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Chief Executive Officer of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Judith Ramlogan.

Thousands Take Advantage of COJ Amnesty

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is reporting that its recent amnesty was a success, with thousands of companies taking advantage of the period to get compliant. During the amnesty, companies benefited from waivers or significant reduction in fees for...

Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce, the Hon. Anthony Hylton.

JaMFA Lauded For Its Support of Micro Financing Institutions

Communications Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell, gives tips on shopping for back-to-school.

Shop Wisely For Back-To-School

Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Hon. Julian Robinson, examines one of the hats that a group of teen entrepreneurs will be marketing as a business venture. The teens, from the Arnold Road and Allman Town communities, who benefited from entrepreneurial training through the MP’s initiative, visited his offices in Kingston recently, to thank him for his support and go over their business plans.

Inner City Youth Start Hat Making Business

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (2nd right), discusses a point of interest in a pamphlet on the Jamaica Logistics Hub Initiative with Project Assistant, Nicolas Spence; and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira. The Minister was visiting the various booths mounted at the Duhaney Park Community Centre in St. Andrew during a Mobile Business Clinic Initiative (MBCI) event hosted by the JBDC on August 18.

Small Businesses Urged To Formalise Operations

11 years ago CommerceEducation

CAC Reminds Parents of Basic Safety Measures for Children

As the new school year approaches, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reminding parents of some basic safety measures that should be considered, in preparing children for back-to-school. “While it is the role of the CAC to advise parents on how to get the best value for money, through proper planning and money management, it is equally important that we...

11 years ago Commerce

AMCHAM Expresses Support for Logistics Hub Initiative

President of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM), Ron Mckay, has committed the organization’s support of the Logistics Hub Initiative (LHI), through its implementation of programmes and activities geared towards this thrust. AMCHAM members are US based businesses operating in Jamaica as well as local companies that do business with the United States. One of its objectives is...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, gives his remarks at a press conference to provide an update on the status of the Cannabis Industry Regulatory Framework, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, August 13.

11 years ago Commerce

Work Progressing On Ganja Regulations

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says he expects to receive final recommendations to guide the development of the regulations for the ganja industry by the end of September. Development of the regulations represents the first steps towards establishing a successful and globally competitive medical marijuana industry in Jamaica. The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015, which became...

11 years ago Commerce

HEART TRUST/NTA Readies Workforce for Logistics Hub Initiative

The HEART Trust/NTA has been focused on making the workforce ready for businesses and activities associated with the Logistics Hub Initiative (LHI). As such, the entity has been spearheading several training programmes and developing courses to facilitate this initiative. Senior Director of the Workforce Development and Employment Division at HEART Trust/NTA, Denworth Finnikin, said the necessary training is being provided...

Vice President for Export and Market Development at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Robert Scott, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Commerce

Film Industry Benefits From Festival

The film industry is already starting to see significant benefits and opportunities as a result of last month’s staging of Jamaica’s inaugural Film Festival, says Vice President of Export and Market Development at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Mr. Robert Scott. “We have done something that has really put us on the map or began the process of putting us on...

A photograph showing a wide cross-section of bamboo by-products.

11 years ago Commerce

Gov’t to Undertake Bamboo Feasibility Study

The Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce will spearhead a government feasibility study to determine whether mined-out bauxite lands are suitable for the wide-scale planting of bamboo, and the growing of edible bamboo shoots. Senior Director of Special Projects at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose, tells JIS News that the agency will partner with the University of...

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon (left seated), observes as State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (centre, seated), and Organization of American States (OAS) Country Representative, Jeanelle van Glannen Weygel (right, seated), sign copies of an agreement for $15 million (US$130,000) in grant funding by the OAS for the Peckham Bamboo Pre-processing Project in the constituency. The signing took place at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in New Kingston, on August 4.

11 years ago Commerce

OAS Grants $15 Million to Bamboo Project

Officials of the Government and the Organization of American States (OAS), on Tuesday, August 4, signed an agreement for $15 million (US$130,000) in grant funding by the OAS, for the Peckham Bamboo Pre-processing Project, in North West Clarendon. Signing at a ceremony, held at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in New Kingston, were: State Minister for Industry, Investment, and...