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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

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...

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

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.

Ministry to Establish MSME Division

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

Jamaica Pursuing Business Opportunities at Rio Olympics

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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...

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.

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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.

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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...

Minister of Industry, Investment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), is in conversation with Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano and Executive Chairman, Restoring Entrepreneurial Success Through Education and Technology (RESET) Caribbean Foundation, Collette Campbell, at the official opening of a training facility at RESET’s offices on Brompton Road in Kingston on May 26.

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Gov’t Ignites 30 MSMEs

Some 30 Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) are to benefit from grant funding to commercialise their projects under the Innovation Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE) Programme. “New businesses will be targeted under this pilot project, which will last for two years,” said Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. He was speaking at the...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), greets Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (right), at the official opening of a training facility at the Restoring Entrepreneurial Success Through Education and Technology (RESET) Caribbean Foundation on Brompton Road in Kingston on May 26. Looking on is President, Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson.

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Training Facility Established for Small Businesses

A training facility, aimed at boosting the capacity of small businesses, was handed over to the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) by the Restoring Entrepreneurial Success Through Education and Technology (RESET) Caribbean Foundation. Establishment of the centre, located at RESET’s Brompton Road offices in New Kingston, was made possible through a US$103,000 donation under the Government of Japan’s Grant...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is joined by Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (2nd right); and Executive Chairman, Restoring Entrepreneurial Success Through Education and Technology (RESET) Caribbean Foundation, Collette Campbell, in cutting the ribbon to officially open a training facility for small business operators at RESET’s offices on Brompton Road in Kingston on May 26. Looking on is President, Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson.

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120 MSME Operators to Benefit from Training

Some 120 operators of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are to benefit from training workshops organised by the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, to strengthen their capacity. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, informed that through the workshops, the MSMEs will be assisted to design and execute business models. “This initiative will help to improve the ability of...