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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 18/06/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw converses with CEO Winston Harrison
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Winston Harrison (right), Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, during a visit to the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June...
Posted on 18/06/2018
Minister Shaw greets Plant Manager Michael Dunkley
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Michael Dunkley, Plant Manager of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory, during a tour of the facility in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. Others from left are...
Posted on 18/06/2018
Chairman Komal Samaroo presents the Hon. Audley Shaw with a bottle of rum
Komal Samaroo (right), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, presents the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, with a bottle of rum following a tour of the Clarendon Distillers...
Posted on 18/06/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with shareholders in the National Rums of Jamaica
Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with shareholders in the National Rums of Jamaica (from left) Komal Samaroo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, Rick...
Posted on 15/06/2018
National MSME & Entrepreneurship Policy Implementation Committee (PIC) Launched
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries through the MSME Division has launched the National MSME Entrepreneurship Policy Implementation Committee (PIC). The committee was launched on June 14, 2018. The committee will be responsible for the oversight and monitoring...
Posted on 15/06/2018
Quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group
Technical Specialist, Socio-Economic Development Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Charmaine Brimm, speaking at the quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group, at The Knutsford Court Hotel, on Thursday, June 14, 2018. Matters discussed at the meeting included...
Posted on 15/06/2018
National Financial Inclusion Coordinator Melanie Williams gives an update at the quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group
National Financial Inclusion Coordinator, Technical Secretariat for Financial Inclusion at the Bank of Jamaica, Melanie Williams (front row, right), giving an update at the quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group, at The Knutsford Court Hotel, on Thursday, June...
Posted on 14/06/2018
Jamaica serious about improving its global competitiveness- Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that Jamaica is serious about improving its global competitiveness and remains ripe for investment. Minister Shaw was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Investment Forum 2018 (JIF)...
Posted on 14/06/2018
Headline Sponsors at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) 2018
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), along with Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Henry; President and CEO, Scotia Group Jamaica Limited, David Noel; Chief Development Officer, New Fortress Energy, Brannen McElmurray;...
