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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 21/11/2018
Irrigation Commission honours 119 employees for years of service
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...
Posted on 20/11/2018
Shaw lauds Salada’s $200-m coffee initiative
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...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association
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...
Posted on 15/11/2018
69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association
A cane farmer participating in 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.
Posted on 15/11/2018
Investment Opportunity- Divestment of the assets of the former Cocoa Industry Board
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...
Posted on 15/11/2018
Address by the Honourable Audley Shaw to the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association 69th AGM
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...
Posted on 15/11/2018
69th Annual General Meeting of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association
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...
Posted on 14/11/2018
Minister Shaw attends International Community Tourism Conference at UWI, Mona
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...
Posted on 14/11/2018
Airbnb is not a competitor to community tourism – Audley Shaw
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...
