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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), greets President and Founder, Professional Sales Representatives Association of Jamaica (PSRAJ), Duane Lue Fung (2nd left). Looking on (from left) are PSRAJ Patron, Hon. Danvers Williams; and Vice-President and Director, PSRAJ, Paul Bryan, at the inaugural launch of the PRSAJ, at the Spanish Court Hotel on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The PSRAJ is a member-based organisation formed to elevate and accelerate the standards in the sales industry and the success of sales organizations and professionals in...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley; Representative of the Veterinary Services Division Laboratory (VSDL), MICAF, Dr. Simone Martin-Shaw; and Deputy Chairman, JANAAC, Lynden Nugent, at the JANAAC World Accreditation Day CEO Breakfast and Awards Ceremony, at the Terra Nova Hotel on Friday, June 7, 2019. JANAAC, an agency of MICAF, hosted its CEO’s Breakfast and Awards Ceremony under the theme ‘Accreditation: Adding...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging Jamaican entities to become accredited through the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) in order to lift their standards and elevate their position in the global marketplace.

“As a country, we cannot get to where we are going unless we lift up our standards. And, lifting our standards means that we have to operate not at Jamaica’s standards but at international standards,” Minister Shaw stated.

Minister Shaw was addressing stakeholders at JANAAC’s CEO Breakfast at the...

From left, Adsan Smith, Hatchery Supervisor, shows the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Dermon Spence, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, lobster being reared at Longville Park Farm in Clarendon during a tour of the farm on June 7. At right is Donnie Bunting, owner. The tour included technical representatives from the Ministry, and other large-scale fish farm operators, and was aimed at sensitising Minister Shaw on the aquaculture industry as well as the sharing of ideas for improved...