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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), symbolically ‘breaks bread’ with a sample of Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited’s new Purity gluten-free line. The launch was held on Wednesday (June 19) at the bakery’s Valentine Drive address in Kingston. Others (from left) are Managing Director, Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, Anthony Chang; Attorney-at-Law, Arnaldo Brown, and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), symbolically ‘breaks bread’ with a sample of Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited’s new Purity gluten-free line. The launch was held on Wednesday (June 19) at the bakery’s Valentine Drive address in Kingston. Others (from left) are Managing Director, Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited, Anthony Chang; Attorney-at-Law, Arnaldo Brown, and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga.

PHOTOS: Shaw Breaks Bread

Employees at one of the business process outsourcing (BPO) entities operating in Montego Bay
Employees at one of the business process outsourcing (BPO) entities operating in Montego Bay

BPO Executive Says Jamaica Can Benefit More From Sector
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks in the House of Representatives on June 18.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks in the House of Representatives on June 18.

60,000 Acres Of Former Cane Lands For Other Crops
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), observes as President, Community & Workers of Jamaica Co-Operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), Condell Stephenson (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right), sign a memorandum of understanding for cassava farmers to have easy access to loans. The signing took place on Tuesday (June 18) at C&WJCCUL’s office in Kingston.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), observes as President, Community & Workers of Jamaica Co-Operative Credit Union Limited (C&WJCCUL), Condell Stephenson (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (right), sign a memorandum of understanding for cassava farmers to have easy access to loans. The signing took place on Tuesday (June 18) at C&WJCCUL’s office in Kingston.

PHOTOS: MOU Signing With Minister Shaw – RADA and C&WJCCUL
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States. Occasion was the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States, held at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 13). At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States. Occasion was the official ceremony for the export of Jamaican mangoes to the United States, held at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 13). At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.

12,000 Pounds of Mangoes Exported to US

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Chief Executive Officer of JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley, speaks at the World Accreditation Day breakfast awards ceremony, held on June 7 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, in Kingston.
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JANAAC Commemorates World Accreditation Day

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Jamaicans Urged to Use Accredited Medical Labs

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Minister Shaw Urges Local Entities to Get JANAAC Stamp of Approval

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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); Executive Chairman, ARC Manufacturing Limited, Norman Horne (left); and Deputy President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association, Richard Pandohie, tour the newly established metal slitter plant at ARC Manufacturing Limited in Kingston, recently.
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Government Pursuing Programme to Facilitate Trade

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), is greeted by Professional Sales Representatives Association of Jamaica (PSRAJ) Patron, Hon. R. Danvers Williams, at the launch of the Association at the Spanish Court Hotel, on June 5.
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Professional Sales Representatives Association Launched

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw.
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Jamaica to Lobby US Gov’t on Medical Cannabis

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