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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the launch of Mission:FoodPossible

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 04 Feb 2019    nicola.wint   
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 as pumpkin, cassava, yams and green bananas, along with other local produce, to provide nutritious and low budget meals in creative ways for the children.


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Minister Shaw prepares soil for the planting of a sweet pepper tree

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 04 Feb 2019    nicola.wint   
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 included a groundbreaking exercise for the school garden where students will be taught the importance of eating what they grow.


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College of Agriculture, Science and Education's 109th Founders’ Day anniversary celebration

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 28 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
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.


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Hon. Audley Shaw in discussion with President Dr. Derrick Deslandes

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 28 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
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 and its Founders’ Day is celebrated annually under the theme ‘Celebrating our Legacy, Creating Visions of Excellence’.


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Minister Shaw addresses CASE students at the 109th anniversary celebration of Founders’ Day

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 28 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
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, was founded on January 25, 1910 and its Founders’ Day is celebrated annually under the theme ‘Celebrating our Legacy, Creating Visions of Excellence’.


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Minister Shaw tours facility at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education

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 28 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
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 the college held under the theme ‘Celebrating our Legacy, Creating Visions of Excellence’. Others from left are Decoy Royal, Students’ Council President, and Markland Murphy, Director of Project.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking 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. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum which is held at the start of each year, which attracts a broad gathering of state officials, policy makers, industry leaders and other prominent professionals within the Caribbean and international community.

Shaw reiterates call for micro stock exchange

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 25 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
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. We need to look carefully at the model in Canada where they have a micro stock exchange, which is doing exceptionally well. I say this because 90% of all our businesses in Jamaica are micro and small enterprises,” said Minister Shaw. Minister Shaw was speaking at the...


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14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference

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 25 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
Director, Programmes and Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer, speaking 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. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum held at the start of each year, which attracts a broad gathering of state officials, policy makers, industry leaders and other prominent professionals within the Caribbean and...


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14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference

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 25 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), 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, Fredik Ekfeldt; and Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest, at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional...


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Minister Shaw at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference

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 25 Jan 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, responds during a question and answer session 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. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum which is held at the start of each year and, attracts a broad gathering of state officials, policy makers, industry leaders and other prominent professionals within the...


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