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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd left), in dialogue with (from left) Chairman and CEO, National Baking Company, Butch Hendrickson; Marketing and Research Officer, UMIUM, June Gottgens; President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell; and Director, Spur Tree Spices, Mohan Jagnarine (background). The occasion was a press conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10 to announce plans for Expo Jamaica 2018, the company’s e-Commerce platform and its 100% biodegradable bags.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views 30-lb pumpkin cultivated by farmer Denesha Shepherd at Abbey in St. Thomas, during a tour of the over 100-acre property on April 10.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The occasion was a press conference to announce plans for Expo Jamaica 2018, the company’s e-Commerce platform and its 100% biodegradable bags.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses onion cultivation with farmer Dean Reid on his approximately 1-acre onion plot in Abbey, St. Thomas, on April 10. As part of its Import Substitution Programme, the Ministry is on a drive to increase onion production in Jamaica.

CEO, Turners Choice, Allison Turner (right), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), at the National Bakery’s Bold Ones of Manufacturing for 2018, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The occasion was a press conference to announce plans for Expo Jamaica 2018, the company’s e-Commerce platform and its 100% biodegradable bags. Looking on is President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), converses with Chairman and CEO, National Baking Company, Butch Hendrickson, at a press conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, to announce plans for Expo Jamaica 2018, the company’s e-Commerce platform and its 100% biodegradable bags.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), congratulates entrepreneur Sania McDonald, who registered her business online using the Electronic Business Registration Form, at the COJ’s offices in New Kingston, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The COJ is piloting an eBRF, which will allow for Business Name Reservation and Registration. Through this initiative, the agency intends, in the near future, to offer registration on a 24 hour/seven-days a week basis.

Registrar, Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan, welcomes Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, who visited the offices of the COJ in New Kingston, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The occasion was to view a live demonstration of registering a business using the Electronic Business Registration Form. The COJ is piloting an eBRF, which will allow for Business Name Reservation and Registration. Through this initiative, the agency intends, in the near future, to offer registration on a 24 hour/seven-days a week basis.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in conversation with farmers Everton Barnett (left) and Howard Anderson during a tour of farms at Abbey in St. Thomas on April 10. Seven farmers are currently producing crops such as pepper, onion, pumpkins and Irish potato on approximately 20 acres of the 100-acre property.