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Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, ​speaking at a recently held JIS Think Tank.

Ministry working to address banking challenges impacting medical cannabis

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is engaging international stakeholders to address the banking difficulties that have been impacting Jamaica’s medical cannabis industry. Director of Research Development and Communications at the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Felicia Bailey, in making the disclosure at a JIS Think Tank recently, noted that the continued hesitance of banks to deal with players in the local industry remains a challenge. Many major banks are reluctant to fund the growth of medical cannabis out of fear of breaching federal laws in the United...


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Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis.

JBDC offers services to help grow MSMEs

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
As the Government’s business development agency that assists with the creation and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) offers technical and other services that move a client from one concept all the way up to the market. “So, persons who have an idea to start a business come to us, persons who are aspiring to grow their business to another level, persons who are aspiring to go into new markets or just to tweak their business model, they come to us and we will work with them,” Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the...


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The new headquarters of the White River Fish Sanctuary, located on the Old White River Road, in St. Ann.

More than 2,700 pieces of coral planted in White River Fish Sanctuary

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
Project Manager of the White River Fish Sanctuary, in St. Ann, Reanne McKenzie, says the entity has planted more than 2,700 pieces of coral over the past three years, to restore the reef and increase the fish population. Speaking to JIS News in a recent interview, Ms. McKenzie said the figure represents more than half the target of 5,000 pieces of coral to be planted in five years across the 150-hectare special fishery conservation area. “So, we are well on the way with the corals,” said Ms. McKenzie. She also outlined that indications from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), speaking at a virtual meeting
with Heads of Agencies at the Ministry's New Kingston offices on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. At fourth right is Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn. Others from left are Chief Technical Director, Michelle Parkins; Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence; Senior Director, Industry Division, Sophia Wellington; Trade Specialist, Trade Division, Daenia Ashpole; and Director, Commerce Division, Krishna Badaloo​. The meeting was held to discuss objectives and the way forward for the Ministry and its Agencies. The Agencies highlighted and gave an overview of their subject areas. ​

Industry Minister charges agencies to think out of the box

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 24 Sep 2020    communications   
Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has charged agencies under the Ministry to start thinking out of the box and to be more creative in how they do business in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I want all of you as heads of agencies to recognize the important role that you play. For all of us, our mission must be to make it easier to do business in Jamaica,” Minister Shaw said, while addressing a virtual Heads of Agency meeting at his New Kingston offices on Wednesday, September 23. “Every agency in this ministry must commit to serving our customers in an...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Hon. Audley Shaw (3rd right), presents Managing Director, National Export Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), Lisa Bell, with the ISO 9001:2015 certificate at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, September 24, 2020. Others from left are ISO Standards Ambassador, MIIC, Reginald Budhan; Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence; State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn; and Chief Technical Director, MIIC, Michelle Parkins.

Minister Shaw lauds EXIM Bank on achieving ISO: 9001 certification

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 24 Sep 2020    communications   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded the National Export Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), on achieving ISO 9001 certification. The EXIM Bank is the first of 19 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to become ISO 9001:2015 certified under the Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project of the Ministry of Finance and The Public service. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the programme is focused on improving the quality of services provided by the Public Sector. Applauding the EXIM Bank’s achievement at a meeting held at...


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Hon Floyd Green (left), Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Authority (RADA), at a meeting with senior directors of RADA at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens Office in St. Andrew on September 22, 2020.

Green directs RADA to provide data-driven, technology based information to farmers

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 23 Sep 2020    communications   
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, is urging the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to ensure that the information being provided to farmers is data-driven and technology based. Noting that the growth of the sector and the operations of RADA are intrinsically linked, Minister Green said that he had highest expectation from RADA as its operations directly impact the performance of the Ministry. Minister Green was addressing senior directors of RADA at a briefing meeting held at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens office in St. Andrew on September 22 where he outlined...


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Industry, investment and commerce to drive wealth creation, economic growth - Minister Shaw

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 21 Sep 2020    communications   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that re-establishing the Industry, Investment and Commerce Ministry is a major part of the Government’s efforts to drive wealth creation and economic growth in Jamaica. “We have great professionals in this Ministry and together we can continue to build a stronger team,” Minister Shaw said, while stating that he is looking forward to having a continued healthy, productive and constructive relationship with the staff of the Ministry. Minister Shaw, who was recently appointed Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce after...


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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), greets Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Michael Pryce (left), and Permanent Secretary, Dermon Spence, at a staff meeting at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on September 17.

New Agriculture Minister says innovation and technology to play role in Ministry’s work and agricultural sector

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 21 Sep 2020    communications   
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says innovation and technology will play a critical role in executing the work of the Ministry and, by extension, the development of the agricultural sector. “If we have an Agriculture Ministry that is at the cutting-edge in technology, technology management, data management and mining and using that data to guide its decisions, then the agriculture sector will be a far advanced sector,” he said. The Minister was addressing the Ministry’s staff at its Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on September 17. He urged staff...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), along with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, on their first official day in office, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw Embraces Ministry’s Name-Change, Forges Ahead with New Focus

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 21 Sep 2020    communications   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the Hon. Audley Shaw is optimistic that the strategic goals of the newly renamed ministry will continue to redound to great economic impact as the ministry forges ahead with its mandate to support the national growth agenda. Minister Shaw took up the helm of the Industry, Investment and Commerce ministry for the second time on Monday, with the agriculture and fisheries portfolios now vested with his former junior minister, Hon. Floyd Green and the investment portfolio now firmly tucked into the new ministry’s mandate. “Industry, investment and...


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100 farmers to benefit from $3.6-million project

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 18 Sep 2020    communications   
Some 100 farmers from five parishes across the island are to benefit from the distribution of 70,000 vegetable seedlings and fruit trees under the second phase of the Agri Resilience Response to COVID Project, valued at $3.6 million. The parishes are Kingston, St. Andrew, Clarendon, St. Ann and Portland. Under the project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and funded by United Way of Jamaica, the farmers will receive hot pepper, sweet pepper, tomato, cucumber and carrot seedlings. Fruit trees being distributed will include lime, mango and avocado. The...


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