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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left), in discussion with Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster (centre), and State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, during a tour of farmlands destroyed by fire in Flagaman, St. Elizabeth, on Tuesday (August 20).

Flagaman Irrigation System Feasibility Study Far Advanced

By: Nickieta Sterling, August 23, 2019

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the feasibility study being developed for the proposed irrigation system in Flagaman, St. Elizabeth, is...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), engages on conversation with from left: Parish Agricultural Manager, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in St. Elizabeth, Nathan Samuels; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, during a tour of farmlands destroyed by fire in Flagaman, St. Elizabeth, Tuesday, August 20.

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Director of Communications at the Consumer Affairs Commission, Latoya Halstead, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Companies Office of Jamaica, Judith Ramlogan, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

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COJ Reports 100 % increase in Number of Business Names Registered

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is reporting a more than 100 per cent increase in the number of business names being registered. The figures were revealed by Chief Executive...

By: Rosheika Grant, August 15, 2019

Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson (second left), listens to Principal Director, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, UnaMay Gordon (second right) at a recent workshop on ‘Accelerating the Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Jamaica’ at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. Also sharing in the dialogue are Senior Director, Technology, Training and Technical Information, RADA, Winston Shaw (left), and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Roy McNeil.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, says the organisation is seeking to implement sustainable water- harvesting techniques in the sector, as it seeks...

By: Rochelle Williams, August 12, 2019

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is briefed on details of the Companies Office of Jamaica’s (COJ) newly established Electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) by Chief Executive Officer, Judith Ramlogan, during the launch at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (August 7). Mr. Holness was the keynote speaker.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan, says the entity is looking to embark on the next phase of its programme of technology-based value-added...

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 9, 2019

Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (second left) and Custos of Clarendon, Hon. William ‘Billy’ Shagoury (left), view products on display at a booth at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon on August 4. Also on the tour were Marjorie Grant Fuller (third left) and Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, Hon. Mike Henry (fourth left).

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Principal Director, Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marina Young, addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), is briefed on the features of one of the latest models in the Shacman line of trucks by Tank-Weld Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Bicknell. Occasion was Tank-Weld’s recent two-day equipment showcase at 1A Olivier Road in St. Andrew.

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaks at the joint Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Jamaica Red Poll and Jamaica Black Cattle Breeders Societies, at Minard Estate in Brown’s Town, St Ann, on July 17. Listening (at left) is President of the Red Poll Cattle Breeders’ Society, Martin Hopwood.

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), is in discussion with (from second left): Executive Director, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; and Director of Tourism, Donovan White, during the fifth staging of the Christmas in July tradeshow at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on July 18.

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