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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the media launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE), in January.

JIE Major Boost for Manufacturing – Samuda

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the recently held Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) was a major boost for manufacturing and the services sector. According to Mr. Samuda, the three-day international trade show, conceptualised and executed...

President, Block Makers Association of Jamaica, Delroy Christie (right), highlights a point to (from left): Director, Human Resource Management and Development, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Maurice Lewin; Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley; Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown; and General Manager, Carib Cement Co. Ltd., Peter Donkersloot. Occasion was the media launch of an islandwide block makers sensitisation series at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica’s (BSJ) Winchester Road offices on Tuesday (May 30). The series will be held in six parishes from June 6 to 21.

BSJ to Conduct Training Sessions for Block Makers

Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds (right), is in discussion with Manager, Market Development, Agro Processing and Services, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Marlene Porter (left), and Senior Director and Head of Technical Assistance Services, Jamaica Productivity Centre, Tamar Nelson. Occasion was the launch of JAMPRO’s Caribbean Market Mission at the agency’s offices in New Kingston on Monday (May 29). Under the mission, 18 Jamaican companies will benefit from the promotion of their products in three Caribbean countries over a two-week period.

18 Companies to Promote Products Under JAMPRO’s Caribbean Market Mission

Member of the organising committee for the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE), Dollis Campbell, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office on May 24.

JMA Trade Show to Boost Brand Jamaica

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), in discussion with former Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Ludlow Mathison, at the launch of a Production and Marketing Organisation (PMO) parish group for St. Thomas, held at the Village Green Restaurant, in Morant Bay, on May 10.

Agricultural Aides to Assist with Registration of Farmers

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SRC To Showcase Opportunities In Personal Care Industry

Entrepreneurs in the personal care industry and persons who want to start a business in the field, are invited to the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) annual Opportunity Quest at its Hope Gardens offices on Thursday, May 25. Acting Manager for Marketing and Corporate Communications, Carolyn Rose Miller, told JIS News that this event, to be held from 10:00 a.m. to...

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Positive Response TO EPOC Community Meetings

The Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) is reporting positive response to its ‘Pon di Corner’ community sensitisation meetings. The sessions, which got under way more than two weeks ago, seek to raise awareness about Jamaica’s economic programme, which is underpinned by the three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Agreement (SBA). The precautionary SBA is an insurance against unforeseen economic shocks...

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SRC And JBDC Sign MOU To Boost MSME Sector

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will provide faster and easier access to business-development services for the growth of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector.Executive Director of the SRC, Dr. Cliff Riley, said the agreement will strengthen the relationship between the entities, allowing them...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre, seated), and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Her Excellency Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (right, seated), sign the EU Sugar Technical Assistance Consultancy Programme agreement at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry. In the back row (from left) are United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Nicholas Astbury; Sugar Transformation Unit Project Manager, Keleen Young-Grandison; Agricultural Attaché, EU Delegation in Jamaica, Stefano Cillí; Technical Assistance Programme Consultants, Gordon Allert and Andreas Bockermann; and Spanish Ambassador-designate to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep María Bosch Bessa.

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Sugar Industry to Benefit From EU-Funded Technical Assistance

The sugar industry is set to benefit from the development of a comprehensive financial and economic model being piloted by a European Union (EU)-funded technical assistance consultancy programme. The project, valued at approximately $37.8 million (€266,431), forms part of the EU’s wider complementary 2013 Sugar Accompanying Measures funding support for Jamaica, totalling some $4.18 billion (€29.5 million). Earmarked activities being...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses journalists at his post-2017/18 Sectoral Debate presentation briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10.

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Gov’t Remains Committed to Medical Marijuana Industry

The Government remains committed to supporting and facilitating stakeholder activities leading to the development of a medical marijuana industry in Jamaica. This undertaking has been given by Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon Karl Samuda, who indicated that the Administration is working to expand on research being carried out. He reiterated, however, that this must be in accordance with...

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Pre-Shipment Inspection of Motor Vehicles Begins July 1

The Government’s proposed motor-vehicle pre-shipment inspection programme is slated for implementation on July 1, 2017. It aims to provide a transparent motor-vehicle importation policy that safeguards consumers. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says there are discrepancies that have “adversely affected” several purchasers in recent years as it relates to the model year of vehicles being older...

Manager, Financial Support Services Unit at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Melissa Bennett (2nd left), provides details about the entity’s Small Business Expo and Conference at a recent JIS Think Tank. Others (from left) are Manager, Marketing Services at the JBDC, Janine Taylor; Corporate Communications Manager, Suzette Campbell; and Manager, Business Advisory Services, Althea West-Myers. The JBDC expo is slated for Thursday, May 11 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme ‘Think Big. Scale Up. Go Global’.

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JBDC Small Business Expo to Impact Economic Growth

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) says activities planned for its Small Business Expo and Conference are intended to impact economic development by empowering entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Manager for Business Advisory Services, JBDC, Althea West-Myers, said the expo will provide business persons with information “to help them make the link and bridge the gap between how their businesses...