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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green speaking at the launch of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS) on May 7. Minister Green gave remarks on “Advancing Tourism Investments and the Business Climate”.

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley, says that the law under which the Agricultural Produce Receipt Book System was established by the Government to combat praedial larceny, needs to be enforced. The minister’s call comes against the background of the number of complaints received from farmers of the frequent raiding of their farmsContinue reading “Shaw wants improved enforcement of agricultural produce receipt book system”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (right) and Chairman, Coconut Industry Board (CIB), Christopher Gentles (left), peruse documents during the CIB’s Annual General meeting held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on May 4.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Seated from left are Director, Make Your Make Consultants (MYMC), Major Evon Lloyd; Pastor, Transformed Life Church, Reverend Dwight Fletcher; Managing Director, MYMC, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd; and President,Continue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference”

Managing Director, Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd (left), along with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Metry Seaga, at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The conference is being held May 7-8Continue reading “Minister Shaw at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw is encouraging middle managers to become transformational leaders within their organizations by supporting their entities’ ultimate vision. “You must find out where senior management or owners want to take the organization and how you, as an individual middle manager, can help in that process,” MinisterContinue reading “Middle managers encouraged to become transformational leaders”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Polimer Inno Tech Limited, Piotr Machnik; Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Poland, Irena Cousins; Member of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Eleanor Crichton Hussey; and Founder, Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC), Dr. Przemysław Jura, during a courtesyContinue reading “Minister Shaw along with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce Team”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, meets with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC) team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The P-JCC members are keen on partnering with Jamaica in several areas including food technology and recycling.

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (centre), along with (from left) Principal Director-Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Marina Young; Senior Director, Agricultural Land Management Division, MICAF, Joan Brown Morrison; Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole; Managing Director, Newport Fersan, DennisContinue reading “PS Spence meets with the Newport Fersan Team”

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (left), in discussion with Managing Director, Dennis Valdez; and Business Development Manager, Hedda Rose Pitter, Newport Fersan, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The meeting discussed developments in the agricultural sector, focusingContinue reading “PS Spence in discussion with the Newport Fersan Team”