The Government is to amend the Agricultural Produce Act to increase fines for offences as part of strategies to combat praedial larceny. “We will soon be bringing to Cabinet the...

A tripartite agreement was signed on Monday (July 8) to implement a cannabis pilot programme in Accompong St. Elizabeth, under the Cannabis Licensing Authority’s (CLA) Alternative Development Project. The agreement...

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has been coordinating various marketing and investment activities aimed at boosting the range of export markets for local products. These engagements include trade missions to Canada...

Seven Jamaican manufacturers and suppliers of food, personal care and irrigation products will be a part of a trade mission to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, aimed at increasing...

The St. James Municipal Corporation has doubled its support to small entrepreneurs in the parish under the Local Economic Development (LED) Programme. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Corporation, Gerald...

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...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says some 60,000 acres of former sugar-cane lands are to be placed into other areas of agricultural production. Addressing the...