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The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) will this year be focusing its export promotion efforts on marketing niche products and on penetrating new markets. Opening the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House, today (May 11), Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon, Karl Samuda, noted that during the last financial year, the economic downturn adversely affected demand for goods and services,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that Jamaica is strategically poised to tap into the lucrative benefits accruing from developments in the global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. Opening the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate at Gordon House, today (May 11), the Minister noted that Jamaica, and in particular, Montego Bay, is a "blue-chip ICT investment...

Minister of Industry Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has says that phase one of the Caymanas Economic Zone (CEZ) project in St. Catherine has been oversubscribed and the project has been expanded to accommodate the additional interest. The Minister, who opened the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House today (May 11), said that there had been "overwhelming" response from...

Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, has said that the Missing Persons Call Centre operation will be strengthened through the establishment of a field unit. "(This) means that we will have individuals attached to the unit, who will be on the road.doing enquiries.in the most complex cases that are difficult to resolve," he told JIS News. The Call Centre, which is...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Works Agency (NWA), Mr. Patrick Wong, has dismissed claims that the US$65 million Palisadoes Protective and Rehabilitative Works project, to be executed along the Palisadoes Peninsula, is solely a road improvement undertaking. Alluding to recently published media articles on the matter, which he described as "misleading", Mr. Wong said that the project is...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, officially opened Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) 2010 last night (May 11) in Montego Bay, praising local stakeholders in the tourism industry for their hard work in selling the island. He said that despite the downturn in the global economy, Jamaica continues to attract a record number of visitors, outdoing a number of leading Caribbean...

Director of Administration at the St. Ann Parish Council, Claudiah Carter, has predicted that Labour Day 2010 in the parish will be very active. "We intend to kick off with our parish project, which is going to be at the Rhoden Hall Basic School, and that is situated in 8 miles into the Calderwood Division," she said. She noted that...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has indicated that the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) intends to begin procurement procedures for an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Park this year. Opening the 2010/11Sectoral Debate at Gordon House, Tuesday (May 11), the Minister noted that the Park would be located next to the "Caribbean's largest dormitory bedroom community",...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, lauded the achievements of the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), while opening the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives Tuesday (May 11). Mr. Samuda noted that the PSDP has participated in over 16,000 business interventions, and facilitated some $363 million in loans to 100 firms since its inception in...

A total of $35 million has been allocated, through the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), to finance the Wooden Products and Furniture Incubator project for this year. "Over the duration of the three-year project, a total of $100 million is to be made available," Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, confirmed during the opening of the 2010/11...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that, within the next four months, a Business Hub is to be created at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO). Opening the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate at Gordon House, Tuesday (May 11), Mr. Samuda noted that the Business Hub will be on the ground floor of JAMPRO's head office in Kingston, and...

As Ambassador Anthony Johnson prepares to take up his post as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) later this month, he has indicated that he will be seeking to strengthen relations with the Jamaican Diaspora there and deepen co-operation between Kingston and London in the area of national security. In an interview with JIS News, Ambassador Johnson noted that...