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Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence in discussion with Purchasing Manager Yoshiro Sugawara

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (centre) engages in discussion with Purchasing Manager of Hoei Kogyo Company Limited, Yoshiro Sugawara (left) during Mr. Sugawara’s visit to the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices on September 5. At right is General Manager of the Export Division in the Ministry, Byron Henry. Mr. Sugawara, whose company is responsible for the wholesale distribution of spices in Japan was visiting Jamaica, from which it imports most of its pimento, to familiarize himself with pimento and to gain first-hand...


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Launch of the publication Breadfruit Germplasm Collection

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) takes keen interest in the gluten free breadfruit flour being shown to him by Director of the Jeffrey Town Farmers Association, Ivy Gordon, at the launch of the publication Breadfruit Germplasm Collection, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus, authored by Professor Laura B. Roberts-Nkrumah, at the UWI, Mona Campus on September 3.


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CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the media launch of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo at the Spanish Court Hotel, Worthington Avenue, New Kingston on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. The CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo will take place September 26-28 and is regarded as the preeminent cannabis conference in the Caribbean and Latin America. The event will feature advanced content on the regulatory legal investment and global medicinal landscape from experts from over 30 countries.


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Minister Shaw meets with Red Stripe's new Managing Director and team

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in discussion with new Managing Director of Red Stripe Limited, Luis Prata (left); Director of Corporate Affairs, Dianne Ashton-Smith; and Local Sourcing Manager, Cavell Francis-Rhiney, of Red Stripe Ltd., during an introductory meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday, September 5, 2019.


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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right) makes a point to Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, Keith Duncan (left), at a strategic planning workshop of the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica, on Hope Road on September 9. At centre is Managing Director of the EXIM Bank, Lisa Bell. The workshop was held under the theme, “The New EXIM: Innovative, Inclusive, Impactful”.

Commerce Minister wants closer collaboration between the DBJ and Exim Bank on MSMEs

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, wants closer collaboration between the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank so that available resources can benefit more small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). In this regard, the Minister noted that he plans to meet with Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon Nigel Clarke. “If you look at the portfolio of the Development Bank of Jamaica, the larger sums that are on-lend from the DBJ tend to go to larger businesses but I want to see a greater distribution of...


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Minister Shaw greets Director Lacey-Ann Bartley

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), greets Director of the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica, Lacey-Ann Bartley at a strategic planning workshop at the Bank on Hope Road on September 9. Others from (second left) are: Directors Geoffrey Ziadie and Norman Reid. The workshop was held under the theme, “The New EXIM: Innovative, Inclusive, Impactful”.


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Minister Shaw converses with Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee

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 09 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) converses with Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, Keith Duncan at a strategic planning workshop of the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica, on Hope Road on September 9. The workshop was held under the theme, “The New EXIM: Innovative, Inclusive, Impactful”.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) outgoing Country Manager Galina Sotirova; Country Director for Caribbean countries, Tahseen Sayed; new Resident Representative Ozan Sevimli; and Operations Manager Kathryn Funk, all of the World Bank, during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Friday, September 6, 2019.

Agriculture Minister eager to work with new World Bank Country Representative

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 06 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is eager to work with the new World Bank Country Representative to Jamaica, Ozan Sevimli to advance the country’s agriculture sector. Among the projects that will assist in this regard is the implementation of the second phase of the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI II) and the Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project. “I am looking forward to working with the World Bank…the World Bank (and others) all give us low cost loans for critical growth oriented projects...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), along with (from left) CEO, Zimmer and Company, T’Shura Gibbs; President, JAMPRO, Diane Edwards; Founder of CanEx Jamaica, Douglas Gordon; and President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell, at the media launch of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo at the Spanish Court Hotel, Worthington Avenue, New Kingston on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. The CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo will take place September 26-28 and is regarded as the preeminent cannabis conference in the Caribbean and Latin America. The event will feature advanced content on the regulatory legal investment and global medicinal landscape from experts from over 30 countries.

Minister Shaw endorses CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo

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 06 Sep 2019    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has endorsed the 4th staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo to be held September 26-28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. He notes that the hosting of the conference is an important feature in educating Jamaicans about the real opportunities available in the cannabis industry that is taking off across the world. “I think the hosting of this conference comes at an appropriate time when we are on a learning curve. This event is an important feature for all of us because, as entrepreneurs, it will...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right) participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open Ibex’s third location on St. Lucia Avenue in New Kingston on September 4. Others from left are Ibex Chief Executive Officer, Bob Dechant and Jamaica Promotions Corporation President, Diane Edwards. Business process outsourcing company, Ibex first opened in Portmore, St. Catherine in July 2016.

Shaw encourages BPO company to assist with training of local managers for the industry.

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 05 Sep 2019    communications   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw has issued an appeal to business process outsourcing (BPO) company, Ibex to assist with the training of local managers for the industry. Addressing the official opening of the company’s third location, at the Courtleigh Auditorium on St. Lucia Avenue in New Kingston on September 4, Mr. Shaw assured Ibex’s principals that the labour force would be responsive if such an investment were to be made. “ It is one of the reasons that when Jamaicans migrate, no matter where they go, the United States, Canada and England, we...


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