State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is working to make the export of local goods and services easier, by reducing the associated costs and processes. “We are already in the process of removing licences and fees and steps where we see no value. Last week, we dealt with 26 of those [steps]...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed the relaunch of the Caribbean Assurance Brokers Limited (CAB) Loyalty Programme in Jamaica. The provision enables CAB’s more than 50,000 clients to receive discounts whenever they present their loyalty cards at any of the firm’s 200-plus healthcare providers and merchant partners islandwide. “As a Government, we want to see...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the insurance industry represents an “excellent avenue” for economic growth in Jamaica. “It is a well-developed industry in terms of international standards and contribution to gross domestic product, which accounts for some 11.5 per cent of the country’s financial assets,” the Minister added. He was speaking at the launch of...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is calling on farmers to write formal letters with requests for road repairs in their communities. Speaking at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Thursday (December 5) in Kingston, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said these letters must be sent to the Parish Manager of the Rural Agricultural...

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia, is encouraging the country to take better advantage of the duty-free arrangement to export goods to the US under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). Addressing the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MBCCI) Awards Banquet, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, on Saturday (November 30), Mr. Tapia indicated...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says the agro-economic zone being established at Holland Estate, in St. Elizabeth, will play a central role to reduce food waste in Jamaica. Speaking at the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation Limited’s ‘Homecoming Week 2019 Awards Brunch’, at Lover’s Leap, in the parish, on Sunday (December...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Pedro Plains Irrigation Feasibility Study has been completed. The study was jointly undertaken by the Governments of Jamaica and France to establish an irrigation system that will provide the farmers of Pedro Plains in St. Elizabeth with water from the Black River, which...