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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Irrigation Commission honours 119 employees for years of service

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 21 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
One hundred and nineteen employees of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited, an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, were on Wednesday, November 14, honoured for their years of service at a Long Service Anniversary Luncheon and Awards Banquet held, at the Golf View Hotel, Mandeville. Chief Technical Director, Special Projects in the Ministry, of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries who gave the keynote address on behalf of Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, lauded the workers for the value they have added to the NIC since the commencement...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw ( 2nd left), greets Chairman, Salada Foods Jamaica, Patrick Williams, at a press briefing on Salada’s $200 million coffee initiative, at the Courtleigh Hotel, New Kingston, on Monday, November 19, 2018. Others (from left) are Executive Director, Economic Growth Council, Senator Aubyn Hill; General Manager, Dianna Blake-Bennett and Director, Kathryn Lewis, Salada. Salada has invested $200m in the advance purchase of local coffee berries for use in the processing of instant coffee.

Shaw lauds Salada’s $200-m coffee initiative

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 20 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has commended Salada Foods Jamaica for its $200-m injection into the coffee industry with the advance purchase of 25,000 boxes of local coffee cherries. Noting the downturn in the sale of coffee berries, resulting from a high inventory of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee in the Japanese market, Minister Shaw said offload their product goes a long way towards settling the concerns of farmers who need additional markets for the sale of their berries. This, he said, would ensure that this world renowned agricultural asset...


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Investment Opportunity- Divestment of the assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board

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 15 Nov 2018    Anonymous   
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), on behalf of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), is seeking investors with the financial capacity to purchase the commercial assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board (CIB) and to undertake the development, operation and management of these assets. http://www.micaf.gov.jm/sites/default/files/pdfs/Divestment_Assets_forme...


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Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents trophy to the best female cane farmer Kenesha Gordon from Dukenfield, St. Thomas, at the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association 69th Annual General Meeting, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 14, 2018.

Address by the Honourable Audley Shaw to the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association 69th AGM

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 15 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Today, we meet again for another AGM of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association. Your proud record shows that this is the 69th such meeting and, indeed, this is the 77th Anniversary of the Association. This is an achievement. Embedded in your years of service are stories of commitment, perseverance and resilience. This is commendable and worthy of recognition. I, as Minister and as a Jamaican, have very great respect for you, the cane farmers, small and large and, indeed, for all the farmers of Jamaica. Your task is not an easy one. The road you travel is no easy road. And as we...


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69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association

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 15 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, shares a light moment with (from left) Allan Rickards, Chairman of the All-Island Cane Farmers’ Association, Phillip Henriques, Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority, and Lenworth Fulton, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society. The occasion was the 69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 14, 2018.


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Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association

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 15 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
From left, Badian Handal, of the St. Catherine Cane Farmers’ Association, Derrick Heaven, cane farmer, and Philip Henriques, Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority, in discussion at the 69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 14, 2018.


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Minister Shaw attends International Community Tourism Conference at UWI, Mona

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 14 Nov 2018    Anonymous   
Hon Audley Shaw (centre), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, along with (from left) Diana McIntyre-Pike, President/Founder Countrystyle Villages as Businesses and IIPT Caribbean President; Amanda Charles, Sustainable Tourism Specialist, Caribbean Tourism Organization; Annie Bertrand, Coordinator Productivity and Innovation in the Private Sector, Compete Caribbean; and Dr. Louis D’Amore, International Institute for Peace through Tourism Founder, at International Community Tourism Conference on November 13 at the University of the West Indies in St. St. Andrew. Minister...


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Airbnb is not a competitor to community tourism - Audley Shaw

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 14 Nov 2018    Anonymous   
Gillian Rowland (left), Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Caribbean, presents compact disc of conference presentations to the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the International Community Tourism Conference on November 13 at the University of the West Indies in St. St. Andrew. Others from left are Diana McIntyre-Pike, President/Founder Countrystyle Villages as Businesses and IIPT Caribbean President, and Dr. Louis D’Amore, International Institute for Peace through Tourism Founder. Minister Shaw...


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From left, Andrene Collings, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton and Christopher Emmanuel, Chief Executive Officer, JAS ; view produce on display at the launch of Eat Jamaican Month held at the JAS headquarters in Kingston on November 7, 2018. Highlight of the month’s activities will be the Eat Jamaican Expo to be held on Eat Jamaican Day, November 25, on the lawns of Devon House in St. Andrew.

Make eating Jamaican part of your lifestyle, says Permanent Sec

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 08 Nov 2018    nicola.wint   
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings, is urging Jamaicans to support local farmers and businesses by making eating Jamaican a part of their lifestyle. This appeal was made at the launch of the 15th staging of Eat Jamaican Month held at the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) headquarters in Kingston on November 7. Speaking on behalf of the Hon. Audley Shaw, who is on assignment in China, Collings noted that data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica reveal that for the period January to July 2018, Jamaica’s food...


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