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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 03/04/2017
Samuda wants Monymusk to target 500,000 tonnes of cane in the next 5 years
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda, wants the Monymusk Sugar Estate to aim towards the production of 500,000 tonnes of cane over the next five years. The Minister expressed this desire on Friday March 31...
Posted on 03/04/2017
$900,000 contributed to School Garden and Breakfast Programmes
Tools and supplies valued at $900,000 were presented to 15 primary schools in St. Elizabeth by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon J.C. Hutchinson as part of the Nation School Garden and Breakfast...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Banana, plantain production increase in 2016
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, said that Jamaica’s production of plantain and banana in 2016 increased by 13.1% and 8%, respectively, while noting that there is need for increased productivity in...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Samuda wants measurable targets for expansion of fisheries industry
The establishment of measurable targets, greater use of technology, value-added and innovation are among the strategies Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda has identified as strategies for the sustainable growth and expansion of the fisheries sector in...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Banana, plantain production increase in 2016
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, said that Jamaica’s production of plantain and banana in 2016 increased by 13.1% and 8%, respectively, while noting that there is need for increased productivity in...
Posted on 31/03/2017
Samuda wants measurable targets for expansion of fisheries industry
The establishment of measurable targets, greater use of technology, value-added and innovation are among the strategies Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Karl Samuda has identified as strategies for the sustainable growth and expansion of the fisheries sector in...
Posted on 29/03/2017
Courtesy Call
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) sharing a laugh with Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina, H.E. Ariel Fernández (left) and Argentina’s candidate for Director General to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation (IICA), Dr. Manuel...
Posted on 29/03/2017
Courtesy Call
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right) sharing a laugh with Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina, H.E. Ariel Fernández (left) and Argentina’s candidate for Director General to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation (IICA), Dr. Manuel...
Posted on 28/03/2017
Samuda calls on distributors to work with farmers to grow agriculture
Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, has called on investors in the distributive trade to work together with the farmers to grow sufficient agricultural produce that will not only satisfy the domestic market but expand export...
