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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 28/08/2018
Shaw lauds praedial larceny competition winners
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has congratulated the winners in this year’s Praedial Larceny Prevention Essay and Poster Competition, even as he challenged young people to shun the practice of illegally benefitting from the effort...
Posted on 27/08/2018
Courtesy Call with IICA Representatives
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with (from left) Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson; Agri-Business Specialist, IICA, Ainsworth Riley; and Rural Development Specialist,...
Posted on 27/08/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw greets IICA Representatives
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), greets Agri-Business Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Ainsworth Riley, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston office on Thursday, August 24, 2018. Looking on...
Posted on 23/08/2018
Shaw wants more “things Jamaican” in craft shops
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has issued a call for more authentic Jamaican craft products to be available in the island’s hotels and at least one of the island’s airports. The Minister issued this call...
Posted on 23/08/2018
Hon J.C. Hutchinson addressing farmers in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas
Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, addressing farmers in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas, at an agricultural development stakeholders’ forum, held on August 21. Others from left are Bevene Martin-Dickenson, parish manager;...
Posted on 23/08/2018
Coffee farmer Faylin Greenleaf speaking at the Agricultural Development Stakeholders’ Forum
Coffee farmer, Faylin Greenleaf, speaking at the Agricultural Development Stakeholders’ Forum held at the Church of God of Prophecy in Richmond Gap, St. Thomas, on August 21. Coffee is one of several crops produced by the farmers on approximately 285...
Posted on 23/08/2018
Parish Manager Kadian Francis addressing farmers in Richmond Gap
Kadian Francis, Parish Manager of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs in St. Thomas addressing farmers in Richmond Gap during an agricultural development stakeholders forum on August 21. Other agencies participating in the forum included the Social Development Commission and the Rural...
Posted on 22/08/2018
Regional Training on Intellectual Property for Caribbean Countries
Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy (right), in discussion with (from left) Professor, University of Colima, Mexico, Dr. Oscar Javier Solorio Pérez; Head of Caribbean Section, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Carol Simpson; and Trademarks, Design and...
Posted on 22/08/2018
Richmond Gap farmers encouraged to get into processing
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers in the Richmond Gap community of St. Thomas to reduce the high level of spoilage of fruits in their parish by getting...
