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Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, tells JIS News about various initiatives being undertaken by the agency, including the creation of a national publication to be used as a guide for filming in Jamaica.

JAMPRO to Publish Guide for Filming in Jamaica

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is working on a national publication to be used as a guide for filming in Jamaica. The publication, which is expected to be available by October, will outline the various policies, requirements and key entities involved...

Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, showcases collateral material produced for promoting the work of the Commission while highlighting various initiatives that the entity is undertaking to support local filmmakers.

Local Films to Premiere at Festival in Trinidad

United Kingdom-based entrepreneur, Nathaniel Peat (left), preparing for his presentation at the Global Young Leaders Forum at the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference on Wednesday, July 26. Assisting him is 2017 recipient of the Governor-General’s Achievement Award – Diaspora, Taneisha Westcarr (centre), while Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2016, Kyesha Randall, looks on. The forum was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

Young Entrepreneur Urges Leveraging of Global Networks in Business Development

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards (left), listens as Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute (JDI), Professor Neville Ying (third left) engages Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SportMax, Oliver McIntosh (3rd right), at the JAMPRO session of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Kingston on July 25. Others (from 2nd left) are: Moderator of the panel discussion, Senator Don Wehby; Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Chief Executive Officer of KIC Ventures, USA, Dr. Kingsley Chin (2nd right); and Manager of Pedro Plains Sauces and Director of the Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA), Paul Lewis.

Jamaica Ripe for Business – JAMPRO Head

The Honourable, Daryl Vaz, MP., Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (centre) addresses members of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) during the body's quarterly meeting. Minister Vaz is joined by Shullette Cox , Vice President of Corporate Development & Competitiveness, JAMPRO (left) and Marjorie Straw , Manager of Special Projects, JAMPRO and Head of the NCC Secretariat. Minister Vaz has committed to leading the NCC's Secretariat as Chairman, and working with the NCC members to improve Jamaica's ease of doing business, with the aim of boosting economic growth.

Minister Daryl Vaz Named Chairman of National Competitiveness Council as Body Aims for Top 10 in Doing Business Report

9 years ago Commerce

Jamaica Customs Will Facilitate Extended Opening Hours at Seaport

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising its customers and stakeholders that it will be facilitating the clearance of containers at the Port of Kingston, for as long as the Kingston Freezone Terminal Limited (KFTL) remains opened for business. This facilitation is in keeping with efforts to clear the back log of containers, which occurred as a result of recent...

9 years ago Commerce

Breaches of IPR Rob Industry of US$250 Billion

Breaches of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) worldwide are currently robbing the industry of US$250 billion a year, says Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Kingston, Eric Khant. Addressing the opening ceremony of an IPR enforcement training seminar at Secrets Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 25, Mr. Khant said the illicit trade started in basements across...

Artist’s impression of the Morant Bay Urban Centre in St. Thomas.

9 years ago CommercePrime Minister

Morant Bay Urban Centre Blueprint for Other Parishes

The proposed $4 billion Morant Bay town centre, to be built in St. Thomas, represents a blueprint for urban development, which Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is looking to replicate in other parish capitals. The new urban centre will be developed just outside the existing town on the 25-acre property where the old Goodyear factory...

Director of the Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprise (MSME) Division within the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings highlights initiatives being undertaken by the Ministry, to foster continued growth of the MSME sector, at a JIS Think Tank session held at the Agency’s head office recently.

9 years ago Commerce

Gov’t Facilitating Enabling Environment for MSME Sector

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has been facilitating various initiatives to create an enabling environment for the Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprise (MSME) sector. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank session, Director of the MSME Division within the Ministry, Andrene Collings said that the division is tasked with reviewing policies and guiding efforts to increase...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 29. She pointed out effective July 1, all sugar being sold to the public should be packaged, sealed, labelled and registered with the NCRA.

9 years ago Commerce

New Guidelines for the Packaging of Sugar

Consumers; pre-packers and resellers of sugar are reminded that the new guidelines for the packaging of sugar, which became effective July 1, state that the sugar should be packaged, sealed and labelled. Pre-packers must also be registered with the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA). The revised mandatory standards require the inclusion of more detailed labelling, such as product name...

9 years ago Commerce

Small-Business Financing for Discussion at Caribbean MSME Conference

Small-business financing, policy framework to facilitate growth locally and regionally, and matters related to trade within the region are high on the agenda of the inaugural Caribbean MSME Conference slated for July 19 to 21 at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay. Dubbed ‘Collaboration for Caribbean Sustainability’, the conference will present opportunities for small-business associations to...

Local Raw Material Business Development Manager for Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney (right), shakes hands with Director of the Office of Environment and Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Sara Buchanan (left). This was shortly before the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Red Stripe and the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Ja REEACH II) Project for the provision of technical support to boost commercial cassava production under Red Stripe’s Project Grow initiative. The signing ceremony was held on Friday, July 7 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on are board member of Ja REEACH, Mortimer Neufville (2nd left); and Chairman of the Desnoes and Geddes Foundation, operating company for Red Stripe, Noel DaCosta.

9 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Red Stripe to Engage More Farmers in Cassava Cultivation

Red Stripe will be engaging an additional 200 farmers to cultivate cassava under its Project Grow initiative. They will add to the 103 farmers who have already been contracted by the company to grow the crop as a source of raw material to substitute for the imported high-maltose corn syrup used in the production of its world-famous Red Stripe Beer....