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Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRPO) President, Diane Edwards, highlighting marketing initiatives being implemented by the entity to attract investment and promote local products.
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRPO) President, Diane Edwards, highlighting marketing initiatives being implemented by the entity to attract investment and promote local products.

JAMPRO Facilitating Marketing Activities to Attract Investments

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has been facilitating several marketing activities as part of ongoing efforts to attract investments and promote local products. This is being pursued through engagements such as trade shows, conferences and international missions that are tailored for...
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRPO), Diane Edwards, highlights initiatives being implemented to facilitate investment projects and activities at a JIS Think Tank on June 26.
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRPO), Diane Edwards, highlights initiatives being implemented to facilitate investment projects and activities at a JIS Think Tank on June 26.

JAMPRO Taking Steps to Improve Investment Facilitation
Manager, Sales and Promotions at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Ricardo Durrant, highlights major outcomes from the staging of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), at a JIS Think Tank on June 26. The forum was held from June 12 to 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre with some 200 investors from across the world participating.
Manager, Sales and Promotions at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Ricardo Durrant, highlights major outcomes from the staging of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), at a JIS Think Tank on June 26. The forum was held from June 12 to 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre with some 200 investors from across the world participating.

JIF Hailed A Success: JAMPRO Says Opportunities for Major Investments
Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (seated second right), observes as Director of the National Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology (NFDST), Dr. Conrad Douglas (seated left), and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Corporation (JMCC) Limited, Diane Scott (second left), sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston on June 25. Standing (from left) are: Scientist and Entrepreneur, Dr. Henry Lowe; Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley; Director of Research at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Dr. Aisha Jones; Director of the Caribbean Genetics, Professor Wayne McLaughlin; Botanist at the Institute of Jamaica, Keron Campbell; and Director General of the NCST, Professor Errol Morrison.
Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (seated second right), observes as Director of the National Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology (NFDST), Dr. Conrad Douglas (seated left), and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Corporation (JMCC) Limited, Diane Scott (second left), sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston on June 25. Standing (from left) are: Scientist and Entrepreneur, Dr. Henry Lowe; Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley; Director of Research at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Dr. Aisha Jones; Director of the Caribbean Genetics, Professor Wayne McLaughlin; Botanist at the Institute of Jamaica, Keron Campbell; and Director General of the NCST, Professor Errol Morrison.

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Jampro takes Agricultural Information Forum to Mobay

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) will be heading west for the second staging of the Agricultural Information Forum, aimed at promoting investments in that sector. The event will be held on July 10 at the Iberostar Beach & Spa Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m, and will target persons who have an interest in...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), listens as General Manager, Lithographic Printers Limited, Simon Duquesnay, explain how the labelling machine operates, during a tour of the company’s location in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (June 20). Lithographic Printers is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
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Minister Shaw Pledges to Protect Local Manufacturers

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be ensuring that measures are put in place to protect local manufacturers. “As Minister, I am going to be taking a careful, forensic look, industry by industry, product by product, to make sure that there is a level playing field and that we are putting in a...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP
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Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations Within CARICOM

As the Minister with responsibility for agriculture, the manufacturing sector, fisheries, the distributive trade and investment promotion; that is, practically the entire goods producing sector of the economy, I rise to support the resolution now being debated. Mr. Speaker, it is necessary to revisit the rationale and objective of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC), to establish the CARICOM Single...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, contributes to debate on the Report of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations within the CARICOM and CARIFORUM Frameworks in the House of Representatives on June 19. At left is Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
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Minister Shaw Calls for Fair and Rigorous Application of Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the provisions of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas must be applied fairly and rigorously in order to result in increased economic development in the region. “Therefore, we need to commit ourselves first and foremost to applying the existing rules and strengthen (measures), where necessary, to achieve the goal...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), speaks with Project Manager, Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Othneil Hemans, after the launch of the ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians (Q-SITs/Junior Consultants) Training Course, at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in St. Andrew on Monday (June 18).
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ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians Called on to be Agents of Change

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has encouraged the recently contracted ISO Quality Systems Implementation Technicians (QSITs/Junior Consultants) to be true agents of transformation in Jamaica. The ISO QSITs are contracted under the Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, which is aimed at strengthening public resource management across...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), examines the label of a Monymusk Rum during a tour of National Rums of Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Distillers Limited in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on Thursday (June 14). Observing (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, National Rums of Jamaica, Winston Harrison; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Komal Samaroo; and Chief Financial Officer, Martha Miller.
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Rum Manufacturers Encouraged to Partner More With Sugar Cane Farmers

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is calling on rum-manufacturing companies to return to the tradition of partnering more with sugar cane farmers and to use more local products in their processing operations. During a tour of National Rums of Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Distillers Limited in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14, Mr. Shaw said...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw ( right) listens attentively to a point being made by Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Norman Grant, at the launch of the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, at the Hi-Pro Supercentre in White Marl, St. Catherine on June 15.
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New Features for Denbigh 2018

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...
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