known as...
Posted on 05/03/2018
Launch of the Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Standard by the BSJ.
Senior Energy Engineer, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Mark Williams (left), in discussion with (from left) Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown; Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn; and...
Posted on 27/02/2018
Veterinary Services Division hosts Chinese spiny lobster audit delegation
Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Government with the People’s Republic of China in September 2017 for the export of spiny lobsters to China, a five-man delegation from China is currently on a three-day visit to...
Posted on 27/02/2018
Vet Services Division hosts Chinese audit delegation
Dr. Osbil Watson (3rd left), Chief Veterinary Officer, and Avery Smikle, Acting Director of Fisheries, both from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Esmond Reid (3rd right), Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...
Posted on 26/02/2018
Frosty Pod Rot Seminars Well Attended by Cocoa Farmers
Facilitators of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Frosty Pod Rot sensitisation sessions targeting cocoa farmers in St. Mary say the forums have been well supported by the beneficiaries. Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Representative in...
Posted on 26/02/2018
Closure of the Sugar Area Development Programme/Sugar Transformation Project
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries is advising the public that the SUGAR AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/SUGAR TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME funded by THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION and THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA will officially close on Friday, March 30, 2018. Any person...
Posted on 23/02/2018
Gov’t Working with FAO to Develop Insurance Scheme for Farmers
The Government of Jamaica is working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to develop an insurance scheme for crop and livestock farmers. Principal Director, Planning and Policy, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Shaun...
Posted on 22/02/2018
Govt. committed to Jamaica’s sugar industry- Samuda
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda has reiterated that the Government through the Ministry is committed to the growth and development of the sugar industry in Jamaica. The Minister noted that despite the many challenges that the...
