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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, delivering the keynote address at the launch of COK Sodality Co-operative Credit Union Micro Finance Unit, on Slipe Road, in Kingston, March 25.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, delivering the keynote address at the launch of COK Sodality Co-operative Credit Union Micro Finance Unit, on Slipe Road, in Kingston, March 25.

Task Force Set Up To Assist MSMEs

In a move to make financing of the micro productive sector easier, the Government has established a broad based Task Force to help solve the issues affecting the sector. Making the announcement, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), having a light exchange with Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Business and Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Dr. Paul Golding, at the opening of the 20th Annual Students’ Conference, hosted by UTech at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Downtown Kingston, on March 24.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), having a light exchange with Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Business and Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Dr. Paul Golding, at the opening of the 20th Annual Students’ Conference, hosted by UTech at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Downtown Kingston, on March 24.

State Minister Says Friendly Environment Exists For Businesses
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
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

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Cabinet Approves Five Year Strategy For BPO Industry

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Cabinet has approved a national five year strategy to facilitate a structured expansion of the burgeoning Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. He was addressing a forum hosted by the Montego Bay Free zone Company at the Montego Bay Community College on March 26, which formed part of the free zone...
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JEF Stages 33rd Convention May 21 To 24

All is in place for the staging of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation’s (JEF) annual convention from May 21 to 24 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. Chief Executive Officer of the JEF, Brenda Cuthbert, said the organisation “has pulled out all the stops” for the 33rd staging of the event, which is expected to be the...
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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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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.
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Minister Hylton to Discuss SOCA with US President

Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has given an undertaking to seek the inclusion of the Services of the Caribbean (SOCA) Initiative in discussions between the Government and United States President, Barack Obama, during his State Visit to the island on April 9. This, he says, is with a view to lobbying the President’s support for the initiative,...
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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, addresses the opening ceremony of the recently concluded Jamaica Investment Forum 2015, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
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Jamaica to Lead Reform of Int’l Laws on Ganja

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica intends to lead a charge in the United Nations to effect changes to the international treaties concerning marijuana. The aim is to change the schedule class of marijuana in light of scientific studies that have proven its therapeutic benefits and medicinal value. “We believe that the schedule in which...
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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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