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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 31/08/2018
Minister Shaw tours Arosa Limited’s meat processing facility
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) Chief Veterinary Officer, MICAF, Dr. Osbil Watson; and Manager, Arosa Limited, Louise Jackson, during a tour of the company’s meat processing facility in Drax...
Posted on 28/08/2018
Accreditation critical enabler of economic growth – Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, has emphasised the importance of accreditation to Jamaican manufacturers in the export of their products, identifying it as a critical enabler of economic growth for developing countries like Jamaica....
Posted on 28/08/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw converses with Chairman Randy Dougherty
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Randy Dougherty, Chairman of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation, at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St....
Posted on 28/08/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw addresses delegates at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses delegates at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 27.
Posted on 28/08/2018
Accreditation Manager Nickoe Booth Thompson presents token to Minister Shaw
Nickoe Booth Thompson, Accreditation Manager, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, presents token to the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the 23rd IAAC General Assembly Inauguration at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in...
Posted on 28/08/2018
Shaw lauds praedial larceny competition winners
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has congratulated the winners in this year’s Praedial Larceny Prevention Essay and Poster Competition, even as he challenged young people to shun the practice of illegally benefitting from the effort...
Posted on 27/08/2018
Courtesy Call with IICA Representatives
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with (from left) Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; Agri-Business Specialist, IICA, Ainsworth Riley; and Rural Development Specialist,...
Posted on 27/08/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw greets IICA Representatives
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Agri-Business Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Ainsworth Riley, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday, August 24, 2018. Looking on...
Posted on 23/08/2018
Parish Manager Kadian Francis addressing farmers in Richmond Gap
Kadian Francis, Parish Manager of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs in St. Thomas addressing farmers in Richmond Gap during an agricultural development stakeholders forum on August 21. Other agencies participating in the forum included the Social Development Commission and the Rural...
