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Director of Communication at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Director of Communication at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Consumers And Vendors Encouraged To Utilise Services Offered By CAC

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging consumers and vendors to utilise its services offered to resolve issues with their transactions. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Communication, CAC, Latoya Halstead, reiterated that the organisation does not exist only to...
Director of Communication at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Director of Communication at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

CAC Wants More Consumers To Have Access To Information
Director of Communications at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, makes a point during a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (December 11).
Director of Communications at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, makes a point during a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (December 11).

CAC Secured $20.5 Million For Aggrieved Consumers Last Year
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, displays his custom-made bag from local small business, Bresheh, which is now a part of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, displays his custom-made bag from local small business, Bresheh, which is now a part of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation's (JAMPRO) Export Max Programme. Mr . Green was addressing the closing exercise of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC) Design Fusion Programme, at the agency's Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on Wednesday (January 29).

Gov’t To Expand Business Incubator Services This Year
Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority, Dr. Eric Deans, speaks at a Special Economic Zone sensitisation session, held at the Spanish Court Hotel today (January 27).
Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority, Dr. Eric Deans, speaks at a Special Economic Zone sensitisation session, held at the Spanish Court Hotel today (January 27).

JSEZA Hosts Sensitisation Session

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (left) listens to Donovan Taylor (right), during a meeting with sugar-cane farmers previously employed by the Golden Grove Sugar Factory in St. Thomas. The meeting was held at the factory in Duckenfield, on Friday (January 24).
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Gov’t Provides $200 Million To Assist Cane Farmers In St. Thomas

The Government will be providing $200 million to assist sugar-cane farmers in St. Thomas, who have been negatively affected by the closure of the Golden Grove Sugar Factory. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the announcement during a meeting with the farmers, at the factory located in Duckenfield on Friday (January 24). “We started out...
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (fourth left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service the Bengal pump station solar system in Rio Bueno, Trelawny, on January 23. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; Custos of Trelawny, Paul Muschette; Chairman of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Senator Aubyn Hill; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence.
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Solar System Now Powers Bengal Pump Station In Trelawny

The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) has commissioned into service a solar-powered system at the Bengal pump station in Rio Bueno, Trelawny, which will reduce annual energy cost at the facility by $3 million. The station, which serves the Braco irrigation district, is the first pump facility operated by the NIC to be retrofitted with a large-scale solar-energy photovoltaic system valued...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce , Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses stakeholders at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, which was held on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague Showground in Trelawny.
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Agricultural Assistant Programme To Be Launched In March

An agricultural assistant programme, aimed at strengthening extension services provided to the farming sector, will be launched in March. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the programme is aimed at addressing the shortage of extension officers. “We do not have enough extension officers… to be out in the field...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Custos of Trelawny, Hon. Harold Paul Muschette (centre); and President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton, at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, which was held on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague Showground in Trelawny.
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Company To Invest US$280 Million In Bamboo Farm

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says a company is set to invest US$280 million in the development of a bamboo farm in Trelawny. Mr. Green made the disclosure at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, speaks at the opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff and Prosper to Tangle River roadways in South St. James, on Wednesday, January 22.
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Ministry To Lobby For More Money To Fix Farm Roads

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be lobbying for a $1.4-billion allocation in the next Budget to rehabilitate more farm roads islandwide in the 2020/2021 financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, made the disclosure during the official opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff and Prosper...
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More Traditional Ganja Growers To Take Part In Alternative Development Programme

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says emphasis will be placed on increasing the number of community groups of traditional growers participating in the Alternative Development Programme. The programme aims to prevent and eliminate the illicit cultivation of ganja and channel the process through legal streams. The 1998 Action Plan, adopted...
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses an investor briefing for First Rock Capital Holdings Limited’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), at 5 Seaview Avenue in St. Andrew on January 9.
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First Rock IPO Indicative of Confidence in the Economy – Minister Shaw

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the decision by the principals of First Rock Capital Holdings Limited to offer shares in the firm’s operations to the public is indicative of their confidence in Jamaica’s economy.   He contended that their confidence and, by extension, that of other interests across the society has been and continues to be...
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