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Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)

BPO Space to be Increased in Kingston and Mobay

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...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce luncheon on June 15.

US$200 Million Bypass to be Built in Montego Bay

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is in discussion with Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, during the agency's World Accreditation Day dinner and awards ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 9.

JANAAC wants more Medical Labs to get Accredited

National Accreditation Agency Supporting Jamaica’s Export Thrust – Samuda

Director of Science and Technology at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Dwight Ramdon, during an interview with the JIS News on on Wednesday June 8, 2016.

JANAAC Helping to Facilitate Trade

10 years ago AgricultureCommerce

186 School Gardens to be Established

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...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, opens the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 7.

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Ministry to Establish MSME Division

A Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprise (MSME) Division is to be established within the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the department will focus on policy development, coordination and consultation. He informed that an organisational specialist has been engaged to prepare the necessary submissions to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service...

10 years ago AgricultureCommerceSectoral Debate 2016/2017

MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy to be Reviewed

The Government will be conducting a review of the 2013 Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises (MSME) and Entrepreneurship Policy. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the review will be undertaken over the next three months. Among the objectives are to update the policy, create a standard definition of MSMEs in order to improve reporting of...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe.

10 years ago CommerceForeign AffairsTourism

Jamaica Pursuing Business Opportunities at Rio Olympics

Jamaica will be pursuing potential business opportunities at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to 21. The country’s Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe, says the Jamaican Embassy is collaborating with agencies, such as Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), on several activities that will also target the Paralympics...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addressing a JIS Think Tank, at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on Friday, June 3.

10 years ago Commerce

JANAAC to Mark World Accreditation Day on June 9

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) will commemorate World Accreditation Day, on Thursday, June 9, under the theme: ‘Accreditation: A Global Tool to Support Public Policy’. The celebration includes a week of activities that gets underway on Sunday, June 5, with a national church service at Calvary Gospel Assembly on Molynes Road in Kingston, starting at 10:15 a.m. This...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Team Leader, Chemistry Department, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dwyte Bremmer (second right), highlights some of the capacity building interventions that have been undertaken in food testing laboratories under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Capacity Building projects with the European Union (EU). The Prime Minister was viewing a display which was mounted at an export forum at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 2. In the background (from left) are: Head of Operations for the Delegation of the EU to Jamaica, Achim Schaffert; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock; and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. The forum, hosted by the PIOJ, aimed to highlight the work carried out over the years under the EPA Capacity Building projects with the EU to strengthen Jamaica’s quality infrastructure and food safety systems.

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PM Confident Exports will Improve

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expressing confidence that the country’s capacity to export will improve within the next two years. He attributed this to a number of strategies being put in place to enhance Jamaica’s access to international markets. The Prime Minister was addressing an export forum held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on...

Chief Executive Officer of the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA), Lanville Henry, highlights initiatives to be undertaken by the agency during a JIS interview.

10 years ago Commerce

MIDA to Expand Services

The Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA) is to rebrand itself in order to maximize its efforts of facilitating the development of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MIDA, Lanville Henry, said the agency is to re-organize and focus on areas such as risk management, collections, debt management, including assessment...