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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 18/07/2017
Launch of Partnership between Avery’s Organic Fertilizer and Kimitec Group
Ignacio González(left), Export Area Manager at Kimitec Group, discusses with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, organic fertilizers being introduced into the Jamaican through distributor, Prince Avery, General Manager...
Posted on 13/07/2017
Samuda: The Show will go on
The 65th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural Show will go on. That’s the word from Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, as he addressed hundreds of farmers at the 122nd Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica...
Posted on 13/07/2017
Jamaica needs to take full advantage of nutraceutical industry
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown says that there is clear need for more to be done if Jamaica is to take full advantage of the nutraceutical industry, which can bring in...
Posted on 13/07/2017
Prime Minister Andrew Holness in dialogue with Scientist Dr. Henry Lowe and Hon Andrew Wheatley
Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), in dialogue with scientist and executive chairman, Eden Gardens Group of Companies, Dr. Henry Lowe (left) and Minister of Science and Technology, Hon. Andrew Wheatley, at the Special Announcement of the Food...
Posted on 11/07/2017
Organizers of MICAF and the PIOJ at the Bamboo Policy Consultation Forum
Organizers of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), at the Bamboo Policy Consultation Forum, held at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Winchester Road office, on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Among...
Posted on 11/07/2017
Interim Executive Director, Stephen Wedderburn and Director, Lliana Blake view Jamdun’s Hot & Spicy Bamboo Ketchup
Interim executive director, Bureau of Standards (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn, and director, Industry Division (MICAF), Lliana Blake, view Jamdun’s Hot & Spicy Bamboo Ketchup on display at the Jamaica Bamboo Policy Consultation Forum, held at the BSJ’s Winchester Road office in...
Posted on 11/07/2017
Bamboo Policy Consultation Forum
Interim executive director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stephen Wedderburn (3rd left), making a point during the breakout sessions at the Bamboo Policy Consultation forum, held at the BSJ’s Winchester Road office in Kingston, on Thursday, July 6, 2017. The...
Posted on 07/07/2017
Agro-economic zone to be established by private investor in Hanover
Minister without Portfolio in the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says that an agro-economic zone to be operated by a private investor will be coming on stream next year in the parish of Hanover....
Posted on 07/07/2017
Tour of the $30-m Honey Extraction and Bottling Facility
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Omar Sweeney (right), Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), view bottles of honey labelled by Maxine Blagrove during a...
