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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left) listens attentively to a point made by Director of Harvard Global Health Catalyst, Professor Wilfred Ngwa, at a stakeholder engagement session, as part of the Harvard Phytomedicine and Medical Cannabis Institute’s (HPI) informational tour, at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies on September 30.

New Patent Bill to be tabled in the House of Representatives

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 01 Oct 2019    communications   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says a new Patent Bill is expected to be tabled in the House of Representatives in two weeks. Mr. Green informed that the bill has already gone through the necessary internal processes, including a meeting of the Legislative Committee, which has examined the bill. “We have (already) signed off on it so now it’s just to be tabled in Parliament,” he said. Mr. Green was responding to a question raised on the protection of cannabis strains indigenous to Jamaica at a stakeholder engagement session as...


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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left) expresses delight at a point made by Director of Harvard Global Health Catalyst, Professor Wilfred Ngwa (second left), at a media briefing between the Ministry and Harvard International Phytomedicine and Medical Cannabis Institute (HIPI), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on October 1. Others from left are Chief Executive Officer of the Eden Gardens Group, Dr. Henry Lowe and Economic Growth Council Vice President, Dr. Sherene Smith.

Phytomedicine and Cannabis Institute to be established in Jamaica

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 01 Oct 2019    communications   
A local phytomedicine and cannabis institute will be established in short order to explore Jamaica’s vast botanical resources and validate the country’s medicinal plants for safety, efficacy, and dosage in clinical use. This forms part of a research partnership being solidified with the United States-based Harvard International Phytomedicine and Medical Cannabis Institute. The Economic Growth Council (EGC) and the Ministry of Industry Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries are coordinating the project to ensure that there is economic gain for all stakeholders including farmers and traditional...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley (left) cuts the ribbon at the official opening of Paramount Jamaica Trading Limited's lubricant plant with renowned lubricant manufacturer, Allegheny Petroleum Products Company at 39 ¼ Waltham Park Road on October 1, 2019. Looking on from left are Chief Executive Officer, Paramount Jamaica Trading Ltd., Hugh Graham; Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips and Chief Executive Officer, Allegheny Products Company (USA), Jim Kudis.

Shaw emphasizes the need for businesses to become formal

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 01 Oct 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw is again emphasising the need for informal businesses to become formal. He noted that what he wants to see more than ever is for entrepreneurs being able to do better and for Jamaica to grow. “We need to move from too high a level of informality in business and move towards more formality. We need to build out a situation where people don’t see registering a company, and having to pay some corporate taxes as something that is negative. I want businesses to understand, get formal and you are also going to have the...


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Dr. Wayne Henry (right), Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, presents a copy of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018 to the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25. At centre is Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service.

Shaw welcomes report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw has welcomed the release of the 2018 Jamaica Survey of Establishments (JSE) Report, noting that the data obtained will assist in informing Government’s decisions relating to businesses. Speaking at the presentation of the report by the Planning Institute of Jamaica at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25, Minister Shaw noted that the vast majority of persons surveyed had not accessed loans targeted for their development, and encouraged the owners of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to embrace the...


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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), shares in a group photo opportunity at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 26. From left are Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship, Councillor Homer Davis, Chief Executive Officer of Zimmer and Company, T’Shura Gibbs, Chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority, Delano Seiveright, and Founder of CanEx Jamaica, Douglas Gordon.

Harvard Institute to assist Jamaica to become globally competitive in cannabis industry

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, will meet with a team from the Harvard International Phytomedicines and Medical Cannabis Institute (IPI) to discuss assistance to Jamaica on how to become globally competitive in the cannabis industry. The team is expected to arrive in the island from September 30 to October 2, and will conduct an “informational tour” of key facilities heavily involved in research related to cannabis and other medicinal plants. “Through this partnership with Harvard IPI and the involvement, of course, of our own local universities, the...


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Hutchinson leads delegation to CARICOM agriculture meetings

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will lead Jamaica's delegation to a series of CARICOM agriculture-related meetings being held in Belize City, Belize, from October 2 to 4, 2019. The scheduled meetings are: l. 81st Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Agriculture II. Ninth Special Meeting of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Ministerial Council III. Second Joint High level Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) & Central American Economic Integration System...


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Dr. Roy McNeil, Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), speaking at the 17th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA)in Mandeville on September 26, 2019. Left are Assistant Vice-President Hi-Pro, Jaime O’Gilvie, Lenworth Fulton, President, Jamaica Agricultural Society, Dr. Rayon Gregory of the Veterinary Services Division, MICAF and Annabel Williams, President, JPFA.

Agriculture ministry endorses Pig Production Early Warning System

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has endorsed the introduction of a Pig Production Early Warning System and the establishment of the Pork Association, describing them as viable strategies to be explored by stakeholders to strengthen and expand the pork industry. “The industry, like any other, has to be built on market-driven demand that takes into account local consumption, value-added supply to the tourism sector and to sustainable export markets,” said Dr. Roy McNeil, Chief Technical Director at MICAF, as he addressed stakeholders in the pig industry at...


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Presentation of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
From left, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry; Carol Coy, Director General, STATIN; and Joanna Watkins of the World Bank pose with a copy of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018 at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25, 2019.


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Ministers Shaw and Green along with Dr. Wayne Henry at the Presentation of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
From left, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, in dialogue at the Presentation of the Report on the Jamaica Survey of Establishments 2018, held at the AC Hotel in Kingston on September 25, 2019. At right is James Stewart, Senior Director, PIOJ.


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Minister Shaw at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference

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 27 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second left), in discussion with Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Health Product, INC, Perry Antelman (right), at the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 26. Others from left are Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship, Councillor Homer Davis, and Michael Gordon of ClorDiSys Solutions.


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