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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 07/07/2017
Agro-economic zone to be established by private investor in Hanover
Minister without Portfolio in the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says that an agro-economic zone to be operated by a private investor will be coming on stream next year in the parish of Hanover....
Posted on 07/07/2017
Tour of the $30-m Honey Extraction and Bottling Facility
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and Omar Sweeney (right), Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), view bottles of honey labelled by Maxine Blagrove during a...
Posted on 06/07/2017
FAO’s Director General meets Hon. Karl Samuda
Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José Graziano da Silva greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda at the FAO headquarters in Rome where the 40th Session of the organisation is being...
Posted on 05/07/2017
Principal Director, Shaun Baugh discusses irrigation equipment with General Manager, Burrell Scarlett and International Sales Manager, Gui Azambuja
Shaun Baugh (right), Principal Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses irrigation equipment with Burrell Scarlett, General Manager of Evergrow Garden Center at the Evergrow-K Rain irrigation seminar titled ‘Irrigation – Design, Installation, Operation & Maintenance’,...
Posted on 05/07/2017
Agriculture Minister welcomes FAO’s Focus on Climate Change
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has welcomed the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO’s) focus on climate change, agriculture and food security at its 40th Session of the FAO Conference now underway...
Posted on 05/07/2017
Chairman Kent Gammon speaking at Media Briefing
Chairman, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Kent Gammon, speaking at a media briefing to update the country on the new sugar standards, CAC’s performance, annual textbook survey, agricultural prices, bad gas, banking code and World Consumer Rights Day, held at the...
Posted on 04/07/2017
Hutchinson urges investors to get on board agro processing
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries the Hon J. C. Hutchinson is urging investors to get involved in providing support to marketing and value-added processing in the agricultural sector. He was speaking at the...
Posted on 29/06/2017
Minister Samuda, Ambassador Wasilewska and Professor Vasciannie after signing contract with the EU
(From left) Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda; Head of Delegation to the European Union (EU), Jamaica, Ambasssador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and President, University of Technology, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, shake hands after signing a contract for...
Posted on 29/06/2017
Agri Ministry and UTECH sign Partnership Agreement to establish businesses in sugar areas
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) and the University of Technology (Utech) have signed a Partnership Agreement of grant funding for the establishment of small business enterprises for residents of sugar dependent areas through the provision of...
