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Global Senior Vice President, Service and Design at Vista Print, Jon Habeski, giving an update on his company’s 12 years of operation in Montego Bay. The company, which started with 20 employees has grown to 850 employees and is now operating from 92,000 square feet of office space in the Barnett Technology Centre.
Global Senior Vice President, Service and Design at Vista Print, Jon Habeski, giving an update on his company’s 12 years of operation in Montego Bay. The company, which started with 20 employees has grown to 850 employees and is now operating from 92,000 square feet of office space in the Barnett Technology Centre.

Vista Print Carving Name in ICT Sector

One of the world's leading online design and print solution providers to small businesses, Vista Print (Jamaica Limited), is currently in its 12th year of operation in Jamaica and has been steadily carving out a name for itself in the...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), shares a light moment with (from right): Managing Director, Rent a Car Caribbean Tours, Garnet Reid; President, Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association, Lynvalle Hamilton; and Managing Director, Carland Investment Limited, Tariq Malik. They were at the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association held on March 18 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), shares a light moment with (from right): Managing Director, Rent a Car Caribbean Tours, Garnet Reid; President, Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association, Lynvalle Hamilton; and Managing Director, Carland Investment Limited, Tariq Malik. They were at the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association held on March 18 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Gov’t Looking into Possible Resumption of Damaged Vehicle Imports
Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency, Yasuo Takase (right), presents Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Winsome Wilkins (left), with a signed agreement for the award of a $12 million grant to undertake a training programme to benefit the small business sector. The signing ceremony was held on March 18, at the CVSS’ Camp Road offices in Kingston. Others looking on are: Chairman of the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Owen Bernard (left, background); and Executive Chairman of the RESET Caribbean Foundation, Collette Campbell.
Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency, Yasuo Takase (right), presents Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Winsome Wilkins (left), with a signed agreement for the award of a $12 million grant to undertake a training programme to benefit the small business sector. The signing ceremony was held on March 18, at the CVSS’ Camp Road offices in Kingston. Others looking on are: Chairman of the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Owen Bernard (left, background); and Executive Chairman of the RESET Caribbean Foundation, Collette Campbell.

Japan Provides $12 Million Grant for Training of Small Business Operators
Industry Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), converses with Senior Manager for Americas Policy and Advocacy, United States Chamber of Commerce, Reuben Smith-Vaughan (right), during Wednesday’s (March 18) Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) Initiative public forum, hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Jamaica (AmCham) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Mr. Smith-Vaughan is also Executive Director of the American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America. Listening keenly is AmCham Jamaica’s Executive Director, Becky Stockhausen.
Industry Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), converses with Senior Manager for Americas Policy and Advocacy, United States Chamber of Commerce, Reuben Smith-Vaughan (right), during Wednesday’s (March 18) Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) Initiative public forum, hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Jamaica (AmCham) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Mr. Smith-Vaughan is also Executive Director of the American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America. Listening keenly is AmCham Jamaica’s Executive Director, Becky Stockhausen.

Minister Hylton to Discuss SOCA with US President
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the opening ceremony of the recently concluded Jamaica Investment Forum 2015, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addresses the opening ceremony of the recently concluded Jamaica Investment Forum 2015, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

Jamaica to Lead Reform of Int’l Laws on Ganja

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Industry Minister Encourages Regional Private Sector to Embrace SOCA

Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, is encouraging regional private sector interests to embrace the proposed Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) initiative. The initiative seeks to position the services sector as the new focus of United States-CARICOM trade and investment relations, under the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). Speaking at a public forum, hosted by the American Chamber of...
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Jamaica Meeting Int’l Food Safety Standards

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says Jamaica has been making critical advances in meeting international food requirements. This includes training crucial stakeholders, providing funding for the upgrading of laboratories and ensuring that such facilities are accredited to international standards. The State Minister, who was addressing Tuesday’s (March 17) opening of...
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Commerce

Focus On Forests March 21

Saturday, March 21 will be observed as International Day of Forests under the theme: ‘Forest Climate Change’. Managing Director of The Forest Conservancy (TFC), Guy Symes, is encouraging Jamaicans to commemorate the Day by planting one of the world’s most valuable tropical forest trees, the Teak tree. “On suitable sites and with proper care, these plants can attain 50 feet...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right); and Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Yvonne Hall (2nd right), listen to a comment from Dr. Elizabeth Johnson of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), at Tuesday’s (March 17) opening ceremony of the 7th International Food Safety and Security Conference, at the Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay.
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Jamaica Meeting Int’l Food Safety Standards

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says Jamaica has been making critical advances in meeting international food requirements. This includes training crucial stakeholders, providing funding for the upgrading of laboratories and ensuring that such facilities are accredited to international standards. The State Minister, who was addressing Tuesday’s (March 17) opening of...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce , Hon Anthony Hylton (left), is in discussion with Scotiabank Jamaica Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Jacqueline Sharp, at a luncheon hosted by the Scotiabank Group during the recently concluded two-day Jamaica Investment Forum, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
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Jamaica Investment Forum a Success – Minister Hylton

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the second staging of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) was a “definite success” and exceeded expectations. “I believe that we have, to use a baseball term, hit a home run or in cricket, a six,” the Minister said. He was speaking as the curtain came down on the two-day event...
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Chief Executive Officer at Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen.
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CAC Places Focus On Healthy Eating

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be educating Jamaicans on how to eat healthy on a tight budget, through a slew of activities this week. The move is in observance of World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), which was observed internationally on March 15. Chief Executive Officer at the CAC, Dolsie Allen, told JIS News that the activities will be centred...
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Top Manufacturers Say Jamaica Is Ready For Investments

Jamaica’s top manufacturers have given the country high ratings as a manufacturing investment destination and have agreed that the Logistics Hub will boost the sector. President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Brian Pengelley; Chairman of LASCO Manufacturing Limited, Lascelles Chin and Vice President, Marketing and International Business, ARC Manufacturing, Deanall Barnes, are of the same view that in spite...
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