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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 03/04/2017
Samuda wants Monymusk to target 500,000 tonnes of cane in the next 5 years
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda, wants the Monymusk Sugar Estate to aim towards the production of 500,000 tonnes of cane over the next five years. The Minister expressed this desire on Friday March 31...
Posted on 03/04/2017
Samuda wants Monymusk to target 500,000 tonnes of cane in the next 5 years
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda, wants the Monymusk Sugar Estate to aim towards the production of 500,000 tonnes of cane over the next five years. The Minister expressed this desire on Friday March 31...
Posted on 03/04/2017
Samuda wants Monymusk to target 500,000 tonnes of cane in the next 5 years
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda, wants the Monymusk Sugar Estate to aim towards the production of 500,000 tonnes of cane over the next five years. The Minister expressed this desire on Friday March 31...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Banana, plantain production increase in 2016
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, said that Jamaica’s production of plantain and banana in 2016 increased by 13.1% and 8%, respectively, while noting that there is need for increased productivity in...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Samuda wants measurable targets for expansion of fisheries industry
The establishment of measurable targets, greater use of technology, value-added and innovation are among the strategies Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda has identified as strategies for the sustainable growth and expansion of the fisheries sector in...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Banana, plantain production increase in 2016
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, said that Jamaica’s production of plantain and banana in 2016 increased by 13.1% and 8%, respectively, while noting that there is need for increased productivity in...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Samuda wants measurable targets for expansion of fisheries industry
The establishment of measurable targets, greater use of technology, value-added and innovation are among the strategies Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda has identified as strategies for the sustainable growth and expansion of the fisheries sector in...
Posted on 29/03/2017
Courtesy Call
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) sharing a laugh with Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina, H.E. Ariel Fernández (left) and Argentina’s candidate for Director General to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation (IICA), Dr. Manuel...
Posted on 29/03/2017
Courtesy Call
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) sharing a laugh with Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina, H.E. Ariel Fernández (left) and Argentina’s candidate for Director General to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation (IICA), Dr. Manuel...
