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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), cuts ribbon to officially open the Seprod Group’s new $3-billion state-of-the-art grains mill, at the facility located on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston, on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Others (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Opposition Spokesman for Development andContinue reading “Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness cuts ribbon to officially open Seprod Group’s new $3-billion state-of-the-art grains mill”

Chairman, Seprod, Paul B. Scott (centre), converses with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), at the Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited’s official factory opening and launch of Gold Seal Flour, at the company’s facility on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston, on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Seated at left is Prime Minister,Continue reading “Chairman Paul B. Scott converses with Minister Samuda at the Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited’s official factory opening and launch of Gold Seal Flour”

Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen (centre), in discussion with (from left) Director, Commerce Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins; and Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office, Lilyclaire Bellamy, at the Word Consumer Rights Day 2018 Seminar and Exhibition, under the theme, ‘Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer: Access, Security andContinue reading “Word Consumer Rights Day 2018”

In keeping with its mandate to drive growth and improve the quality of lives of the people, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries partnered with the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) in the development of its Local Sustainable Development Plan:2030 & Beyond through grant funding of $20m. Speaking at the launch of the planContinue reading “Agri ministry endorses Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan”

Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole(left), converses with Minister of Local Government & Community Development Hon Desmond McKenzie at the official presentation of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan:2030 & Beyond on March 16, held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation Meeting Room in Falmouth.Continue reading “Presentation of Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan”

Stefano Cilli, Attaché/Programme Manager, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, speaking at the official presentation of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan:2030 & Beyond on March 16, held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation Meeting Room in Falmouth. Grant funding of $20m was provided by the EU through the Ministry’s Sugar Transformation Programme towards theContinue reading “Attaché/Programme Manager Stefano Cilli speaking at the official presentation of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan”

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with (from left) Deputy CEO Olive Downer Walsh, and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Distant Jr., both of Hardware and Lumber, at the Duwest Soluble Nutrition Solution Launch, held in St. Elizabeth on March 14.

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown says that from a policy perspective, the Government of Jamaica is committed to the development of a digital economy. He noted that not only will digital technology drive the growth of the economy, but in itself drive the transformation of theContinue reading “Govt. committed to the development of a digital economy – Ministry Official”

Mr. Vivian Brown, Director General, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses participants at the Seminar and Exhibition hosted by the Consumer Affairs Commission in observance of World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Seated (l-r) are Mrs. Dolsie Allen, Executive Director, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) andContinue reading “World Consumer Rights Day 2018”

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers in St Elizabeth to embrace innovation in their agricultural practices. The Minister commended the farmers for being leaders in the sector and encouraged them to continue to embrace new products and technologies. Minister Hutchinson was speakingContinue reading “Hutchinson encourages St. Elizabeth farmers to embrace innovation”