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Presentation of Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan

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 19 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Chief Technical Director for Special Projects in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Courtney Cole(left), converses with Minister of Local Government & Community Development Hon Desmond McKenzie at the official presentation of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan:2030 & Beyond on March 16, held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation Meeting Room in Falmouth. The Ministry, through its Sugar Transformation Programme, provided European-Union grant funding of $20m towards the development of the plan.


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Attaché/Programme Manager Stefano Cilli speaking at the official presentation of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan

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 19 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Stefano Cilli, Attaché/Programme Manager, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, speaking at the official presentation of the Trelawny Local Sustainable Development Plan:2030 & Beyond on March 16, held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation Meeting Room in Falmouth. Grant funding of $20m was provided by the EU through the Ministry’s Sugar Transformation Programme towards the development of the plan.


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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness cuts ribbon to officially open Seprod Group’s new $3-billion state-of-the-art grains mill

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 19 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), cuts ribbon to officially open the Seprod Group’s new $3-billion state-of-the-art grains mill, at the facility located on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston, on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Others (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Opposition Spokesman for Development and Physical Planning, Anthony Hylton; mother of Seprod’s Chairman, Paul B. Scott (pictured fifth left), Susan Scott; Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. Nigel Clarke; Minister of Industry, Commerce...


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Chairman Paul B. Scott converses with Minister Samuda at the Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited’s official factory opening and launch of Gold Seal Flour

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 19 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Chairman, Seprod, Paul B. Scott (centre), converses with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), at the Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited’s official factory opening and launch of Gold Seal Flour, at the company’s facility on Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston, on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Seated at left is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.


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Word Consumer Rights Day 2018

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 19 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen (centre), in discussion with (from left) Director, Commerce Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Michelle Parkins; and Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office, Lilyclaire Bellamy, at the Word Consumer Rights Day 2018 Seminar and Exhibition, under the theme, ‘Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer: Access, Security and Protection‘, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday March 15, 2018.


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Minister Hutchinson at Duwest Soluble Nutrition Solution Launch

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 16 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with (from left) Deputy CEO Olive Downer Walsh, and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Distant Jr., both of Hardware and Lumber, at the Duwest Soluble Nutrition Solution Launch, held in St. Elizabeth on March 14.


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Director General in the Ministry, of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown (right) greets Executive Director, Fair Trading Commission, Mr. David Miller (left), while Executive Director, Consumer Affairs Commission, Mrs. Dolsie Allen (2nd left) and Course Director, Legal and Regulatory, Inter-Connections Network, CARIMAC, Mr. Charles Douglas (2nd right) look on.
Occasion was the Consumer Affairs Commission’s World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2018 Seminar and Exhibition held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston on March 15, 2018.

Govt. committed to the development of a digital economy - Ministry Official

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 16 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Vivian Brown says that from a policy perspective, the Government of Jamaica is committed to the development of a digital economy. He noted that not only will digital technology drive the growth of the economy, but in itself drive the transformation of the economy. The director general was representing Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda at a Consumer Affairs Commission’s World Consumer Rights Day 2018 Seminar and Exhibition, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New...


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World Consumer Rights Day 2018

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 16 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Mr. Vivian Brown, Director General, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addresses participants at the Seminar and Exhibition hosted by the Consumer Affairs Commission in observance of World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Seated (l-r) are Mrs. Dolsie Allen, Executive Director, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) and Mr. Damali Thomas, Board Director, CAC, on March 15, joined the rest of the world in observing World Consumer Rights Day 2018, under the theme, “Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer: Access, Security and Protection”.


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Andre Biguria (2nd left), Business Unit Director, Westrade; explains use of soluble nutrition products to the Hon J.C. Hutchinson (3rd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Duwest Soluble Nutrition Solution Launch organised by distributor H&L Agro and held at Junction Guesthouse Auditorium in St. Elizabeth on March 14. Others from left are Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Distant Jr. and Deputy CEO Olive Downer Walsh, both of Hardware and Lumber.

Hutchinson encourages St. Elizabeth farmers to embrace innovation

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 15 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers in St Elizabeth to embrace innovation in their agricultural practices. The Minister commended the farmers for being leaders in the sector and encouraged them to continue to embrace new products and technologies. Minister Hutchinson was speaking at the Duwest Soluble Crop Nutrition Solution Launch, held at Junction Guesthouse in St. Elizabeth on March 14. The launch, which included workshops on how to use the products, had several farmers from across the...


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Farmer Leon Griffiths speaking with Hon J.C. Hutchinson at the launch of Duwest Soluble Nutrition Solution

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 15 Mar 2018    nicola.wint   
Farmer Leon Griffiths (left) speaking with the Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Duwest Soluble Nutrition Solution Launch organised by distributor H&L Agro in partnership with Duwest and held at Junction Guesthouse Auditorium in St. Elizabeth on March 14. Farmers were introduced to three lines of soluble fertilizers: Solu Feed, Multi Feed and Liquid Feed, which are aimed at improving the efficiency in nutritional supply to crops and plants.


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