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Minister Shaw in discussion with Director General Wayne Henry

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 14 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), converses with Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Wayne Henry, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s ((PIOJ) Inaugural Economic Growth Forum at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel, on Thursday, March 14, 2019. The PIOJ Growth Inducement Programme hosted its Forum under the theme ‘From Elusive to Inclusive Growth’.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (centre), updating the media on developments in the conch industry at a media briefing held at his Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 12, 2019. Others from left are Minister without Portfolio, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, and Minister of State, Hon Floyd Green.

Minister Shaw outlines measures to curb illegal fishing

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 12 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw, today (March12, 2019) outlined several measures to curb illegal fishing in Jamaican waters at a media briefing on the conch industry at his Hope Gardens offices. Outlining the reason for the extended March 1 2019 to January 31 2020 close season for the conch fishery, Minister Shaw said this was necessary because of the current depletion of Jamaica’s valuable queen conch stocks. “The depletion of the conch fishery has resulted from several factors [and} we are certain that illegal fishing is a major cause, “the...


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Director Andre Kong speaking at a media briefing on the conch industry

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 12 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Andre Kong (left), Director of Fisheries in the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), speaking at a media briefing on the conch industry at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 12, 2019. Others from right are the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, MICAF and Dermon Spence, Acting Permanent Secretary, MICAF.


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Media briefing on the conch industry

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 12 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Superintendent Rex Swearing (right), Commanding Officer, Marine Police, in discussion with Lt. Leonard Wynter of the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard at a media briefing on the conch industry held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 12, 2019.


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Minister Floyd Green in discussion at a media briefing on the conch industry

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 12 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Sean Francis (left) of B&D Trawling Ltd in discussion with (from left) Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, Mr. Sydney Francis, Managing Director, Ton-Rick Enterprises Limited and Jerome Miles, General Manager, Rainforest Seafoods Ltd, at a media briefing on the conch industry at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew on March 12, 2019.


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Bureau of Standards Jamaica appoints Hopeton Heron as Executive Director

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 05 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Senator Matthew Samuda, Chairman of the Standards Council has announced that Hopeton Heron, a former Deputy Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), has been appointed Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), effective 01 March 2019. Heron’s appointment follows a competitive selection process which was initiated in September 2018 in accordance with the guidelines outlined by the Public Services Commission. Heron, an engineer, has also had stints at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), the National Environmental and Planning...


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Robert Thompson (2nd left), director, CNET Group Inc., and Dermon Spence (3rd left), Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), sign memorandum of understanding for the development of a framework for the establishment of the OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens complex in St. Andrew on March 4, 2019. The signing was witnessed by the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson(right), Minister without Portfolio, MICAF; and Errol Bailey (left), director, CNET Group Inc. Assisting with the proceedings is Courtney Cole (standing), Chief Technical Director for Special Projects, MICAF.

Agriculture ministry signs MOU for agro-economic zone framework

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 04 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
A memorandum of understanding aimed at putting in place a framework for the establishment of OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project was signed by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) with CNET Group Inc. today (March 4) at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens complex in St. Andrew. Speaking at the signing, Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, welcomed the initiative, stating that it signalled an important step in structuring the agricultural sector. “One of the problems stifling the growth of...


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MOU signing betwen MICAF and CNET Group Inc.

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 04 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
From left, Errol Bailey and Robert Thompson, directors of CNET Group Inc., Dermon Spence, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, MICAF, and Courtney Cole, Chief Technical Director - Special Projects, MICAF, pose with a copy of a memorandum of understanding for the development of a framework for the establishment of the OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens complex in St. Andrew on March 4, 2019.


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Director Errol Bailey speaking at a MOU Signing between MICAF and CNET Group Inc.

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 04 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Errol Bailey, director, CNET Group Inc., speaking at the signing of a memorandum of understanding by CNET Group Inc. with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) for the development of a framework for the establishment of the OUTAONE Agro-Economic Zone Project at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens complex in St. Andrew on March 4, 2019. Others, from left, are Robert Thompson, director, CNET Group Inc., Dermon Spence, Acting Permanent Secretary, MICAF, and the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio, MICAF.


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Minister Shaw meets with IMF Team

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 04 Mar 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), meets with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Monday, March 4, 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss - enhancing resilience in agriculture, agri-linkage exchange (ALEX) and procurement.


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