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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 19/07/2018
Discussions under way for special fund for micro and small enterprises – Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, says discussions are under way to develop a special fund to support the development of micro and small businesses. The Minister was addressing the Christmas in July trade show...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Agriculture Ministry partners with Newport-Fersan to provide fertiliser to coffee farmers
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), has partnered with Newport-Fersan to supply 321 metric tonnes of Coffee-Lizer fertiliser to coffee farmers as part of its Productivity Incentive Programme. Distribution of...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets coffee farmer Basil Williams of Clifton Valley Farms at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers in Kingston on July 13. At centre is Norman Grant,...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Minister Shaw at the official handover of Coffee-Lizer fertilizer to coffee farmers
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Hedda Rose Pitter, Business Development Manager, Newport-Fersan Jamaica (NFJ); Gusland McCook, Acting Director General, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority; and Dennis Valdez, Managing Director,...
Posted on 18/07/2018
Minister Audley Shaw in dialogue with President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, Odia Bruce
Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, listens to Odia Bruce (2nd right), President of the Hillside Coffee Growers, at the Newport-Fersan Handover of Coffee-Lizer fertlizer on July 13 in Kingston. Also participating in the discussion...
Posted on 16/07/2018
Shaw urges regional plant health directors to safeguard crops
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has called on regional plant health directors to provide the strategies to safeguard the Caribbean against plant pests and diseases. Minister Shaw made the appeal as he delivered the...
Posted on 16/07/2018
Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum
Hon Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, in discussion with (from left) Sherlock Pinnock, Apiculture Officer, and Dalton Hastings, Manager, Export Complex, Plant Quarantine/Plant Inspection Branch, both of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries,...
Posted on 16/07/2018
Minister Shaw speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum
Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Annual Caribbean Plant Health Directors’ Forum held in Montego Bay, St. James, on July16. Others from left are Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite, Deputy...
Posted on 13/07/2018
Minister Audley Shaw participates in ground breaking ceremony
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), along with (from left) Trade Unionist, National Workers Union, Granville Valentine; Chairman, Carib Cement, Paris Lyew-Ayee; and General Manager, Carib Cement, Peter Donkersloot, break ground for the Carib...
