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Industry, Investment, and Commerce State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), is shown a bag of organic charcoal by Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) President, Robert Rainford, while admiring items manufactured locally from bamboo. Occasion was the launch of the Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) on November 4 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Looking on (from 2nd left) are: Director, Special Projects, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose; President, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson; and BSJ Chairman, Professor Winston Davidson.
Industry, Investment, and Commerce State Minister, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), is shown a bag of organic charcoal by Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) President, Robert Rainford, while admiring items manufactured locally from bamboo. Occasion was the launch of the Bamboo Industry Association (BIA) on November 4 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Looking on (from 2nd left) are: Director, Special Projects, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose; President, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson; and BSJ Chairman, Professor Winston Davidson.

Bamboo Industry Association Launched

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) have partnered to establish the country’s first ever Bamboo Industry Association (BIA). The BIA forms part of collaborations between the Ministry and private sector stakeholders to...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week at the ATL Automotive Centre in Kingston on Friday October 30. The week will run from November 16 to 21 under the theme: ‘Going for G.R.O.W.T.H’.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week at the ATL Automotive Centre in Kingston on Friday October 30. The week will run from November 16 to 21 under the theme: ‘Going for G.R.O.W.T.H’.

Global Entrepreneurship Week A Good Opportunity For Young Business People – Hylton
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (2nd left), sharing pleasantries at a press briefing, held today (October 28), at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew, to announce an investment by Gulfray Americas and China National Automotive Industry International Corporation (CNAICO), worth over US$350 million to operate the Spanish Town Free Zone, in St. Catherine. Others (from left) are: Chairman of Jamaica Logistics Hub Taskforce, Dr. Eric Deans; Executive Director for Masada Jamaica, Dr. Robert Melamede; Director of Gulfray Americas Manufacturing, Jacob Shnurman; and Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock.
President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (2nd left), sharing pleasantries at a press briefing, held today (October 28), at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew, to announce an investment by Gulfray Americas and China National Automotive Industry International Corporation (CNAICO), worth over US$350 million to operate the Spanish Town Free Zone, in St. Catherine. Others (from left) are: Chairman of Jamaica Logistics Hub Taskforce, Dr. Eric Deans; Executive Director for Masada Jamaica, Dr. Robert Melamede; Director of Gulfray Americas Manufacturing, Jacob Shnurman; and Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock.

JAMPRO Facilitates US$350 Million Free Zone Investment
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), and Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, share a programme at Burger King’s 30th anniversary awards ceremony, held at the Pegasus Hotel on Monday, October 27.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), and Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, share a programme at Burger King’s 30th anniversary awards ceremony, held at the Pegasus Hotel on Monday, October 27.

Gov’t Focused on Implementing Critical Business Reforms
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (centre), along with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley (left), present a certificate of accreditation to Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Yvonne Hall. Occasion was an accreditation award ceremony at the Ministry’s head office on Thursday (Oct. 22) . The Microbiology Laboratory of the BSJ has been accredited by JANAAC to conduct tests for micro-organisms in food.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (centre), along with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley (left), present a certificate of accreditation to Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Yvonne Hall. Occasion was an accreditation award ceremony at the Ministry’s head office on Thursday (Oct. 22) . The Microbiology Laboratory of the BSJ has been accredited by JANAAC to conduct tests for micro-organisms in food.

Pesticide Research and Microbiology Labs Get Food Testing Accreditation

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State Minister Honoured By CMI

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, has been recognised for her contribution to the establishment of the Workforce Development Centre in the Montego Bay Free Zone, by the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). She has also been lauded by the CMI for championing the cause of youth development and empowerment in Jamaica. A...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week from November 16 to 21

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, is encouraging established business people and budding entrepreneurs to participate in the slew of activities being organised by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) for Global Entrepreneurship Week. The Minister, who was addressing the launch at the ATL Automotive Centre in Kingston on October  30, said the week-long celebration, from November...
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Minister Hylton Provides Update on Logistics Hub Initiative

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Increase Profitability by Forming Clusters, says JBDC CEO

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Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, signs the message board at the opening of Unicomer Jamaica Limited’s upgraded distribution centre at Twickenham Close, Kingston on October 8. Looking on (from left) are: Principal Director, Energy Division, Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Fitzroy Vidal; and Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President, Unicomer Group, Guillermo Siman.
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Unicomer Signals Confidence in Economy with Us$8 Million Investment in Operations

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BSJ Launches Sporting Equipment Standards

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