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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate on October 12, 2018.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate on October 12, 2018.

Senate Approves New Fisheries Act

A new Fisheries Act, aimed at further safeguarding the local sector, was passed in the Senate on October 12. The Bill, which will replace the Fishing Industry Act of 1975, will establish the legal and regulatory framework that creates the enabling...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), tours Isratech’s retail outlet with Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Benjamin Hodara, prior to the official opening of the company’s new complex in Reading, St James, on Wednesday (October 10).
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), tours Isratech’s retail outlet with Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Benjamin Hodara, prior to the official opening of the company’s new complex in Reading, St James, on Wednesday (October 10).

Agriculture Minister Calls on Farmers to Utilise New Irrigation Technology
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, displays a bag containing breadfruit flour during a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was making his contribution to a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, regarding the increased use of nutritious local produce under the school-feeding programme.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, displays a bag containing breadfruit flour during a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was making his contribution to a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, regarding the increased use of nutritious local produce under the school-feeding programme.

Agricultural Sector Can Produce More for School-Feeding Programme – Shaw
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, displays a bag containing Scotch bonnet pepper at a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was speaking on a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, regarding the increased use of nutritious local produce under the school-feeding programme.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, displays a bag containing Scotch bonnet pepper at a sitting of the House of Representatives on October 9. He was speaking on a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, regarding the increased use of nutritious local produce under the school-feeding programme.

Company to Process Local Foods for UK Market
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Vice President in charge of Research Advocacy and Project Implementation, Shullette Cox (right), converses with Promotions and Research Manager, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Tina-Marie Williams, during Tuesday’s (October 9) National Investment Policy Forum at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. The forum was jointly held by JAMPRO and the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), under the theme ‘Enhancing Jamaica’s Competitiveness among Global Investors’.
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) Vice President in charge of Research Advocacy and Project Implementation, Shullette Cox (right), converses with Promotions and Research Manager, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Tina-Marie Williams, during Tuesday’s (October 9) National Investment Policy Forum at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. The forum was jointly held by JAMPRO and the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), under the theme ‘Enhancing Jamaica’s Competitiveness among Global Investors’.

JAMPRO Collating Recommendations on Draft National Investment Policy

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, has a light moment with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, during the JMEA’s awards gala held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Saturday (October 6).
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‘Produce Local and Export Global’ – Metry Seaga

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) President, Metry Seaga, has charged manufacturers and exporters to “produce local and export global”. He was speaking at the JMEA awards gala held on Saturday (October 6) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Mr. Seaga said that manufacturing is showing positive signs with good growth numbers each quarter. “I personally am very...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) converses with J. Wray & Nephew Foundation Chairman, Clement “Jimmy” Lawrence (right) prior to the start of the recently held handover ceremony for the Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth. The school was renovated and expanded by J. Wray & Nephew Foundation at a cost of over $30 million.
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Agro-Economic Zone for Holland Estate

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says a major agro-economic zone is to be established at the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth. He made the disclosure at a recent handover ceremony for the expanded Middlesex Infant School in Holland Bamboo, in the Parish. Mr. Hutchinson said the agro-economic zone will comprise...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Audley Shaw looks at a product made by a women
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Agriculture Sector Gets $100 Million in Productivity Support

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Audley Shaw says some $100 million has been approved to provide productivity support for several crops including Irish Potato and Onion. The Minister made the disclosure while addressing stakeholders at the launch of the 2018/2019 Irish Potato Programme at Christ Church, Christiana, Manchester, on October 4. The programme is part of Government’s...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses an agricultural forum on Wednesday (October 3) at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew.
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Gov’t to Set Up 500-Hectare Mango Orchard

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that a 500-hectare agro park will be established for the cultivation of mango in order to facilitate the export of the fruit to the United States (US). He said that the orchard will be set up in the St. Catherine/Clarendon area, as mangoes do well in those areas. “It...
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Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards (right), speaks with Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ricard Bardia Divins, at a CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) workshop, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on October 2.
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More Value-Added Products Need to be Exported to the EU – JAMPRO Head

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards, says more value-added products need to be exported to the European Union (EU), to reverse the decline in trade with the bloc. “We need to diversify away from commodities like banana and sugar into value- added products. So, we have coffee, which can become a value-added product. We have many food producers who...
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Jamaica makes First Shipment of Medical Marijuana Extract Oil to Canada

The Honourable Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, is pleased to announce Jamaica’s first legal export of medical marijuana extracted oil to Canada. The shipment to Canada was authorized through an import permit issued by the Government of Canada through Health Canada for Jamaica and an export permit issued by the Ministry of Health in Jamaica. The...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (at podium), addresses the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee (NPIC) quarterly meeting, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston today (September 25). Seated (from left) are Principal Director of the MSME Division in the Ministry, Oral Shaw; Director of Projects and Programmes, Clifford Spencer, and Technical Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm.
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Producers Encouraged to Design Goods for Expanding Markets

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is imploring Jamaican producers to design goods for expanding international markets that are interested in items from the island. Addressing the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME) National Policy Implementation Committee (NPIC) quarterly meeting, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston today (September 25), Mr. Shaw said overseas...
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