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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 15/11/2017
Statement on the Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy
The MSME & Entrepreneurship Policy was first tabled in 2013, as a comprehensive document of initiatives for addressing the major issues confronting the growth and development of the MSME sector in Jamaica; In 2016 MICAF began a limited review of...
Posted on 15/11/2017
Call issued for National Plan of Action on Antibiotic Resistance
Sounding a “breaking news” warning against the widespread abuse of antibiotics, which has led to an increase in antibiotic resistance, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the UWI, Mona, Dr Tomlin Paul, has issued a call for a...
Posted on 15/11/2017
Chief Vet urges prudent use of antibiotics
Chief veterinary officer in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Osbil Watson, has joined the call for the prudent use of antibiotics not only by humans, but also in livestock production. This, he said, was because of...
Posted on 10/11/2017
Eat Jamaican Month November 2017
November is Eat Jamaican month... Eat What We Grow, Grow What We Eat... http://www.moa.gov.jm/EatWhatWeGrow/index.php
Posted on 10/11/2017
Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival
Dr. Osbil Watson (left), Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents a certificate of appreciation to Robin Crum-Ewing of Green Castles Estate for donation of calves to the calf scramble competition at the Minard Livestock Show...
Posted on 10/11/2017
18th staging of the Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival
Dr. Osbil Watson, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the 18th staging of the Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival held in St. Ann on November 9. Dr. Watson, who was representing the Hon...
Posted on 10/11/2017
Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival
Winners of the Goat Scramble Competition held at the 18th staging of the Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival in St. Ann on November 9.
Posted on 10/11/2017
Launch of Eat Jamaica Month 2017
From left, Norman Grant, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, presents gift bag with local produce and an Eat Jamaican bumper sticker to the Hon. Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, while Yolando Gibson (right), special projects...
Posted on 09/11/2017
Agriculture Ministry takes action to prevent incursion of banana disease
In the wake of calls from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to banana-producing countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention of the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease of bananas, also known as, Fusarium wilt,...
