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Students at St. John’s Primary School in St. Catherine will now benefit from a school meal programme, which will utilize Jamaica’s indigenous produce such as pumpkin, cassava, yams and green banana, along with other local produce, under an initiative dubbed ‘Mission:FoodPossible’. Mission: FoodPossible seeks to combat global hunger and food insecurity by using locally grownContinue reading “St. John’s Primary School students to benefit from school meal programme initiative”

Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible at St. John’s Primary School, St. Catherine, on Friday, February 1, 2019. This initiative, conceptualised and founded by New York-based Jamaican chef and past student of the school, Peter Ivey, will seek to utilize Jamaica’s indigenous produce such asContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), prepares the soil for the planting of a sweet pepper tree at the official launch of Mission:FoodPossible, at the St. John’s Primary School in St. Catherine, on Friday, February 1, 2019. At left is founder of the programme, Peter Ivey. Elements of the launch includedContinue reading “Minister Shaw prepares soil for the planting of a sweet pepper tree”

Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, flanked by Major George Kates, chairman, College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), and Oneka Sinclair, Director of Student Affairs, CASE, following a presentation of a pear tree and a breadfruit tree at the college’s 109th Founders’ Day anniversary celebration on January 25, 2019.

Hon Audley Shaw, (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with Dr. Derrick Deslandes, President, College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), at the 109th anniversary of Founders’ Day on January 25. At right is Decoy Royal, President, Students’ Council. CASE, formerly Government Farm School, was founded on January 25, 1910 andContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with President Dr. Derrick Deslandes”

Industry Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, addresses students at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education at the 109th anniversary celebration of Founders’ Day on January 25, 2019. Seated in the background are (from left) Dr. Derrick Deslandes, President, and Major George Kates, Chairman, both of CASE. CASE, formerly Government Farm School,Continue reading “Minister Shaw addresses CASE students at the 109th anniversary celebration of Founders’ Day”

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses medical cannabis facility at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) with Dr. Derrick Deslandes (left), President of CASE, during a tour of the site on January 25, 2019. The occasion was the 109th anniversary celebration of Founders’ Day at theContinue reading “Minister Shaw tours facility at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest (left), at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. Looking on is Professor NevilleContinue reading “14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Director, Programmes and Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer (centre), in discussion with (from left) Charge D’affaires/Minister Counselor, Delegation of the European to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and The Cayman Islands, Fredrik Ekfeldt; and Project Manager, Jamaica Social Stock Exchange Project, Nora Blake, at the 14th Regional InvestmentsContinue reading “14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that Jamaica needs to look seriously at the prospect of having a micro stock exchange, adding that there is also a place for equity financing for micro and small enterprises as an alternative to high interest rates. “We need to look at it in Jamaica.Continue reading “Shaw reiterates call for micro stock exchange”