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Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ Girl of the Year, Shevone Smith (left) and Boy of the Year, Patrick Morris, display their trophies at the National Achievement Day Expo held recently, at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon.

Agriculture Minister Announces $2 Million Prize for 4-H Champions

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has announced that the 2016 Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ Boy and Girl of the Year will each receive $1 million as part of their prize. He said the award is intended to...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (left), points out features of the JBDC’s 15th anniversary logo to the agency’s Corporate Communications Manager, Suzette Campbell. The logo was unveiled at the launch of the JBDC’s Small Business Exposition and Conference held recently, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The expo will be held on May 12 at the Pegasus hotel.

JBDC to Stage Small Business Expo on May 12

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Machine Operator at International Biscuits Limited (IBL), Ian Thompson, with an award of appreciation for his gallantry in risking his life to protect the assets of the company when he discovered a fire at facility. The presentation was made today (April 27), during the unveiling ceremony for new factory equipment at the IBL facility, in St. Andrew. SEPROD has made an investment of $285 million in state-of-the-art food manufacturing equipment, including the latest oven technology. IBL is a member of the SEPROD Group.

Country to Take Full Advantage of CARICOM Benefits

Prime Minister the Most Honourable Andrew.

PM Calls for More Investors to Invest in Jamaica

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), listens to a point being made by Director General in the Ministry, Don McGlashan (right), during a tour of an onion farm in Colbeck St. Catherine, on April 12. Others touring include: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (3rd left); Permanent Secretary, Donovan Stanberry (centre); and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton (3rd right).

Fifty Percent Increase in Local Onion Production

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Commerce

More Marketing Opportunities for MSMEs

More marketing opportunities are expected to open up for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) involved in food processing this fiscal year, with a boost of $180 million. The money has been provided in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure under the Economic Partnership Agreement II (EPA II) Capacity Building Project, which aims to support the Government of Jamaica in addressing...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017CommerceWorks / Construction

Research Lab at Bodles to be Refurbished

The Research and Development Plant Health laboratory at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station, in St. Catherine, is to be refurbished this fiscal year, with an allocation of $465.7 million. To be disbursed under the Agricultural Competitiveness Programme, the money, which is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, will also be used to refurbish quarantine facilities at two Veterinary Services Division...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Commerce

$850 Million to Assist SMEs

The country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are to benefit from grants and loans this fiscal year, which will help to enhance their productivity. A sum of $850 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure to facilitate this and other initiatives under the Jamaica Foundations for Competiveness and Growth project, in the Ministry of Economic Growth...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Commerce

$14.7 Million Allocated to Enhance Regulatory Framework for ICT Sector

A sum of $14.7 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, to enhance the institutional and regulatory framework for Jamaica’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT)/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. The Estimates of Expenditure were tabled on April 14 in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. The initiative...

10 years ago Commerce

Intellectual Property Week to be Celebrated from April 24-29

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) will be staging a number of activities to mark Intellectual Property (IP) week from, Sunday April 24 to Friday, April 29. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Copyright and Related Rights Manager at JIPO, Sophia Clarke said the week is being celebrated to increase public awareness about the protection and rights of people’s...

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Commerce

Poverty Reduction Programme gets $93 Million

The Government has set aside a sum of $93 million for this year’s continuation of projects under the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) III. Details of the project are outlined in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), with financing from the European Union...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), addresses a press conference at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston earlier this week. Listening is Permanent Secretary, Donovan Stanberry.

10 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Repairs Underway at Long Pond Sugar Factory

Repairs are underway at the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Trelawny to facilitate the re-start of operations. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the work should be completed within the next three weeks. Minister Samuda was addressing a press conference at his New Kingston offices earlier this week, where he announced that the Government-owned Sugar...