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Beneficiaries of the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Local Economic Development (LED) Programme, listen attentively during a training session at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James, Thursday (June 27).
Beneficiaries of the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Local Economic Development (LED) Programme, listen attentively during a training session at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James, Thursday (June 27).

400 Small Entrepreneurs in St. James to Benefit From $10 Million in Grants

The St. James Municipal Corporation has doubled its support to small entrepreneurs in the parish under the Local Economic Development (LED) Programme. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Corporation, Gerald Lee, said that $10 million is being spent this fiscal...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), symbolically ‘breaks bread’ with a sample of Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited’s new Purity gluten-free line. The launch was held on Wednesday (June 19) at the bakery’s Valentine Drive address in Kingston. Others (from left) are Managing Director, Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, Anthony Chang; Attorney-at-Law, Arnaldo Brown, and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), symbolically ‘breaks bread’ with a sample of Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited’s new Purity gluten-free line. The launch was held on Wednesday (June 19) at the bakery’s Valentine Drive address in Kingston. Others (from left) are Managing Director, Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, Anthony Chang; Attorney-at-Law, Arnaldo Brown, and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga.

PHOTOS: Shaw Breaks Bread
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks in the House of Representatives on June 18.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks in the House of Representatives on June 18.

60,000 Acres Of Former Cane Lands For Other Crops
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), observes as President, Community & Workers of Jamaica Co-Operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), Condell Stephenson (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right), sign a memorandum of understanding for cassava farmers to have easy access to loans. The signing took place on Tuesday (June 18) at C&WJCCUL’s office in Kingston.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), observes as President, Community & Workers of Jamaica Co-Operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), Condell Stephenson (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right), sign a memorandum of understanding for cassava farmers to have easy access to loans. The signing took place on Tuesday (June 18) at C&WJCCUL’s office in Kingston.

PHOTOS: MOU Signing With Minister Shaw – RADA and C&WJCCUL
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States. Occasion was the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States, held at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 13). At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States. Occasion was the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States, held at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 13). At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.

12,000 Pounds of Mangoes Exported to US

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Public and Community Relations Superintendent, Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, Kent Skyers.
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Farmers, Residents to Benefit from Noranda Aquaponics Project

The St. Ann-based Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners is developing an aquaponics project at Shelly Piece near Higgins Land in the parish, which will boost agricultural production and provide employment for residents. Noranda’s Public and Community Relations Superintendent, Kent Skyers, told JIS News that the aquaponics system, which is the largest in the country, will enable farmers to produce a wide...
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Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Nesta Morgan, addresses teachers and students at the Knockalva Polytechnic College Agro Fest in Hanover on June 6.
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Agriculture Positively Impacting Many Lives – Senator Morgan

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Nesta Morgan, says agriculture is undergoing a type of renaissance that is positively impacting many lives as well as communities across Jamaica. Addressing teachers and students at the Knockalva Polytechnic College Agro Fest in Hanover on June 6, Senator Morgan said it is against this background that he is...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, emphasises a point while addressing the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) Chief Executive Officer
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Minister Shaw Urges Local Entities to Get JANAAC Stamp of Approval

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging more Jamaican entities to get certified through the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) in order to lift their standards and elevate their position in the global marketplace. The Minister was speaking at JANAAC Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) Breakfast at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on Friday...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); Executive Chairman, ARC Manufacturing Limited, Norman Horne (left); and Deputy President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association, Richard Pandohie, tour the newly established metal slitter plant at ARC Manufacturing Limited in Kingston, recently.
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Government Pursuing Programme to Facilitate Trade

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government has commenced a programme of trade facilitation to increase Jamaica’s chances of global competitiveness. He was speaking at the launch of ARC Manufacturing Limited’s metal slitting plant, at the company’s Bell Road address in Kingston, recently. “Some weeks ago, the Cabinet approved a number of initiatives to further...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.
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Jamaica to Lobby US Gov’t on Medical Cannabis

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Jamaican Government is in full support of any lobbying effort to get United States (US) banks to facilitate stakeholders in the medical cannabis industry. Speaking to JIS News following the two-day Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) in St. James recently, Mr. Shaw said the Government will be using all...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), purchases agricultural items on sale at the launch of the 2019 Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, on June 5, at the Hi-Pro Ace Supercentre, in White Marl, St. Catherine. Assisting the Minister is Training Base Enterprise Manager at Ebony Park Academy, Selma Khani (left), and Assistant Vice President at Hi-Pro, Colonel Jaimie Ogilvie.
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Small Dairy Farmers Encouraged to Prepare for Revival of Sector

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging small dairy farmers to get ready for a turnround of the industry. According to the Minister, permission will be given to several large companies to import dairy cattle from disease-free countries, so that the shortage can be filled, because “we want to rebuild our industry”. Delivering the keynote...
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