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Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Winston Harrison (right), Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, during a visit to the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. At centre is Alexandre Gabriel, Chairman of West Indies Rum Distillers, one-third owner of National Rums of Jamaica Limited. The visit was geared towards Minister Shaw having a better understanding of the needs of the rum manufacturers and to create linkages that will assist with marketing and selling their...

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets Michael Dunkley, Plant Manager of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory, during a tour of the facility in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14. Others from left are Winston Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of National Rums of Jamaica Limited, and Neil Glasgow, Chief Operating Officer of the factory.

Komal Samaroo (right), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, presents the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, with a bottle of rum following a tour of the Clarendon Distillers Limited Factory in Lionel Town, Clarendon, on June 14.

Hon Audley Shaw (2nd left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in discussion with shareholders in the National Rums of Jamaica (from left) Komal Samaroo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Rums of Jamaica Limited, Rick Thielen, Diageo, and Cedric Blair, General Manager for Diageo brands in Central America and the Caribbean. Minister Shaw said Jamaica’s rum-manufacturing companies can earn millions annually from the regional market; and encouraged them to produce more high-quality products and market them within the Caribbean region.