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The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) has secured a silage packing machine and accompanying new technology that will improve access to nutritious feed material for dairy cattle nationwide. This was made possible through funding from the USAID through its Ja REEACH II project. The silo-packer machine, the first of its kind in Jamaica, will allowContinue reading “Dairy farmers to benefit from silage packing machine”

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, reiterated Government’s commitment to support the revitalization of Jamaica’s sugar industry at the Sugar Industry Authority’s (SIA’) 3rd Annual Post Crop Seminar held September 13 at the Authority’s Research Division in Mandeville, under the theme The Future of the Jamaican Sugar Industry. “Government cannot simplyContinue reading “Gov’t cannot abandon sugar industry – Shaw”

From left, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; Hon Karl Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Board Chairman, National Housing Trust, Lennox Channer; and Director, SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Horace Charoo, in discussion atContinue reading “Groundbreaking ceremony for the development of 84 serviced lots at Monymusk Glades”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), sprays the first bag of silage packaged by the silo packer machine at the handover of the machine by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on September 12. OthersContinue reading “Handover of machine by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel (right), at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on is Director, SME Development and Partnership, Scotiabank, Avril Leonce. Scotiabank has beenContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw greets President and CEO of Scotiabank David Noel”

Managing Director, Irie Rock, Racquell Brown (right), introduces Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), to her line of skin care products, during a tour of exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. LookingContinue reading “Minister Shaw tours exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever Programme”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre, right), smells Tumeric Tea bag being shown to him (among other products) by Marketing Director, Shavuot, Joel Harris (left), during a tour of exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday,Continue reading “Minister Shaw tours exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme, which he said is providing another opportunity for increased growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He noted that the MSME sector is an important driver of economic growth, which governments rely on to create jobs andContinue reading “Shaw lauds Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee Industry atContinue reading “Minister Shaw in discussion with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness and Hon. Daryl Vaz”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Holness, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. At the conference, Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin donated aContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw converses with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness”