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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 21/05/2019
Minister Shaw calls for increase in worker productivity
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has called for an increase in Jamaica’s productivity index so that the country’s economy can remain on a growth path. He noted that productivity is an issue that we have to...
Posted on 17/05/2019
Acting Principal Director Michelle Parkins in discussion with IICA Representative Dr. Elizabeth Johnson
Acting Principal Director in the Economic Planning and Policy Division of the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Michelle Parkins (right) engages in conversation with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, at...
Posted on 17/05/2019
CTA Agro-Tourism Workshop
Acting Principal Director in the Economic Planning and Policy Division of the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Michelle Parkins (right), listens attentively to Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson (centre), at a...
Posted on 17/05/2019
Minister Floyd Green converses with Chairperson Patricia Francis
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green ( left), converses with Chairperson, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis, at the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), at the Terra Nova...
Posted on 17/05/2019
Launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with (from left) Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, at the launch of...
Posted on 17/05/2019
Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence at the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (right), in dialogue with (from left) Chairperson, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis; Principal Investment Officer & Head, English-Speaking Caribbean, International Finance Corporation, Judith Green; and President,...
Posted on 16/05/2019
Agriculture Ministry places major focus on tourism sector for use of local produce
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is targeting the tourism sector as a major market for the increased use of local produce. The sector forms part of the other four markets that are also being targeted by the...
Posted on 16/05/2019
Shaw Launches New Trade Information Portal
The business community will now have quick access to the country’s trade rules with the launch of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries,...
Posted on 15/05/2019
JBDC to get more financial resources-Shaw
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says more financial resources will be allocated to the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). Making the disclosure, the Minister commended the JBDC for the role it has played in providing business...
