Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, says urgent focus is to be placed on the issue of land ownership and the use of reclaimed lands for agriculture within mining communities. He made the commitment while meeting with the executive management Team of Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica (JAMALCO) on June 17. He said the development of communities on lands which...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Port Authority of Jamaica will be spending $3.8 billion to increase Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) space in Kingston and Montego Bay. Addressing the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry luncheon at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James on June 15, Mr. Shaw pointed out...

Traffic congestion leading into the city of Montego Bay should be eased soon, following a commitment from the Government to build a bypass at an estimated cost of US$200 million. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the announcement at a Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry luncheon, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre,...

The Government is to partner with local fertiliser manufacturer, Newport Fersan (Jamaica) Limited, to establish 186 gardens in public schools across the island. This was disclosed by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson, during a tour of the company’s Wherry Wharf complex at Newport East, in Kingston on June 14. He...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, is calling for more local medical laboratories to become accredited. “We want you as consumers to agitate so that your medical practitioners...will request medical tests from accredited laboratories,” she said. Ms. Shirley was addressing the World Accreditation Day dinner and awards ceremony at the Knutsford Court...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the work of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) is crucial in the national thrust to build an export-driven economy. “This organisation is designed to create a level of branding of the Jamaican products that will make us competitive, not only to satisfy the domestic scrutiny of our...

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) is being hailed for facilitating trade between Jamaica and its international partners through the provision of laboratory accreditation services. Director of Science and Technology at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Dwight Ramdon, said the JANAAC seal “is like a passport” for local goods to enter the export market. “To have the JANAAC...