This year’s staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, scheduled to run from August 4 to 6,  will include several new features to enhance the spectacle of the event, while promoting the country’s agricultural sector. The event, under the theme: ‘Grow what we eat, eat what we grow: Agriculture securing, our future,’ will include a craft village; back-to-school...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be taking the traffic signals at the Washington Boulevard/Duhaney Drive intersection in St. Andrew out of operation for approximately eight hours on Monday, June 18 to complete road improvement works which were recently undertaken at the location. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says the traffic signals will be turned...

The Information Communication Technology (ICT)/Knowledge Services sector accounted for approximately 58 per cent of  jobs created during the last financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure as he addressed a plenary session at the just concluded Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), held from June 12 to 14 at...

Feasibility studies are being done for the establishment of an irrigation system that will take water from the Black River to supply farmers in the Pedro Plains of St. Elizabeth. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, said the proposed project could bring millions of dollars in investments to improve the infrastructure of the parish. He was addressing...

The Senate, on Friday (June 15), passed the Public Procurement (Amendment) Act 2018, which seeks to regulate the procurement of goods, works and services by entities of Government. The legislation, which was piloted by Leader of Government Business and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith was passed with three changes. Opening the debate,...

Group General Manager, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson, is emphasising the need for Jamaicans to practice energy conservation, as this will result in savings over the medium to long-term. “When you conserve, you put (money) back in your pocket. You don’t have to spend it, you don’t have to give it to JPS (Jamaica Public Service). Even if...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries through the MSME Division has launched the National MSME Entrepreneurship Policy Implementation Committee (PIC).  The committee was launched on June 14, 2018. The committee will be responsible for the oversight and monitoring of the MSME & Entrepreneurship Policy that is being tabled as a White Paper in the House of Parliament. The...