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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 12/04/2018
National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in dialogue with (from left) Chairman and CEO, National Baking Company, Butch Hendrickson; Marketing and Research Officer, UMIUM, June Gottgens; President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell;...
Posted on 12/04/2018
Minister Hutchinson views 30-lb pumpkin
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views 30-lb pumpkin cultivated by farmer Denesha Shepherd at Abbey in St. Thomas, during a tour of the over 100-acre property on April 10.
Posted on 12/04/2018
National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The occasion was a press conference to announce...
Posted on 12/04/2018
Minister Hutchinson discusses onion cultivation with farmer Dean Reid
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses onion cultivation with farmer Dean Reid on his approximately 1-acre onion plot in Abbey, St. Thomas, on April 10. As part of its...
Posted on 12/04/2018
CEO, Turners Choice, Allison Turner greets Hon. Audley Shaw
CEO, Turners Choice, Allison Turner (right), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), at the National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The...
Posted on 11/04/2018
Minister Hutchinson addresses farmers at Yallahs Agro-Park in St. Thomas
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (centre), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses farmers at the Yallahs Agro-Park in St. Thomas on April 10. Others from left are Chief Executive Officer, Peter Thompson, and Bevin Dickenson,...
Posted on 10/04/2018
Industry Minister Welcomes $2.16-Billion Investment by Red Stripe
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed Red Stripe/Heineken Jamaica’s $2.16-billion (€14-million) investment in a new state-of-the art production line at the entity’s brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The new Line 8 facility, which...
Posted on 10/04/2018
Conditions for the Importation of Plants and Plant Products from Jamaica
These conditions are in two parts and apply to the importation of cargo shipments only. With the exception of certified seeds, individual travelers are not allowed to import fresh plant products or propagative materials into the Cayman Islands from Jamaica...
Posted on 09/04/2018
Minister Shaw greets employees of Caribbean Broilers’ Imagination Farm
Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets employees of Caribbean Broilers’ Imagination Farm, Margaret Harrison and Desmond Clarke, during a tour of its onion plot in Hill Run, St. Catherine, on April 6. Under phase...
