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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), greets Director, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Division on Technology and Logistics, Shamika Sirimanne, at a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The meeting was to update Minister Shaw on the Automated System for CustomsContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw greets Director Shamika Sirimanne”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw says that the transformation of Jamaica’s agricultural sector will require greater diversification of the industry. In order to do this, Minister Shaw said, the sector needed to embark on an aggressive programme of diversification of the use of available sugar lands for other industrial crops.Continue reading “Shaw wants greater diversification of agricultural sector”

The Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project of the Ministry of Finance and Planning in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ ISO Division, today (June 18), launched a training programme for ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians (Q-SITS/Junior Consultants). Twenty-five persons have been selected as junior consultants for the training programmeContinue reading “ISO Q-SITs/Junior Consultant Training Course Launched”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the launch of the ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians (Q-SITs/Junior Consultants) Training Course, at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Kingston, on Monday, June 18. The Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in collaborationContinue reading “Launch of ISO Implementation Programme”

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Winston Harrison (right), Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, during a visit to the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. At centre is Alexandre Gabriel, Chairman of West Indies Rum Distillers, one-third owner ofContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw converses with CEO Winston Harrison”

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Michael Dunkley, Plant Manager of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory, during a tour of the facility in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. Others from left are Winston Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, and Neil Glasgow, ChiefContinue reading “Minister Shaw greets Plant Manager Michael Dunkley”

Komal Samaroo (right), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, presents the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, with a bottle of rum following a tour of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14.

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with shareholders in the National Rums of Jamaica (from left) Komal Samaroo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, Rick Thielen, Diageo, and Cedric Blair, General Manager for Diageo brands in Central America and theContinue reading “Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with shareholders in the National Rums of Jamaica”

Technical Specialist, Socio-Economic Development Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Charmaine Brimm, speaking at the quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group, at The Knutsford Court Hotel, on Thursday, June 14, 2018. Matters discussed at the meeting included the establishment of the National MSME Policy Implementation Committee, update on developments within the MSMEContinue reading “Quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group”

National Financial Inclusion Coordinator, Technical Secretariat for Financial Inclusion at the Bank of Jamaica, Melanie Williams (front row, right), giving an update at the quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group, at The Knutsford Court Hotel, on Thursday, June 14, 2018. Matters discussed at the meeting included establishment of the National MSME Policy ImplementationContinue reading “National Financial Inclusion Coordinator Melanie Williams gives an update at the quarterly meeting of the MSME Thematic Working Group”