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Minister Shaw meets with staff at his St. Lucia offices

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 28 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Newly appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to staff at the St. Lucia offices of the Ministry, on Wednesday March 28, 2018. Minister Shaw says he is looking forward to working with the Ministry and encourages the staff to be innovative, enterprising, and mobilize an environment that facilitates the private sector which will raise the standards of doing business.


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Businesses urged to become globally competitive through ISO certification

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 27 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown, is urging businesses to seek international standard certification so that they can be competitive in the global marketplace. He made the remarks during the presentation of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certificates to JP Tropical Foods-Snacks Division and Jamaica North South Highway Company (NSHC), at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites on Friday, March 23. Mr. Brown noted that Jamaica’s businesses must become internationally certified if they hope to grow and...


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ISO 9001:2015 Handover Ceremony

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 27 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, speaking at a ISO 9001:2015 handover ceremony, held at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites, New Kingston, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification, which is offered by the National Certification Body of Jamaica, is designed to improve the quality of goods or services in public and private organisations.


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DG Vivian Brown presents Deputy Manager Zegang Guo with a certificate of ISO 9001:2015

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 27 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown (right), presents Deputy Manager, Jamaica North South Highway Company, Zegang Guo, with a certificate of International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015, during a handover ceremony, at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites, New Kingston, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification, which is offered by the National Certification Body of Jamaica, is designed to improve the quality of goods or services in public and private organisations.


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Executive Director, Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC), Andrea Marie Dawes (2nd left), in dialogue with (from left) General Manager, ADSC, Ryan Evans; Senior Economist, ADSC, Andrew Mighty; and Operations Manager, Cal’s Manufacturing Limited, Lascelles Whittaker, at the launch of the 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series, held at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The training seminars to be offered by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission over the next seven months will benefit manufacturers, producers and other stakeholders.

Anti-Dumping & Subsidies Commission launches 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series

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 26 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
The Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, on Friday, March 23, 2018 launched its 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series at the Terra Nova All Suites Hotel in Kingston. The training sessions which will get underway on April 26, aim to help industry players to build their capacity to defend and expand their markets locally and overseas, through the use of trade remedies. These remedies can help to protect local manufacturers and producers from unfair trade practices. Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Mr...


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Launch of the 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series

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 26 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
General Manager, Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC), Ryan Evans (left), along with Senior Economist, ADSC, Andrew Mighty (centre), and General Manager, Seprod, Jeffrey Moss-Solomon, in discussion at the launch of the 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series, held at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The training seminars to be offered by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission over the next seven months will benefit manufacturers, producers and other stakeholders.


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CTD Courtney Cole speaking at the launch of the 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series

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 26 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole, speaking at the launch of the 2018 Trade Remedies Seminar Series, held at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel, Waterloo Road, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The training seminars to be offered by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission over the next seven months will benefit manufacturers, producers and other stakeholders.


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Annual Spiny Lobster Close Season April 1 – June 30

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 20 Mar 2018    Anonymous   
The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries wishes to advise the public that the annual Close Season for spiny lobsters commences on April 1 and ends on June 30, 2018. The Fisheries Division wishes to further remind the public that new Regulations governing the Close Season for spiny lobsters are in effect. These Regulations stipulate that any person or entity planning to have spiny lobsters/spiny lobster parts or products either for storage, sale or other purposes during the Close Season must take note of the following provisions: A signed...


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Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole (centre), receives a copy of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan:2030 & Beyond from Councillor Colin Gager, Mayor of Falmouth, at the official presentation of the plan on March 16, held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation Meeting Room in Falmouth. At left is Keleen Young-Grandison, head of the Ministry’s Sugar Transformation Unit.

Agri ministry endorses Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan

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 19 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
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 plan on March 16, Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry, Courtney Cole, who represented the Hon Karl Sumuda, commended the TMC for its initiative in developing the plan. “We anticipate the implementation of this plan, which, we...


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