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

Gov’t cannot abandon sugar industry - Shaw

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, reiterated Government’s commitment to support the revitalization of Jamaica’s sugar industry at the Sugar Industry Authority’s (SIA’) 3rd Annual Post Crop Seminar held September 13 at the Authority’s Research Division in Mandeville, under the theme The Future of the Jamaican Sugar Industry. “Government cannot simply abandon the sugar industry and we do not intend to. We have a duty and a responsibility to create the enabling parameters to aid the industry to emerge from its current doldrums,” Shaw told stakeholders...


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Groundbreaking ceremony for the development of 84 serviced lots at Monymusk Glades

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
From left, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Rudyard Spencer; Hon Karl Samuda, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Board Chairman, National Housing Trust, Lennox Channer; and Director, SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH), Horace Charoo, in discussion at the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of 84 serviced lots at Monymusk Glades in Clarendon on September 12.


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Handover of machine by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board

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 14 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (3rd left), sprays the first bag of silage packaged by the silo packer machine at the handover of the machine by the Ja REEACH 11 Project to the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on September 12. Others from left are Karyll Aitcheson, Chief of Party, Ja REEACH 11 Project; Dr Lisa Myers-Morgan, Principal Research Director, Research and Development Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Oliver Elliot, Project Monitoring Officer at Bodles...


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Hon. Audley Shaw greets President and CEO of Scotiabank David Noel

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 13 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel (right), at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on is Director, SME Development and Partnership, Scotiabank, Avril Leonce. Scotiabank has been partnering with ActionCOACH to deliver an internationally recognized coaching programme to SMEs. A total of 25 businesses have completed this programme.


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Minister Shaw tours exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever Programme

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 13 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Managing Director, Irie Rock, Racquell Brown (right), introduces Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), to her line of skin care products, during a tour of exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on is Director, SME Development and Partnership, Scotiabank, Avril Leonce. Scotiabank has been partnering with ActionCOACH to deliver an internationally recognized coaching programme to SMEs. A total of 25 businesses have...


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Minister Shaw tours exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme

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 13 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre, right), smells Tumeric Tea bag being shown to him (among other products) by Marketing Director, Shavuot, Joel Harris (left), during a tour of exhibits at the closing ceremony of the Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Looking on (l-r) are President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel; and International Business Coach, ActionCOACH, Marcia Woon-Choy. Scotiabank has been partnering with ActionCOACH to deliver an internationally...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd left); Executive Vice President, Retail, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry (4th left); and President and CEO, Scotiabank, David Noel (5th left), in photo with the top three 2018 Scotiabank Vision Achievers (SVA) (l-r) CEO and Founder, Jamaican Care Packages, Rory-Craig Walker; Managing Director, Morgan’s Creek, Joni-Dale Morgan; and Sheryl Anderson of QSSL Quality Systems Solutions and Initiative, at the SVA Closing Ceremony, held under the theme “Pepared to Win”, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Tuesday, September 11. SVA provided 25 SMEs the opportunity to benefit from a 17 week coaching programme. The programme, led by International Business Coach, Marcia Woon-Choy of ActionCOACH, was designed to impart core competencies required for running a profitable business. These include sales, systemizing the business process, marketing and understanding business financials.

Shaw lauds Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme, which he said is providing another opportunity for increased growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He noted that the MSME sector is an important driver of economic growth, which governments rely on to create jobs and increase economic growth and productivity. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Scotiabank Vision Achiever Programme at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel in Kingston on September 11, Minister Shaw said, “Scotiabank, a private...


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Minister Shaw in discussion with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness and Hon. Daryl Vaz

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness (centre); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee Industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. At the conference, Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin donated a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the...


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Hon. Audley Shaw converses with MP for East Rural St. Andrew Mrs. Juliet Holness

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Holness, at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s Coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. At the conference, Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin donated a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector.


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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry

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 12 Sep 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday, September 10, 2018. Seated at the head table (from left) are Michael Lee-Chin Philanthropist who announced his donation of a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector; Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness; and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job...


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