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President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, Phillip Chong (left), engaging chief technical director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (right) and CEO of Ready TV, Chris Dehring in a conversation at the opening of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association’s Trade Show held at the Spanish Court hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.

Ministry committed to facilitating work of the petroleum industry

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 06 Apr 2017    communications   
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn, says the Government continues it work to ensure that the requisite laws and regulations are in place to govern the petroleum industry. He informed that what the Ministry has been doing is creating capacity building programmes through its various agencies to ensure that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are able to move their business to the next level; from micro to small or small to medium. “The gasolene industry, a part of our MSME sector, aside from contributing to...


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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (right) preparing the soil to plant the Ministry’s Rose Apple tree. Assisting Mr. Wedderburn is Principal of Knox Community College, Rev. Gordon Cowans. Occasion was the Knox Community College 3rd annual Agri Expo, held at the Spalding Campus, on April 5, 2017.

Technology to drive the agricultural sector

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 06 Apr 2017    communications   
One key priority of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is to continue to promote the use of technology as a critical tool in growing the agricultural sector. This was stated by the Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn, who also stressed the importance of agriculture as a career choice for young people and introducing it in schools at an early age. He said that including agricultural technology in school programmes was of critical importance since the application of technology to agriculture was...


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Monymusk Sugar Factory Tour

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 04 Apr 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), along with Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Sector, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (back left), during a tour of the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon, on Friday, March 31, 2017.


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Launch of School Breakfast Programme

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 04 Apr 2017    communications   
Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, cuts ribbon to the Holland Primary School Garden in St. Elizabeth on March 31 at the launch of the School Breakfast Programme. Others, from left, are Simone Doctor, principal of Holland Primary School; Lola Marshall-Williams, chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Elizabeth Parish Advisory Board; and Genille Atallah, chairman of the RADA National Advisory Board.


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Minister Samuda Greets Students of Devon All-Age School

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 04 Apr 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda greeting students of Devon All-Age School upon arrival at the official launch of the National Irish Potato Programme in Malton, Manchester, on Friday, March 24, 2017.


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Hon Karl Samuda (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, announces the lifting of the temporary ban on corned beef imported from Brazil at a media briefing held at the Hope Gardens offices in Kingston today (April 4). Others, from left, are Permanent Secretary Donovan Stanberry and Chief Veterinary Officer in the Ministry’s Veterinary Services Division, Dr. Osbil Watson.

Government lifts ban on corned beef

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 04 Apr 2017    communications   
Government has lifted the temporary ban on corned beef imported from Brazil. This announcement was made by the Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hope Gardens offices in Kingston today (April 4). “We have been able to establish that the sources of Brazilian corned beef imported into Jamaica were not compromised and so we are now in a position to resume importation of corned beef from Brazil, said Minister Samuda.” Minister Samuda stated that the ban on canned...


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica’s 1st breakfast forum held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Friday, March 31, 2017. Seated at the head table (from left) are moderator and business journalist, Owen James; chief executive officer, AMCHAM Jamaica, Gail Abrahams; and managing director, Launchpad USA/AMCHAM Finland, Dr. Erika Sauer.

Minister reiterates that agriculture will contribute to growth

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 04 Apr 2017    communications   
Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, has reiterated his belief that the agriculture sector will make a significant contribution to Government’s growth agenda. The Minister who was speaking at the AMCHAM Jamaica Breakfast Forum, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday March 31, 2017, noted that figures already indicate that the agriculture sector has grown by 12.6 per cent for 2016. He further added that he had made a declaration at the Denbigh Agricultural Show that the Ministry of Agriculture alone will contribute 3% of the 5% that we expect to...


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Hon J.C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents garden supplies and tools to Marvalee Samuels, guidance counsellor at Lacovia Primary School, one of 15 participating schools in the National School Garden and Breakfast Programme in St. Elizabeth, at the launch of the Breakfast Programme on March 31. Others, from left, are Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority; and Nathan Samuels, Parish Manager.

$900,000 contributed to School Garden and Breakfast Programmes

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 03 Apr 2017    communications   
Tools and supplies valued at $900,000 were presented to 15 primary schools in St. Elizabeth by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon J.C. Hutchinson as part of the Nation School Garden and Breakfast Programme at the launch of the programmes in St. Elizabeth on Friday, March 31. Addressing participants from the participating schools, Minister Hutchinson said that fencing would also be provided for every school garden that was not fenced and schools that had empty chicken coops would receive 25 broiler chickens and five bags of feed to...


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AMCHAM Jamaica’s breakfast forum

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 03 Apr 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left) in dialogue with (from left) managing director, Launchpad USA/AMCHAM Finland, Dr. Erika Sauer; country managing partner (EY)/director, American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM Jamaica), Allison Peart; and past president of AMCHAM/managing director, ADM Jamaica Flour Mills Limited, Derrick Nembhard; at the AMCHAM Jamaica’s 1st breakfast forum held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Friday, March 31, 2017.


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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Karl Samuda (right) greeting sugar cane cutter during a tour of the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon, on Friday, March 31, 2017.

Samuda wants Monymusk to target 500,000 tonnes of cane in the next 5 years

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 03 Apr 2017    communications   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Karl Samuda, wants the Monymusk Sugar Estate to aim towards the production of 500,000 tonnes of cane over the next five years. The Minister expressed this desire on Friday March 31 at the official opening of the 2016-2017 crop year at Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon where he took Prime Minister Andrew Holness on a tour of the factory currently being temporarily managed by the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited. Minister Samuda expressed his belief in the resilience of sugar cane and thanked the farmers and...


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