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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 04/10/2017
Jamaica Pig Farmers 15th AGM
Haniff Brown (left), President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA), in dialogue with Shaun Baugh (centre), Principal Director at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Maureen Webber, guest speaker at the 15th Annual General Meeting of...
Posted on 03/10/2017
Minister Samuda in discussion with Chairman Jason Sharp and President Norman Grant
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), in discussion with (from left) Chairman, Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, Jason Sharp; and President, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Norman Grant, at a media briefing to update farmers and the...
Posted on 03/10/2017
Media Briefing to update farmers and the country on devlopments in the coffee industry
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd right), looks on as Managing Director, Newport Fersan, Dennis Valdez (1st right) hands over a bag of fertilizer to (from left) coffee farmers Stafford Brooks, Odia Bruce and Will...
Posted on 03/10/2017
Samuda pledges $80 million to support coffee farmers
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has pledged continued support to coffee farmers in Jamaica, in an effort to see the sector grow. The Minister disclosed that, the Government, through the Ministry, will be allocating J$80...
Posted on 29/09/2017
Consumers urged to be vigilant – DG Brown
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown is urging consumers to be vigilant and proactive in protecting their rights. He further added that consumers must continue to ensure that unfair and misleading trading practices...
Posted on 29/09/2017
Jamaica 4-H Clubs Farmers’ Market & Expo
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, purchases scotch bonnet pepper at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Farmers’ Market Headquarters in Kingston, on Friday, September 29, 2017.
Posted on 28/09/2017
Joint Statement by Agriculture Minister Karl Samuda and the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda, and a team from the Ministry met with members of the board of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) on Friday (September 22, 2017) to discuss the recently announced regime...
Posted on 28/09/2017
St. Jago Farms & Hardware Supplies salute to farmers
Wayne Chin, Project Manager, Craftop; demonstrates use of motorised knapsack sprayer at the St Jago Farm Supplies Limited ‘Salute to Farmers’ event held in collaboration with Easi-Grow and Craftop in Douglas Castle, St. Ann, on September 19. Ninety-six farmers received...
Posted on 27/09/2017
Signing of MOU between the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), exchanges documents with His Excellency Mr. Zhi Shuping, Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, following the signing...
