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Chief Executive Officer/Trade Administrator at the Trade Board Limited, Victor Cummings makes his remarks during a stakeholder sensitiSation meeting on the revised motor vehicle policy held at the Institute of Jamaica on Thursday, October 23.

CAC Secures Millions for Customers

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reporting that it secured $16.3 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers since the beginning of the financial year. Chief Executive Officer of the CAC, Dolsie Allen made the disclosure during a stakeholder sensitisation meeting...

Chairman of the Board of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Professor Winston Davidson (left), having a light exchange with (from second left), Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador Paola Amadei; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Stephen Wedderburn; and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Colin Bullock, at the official handing over ceremony for $34.7 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment to the BSJ, for its chemistry and microbiology laboratories, on October 15. The equipment has been provided under the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement.

EU Head Says Trade and Business Reforms Bearing Fruit

BSJ Gets State-Of-The-Art Equipment to Improve Testing of Samples

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), exchanges greetings with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory, Senator Norman Grant (left), prior to the launch of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) Export Max II programme, at the Knutsford Court hotel in Kingston on October 9. Sharing the moment at centre is President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards.

10 Companies Get Assistance to Grow Export Sales

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

Jamaica is on the Rise – Hylton

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton has the rapt attention of head of the United Nations Trade Negotiation and Commercial Diplomacy Branch, Mina Mashayekhi, as he engages her in a discussion, at the Global Service Summit held on September 30, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington DC.

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Government to Engage Diaspora on Logistics Hub

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says his Ministry will be launching a campaign within the next six months, to sensitize the Diaspora on the importance of the logistic hub, and indicate how they can participate in the project. Speaking in an interview with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in Washington DC on Tuesday (Sept. 30), Minister...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (centre), in conversation with Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), at an economic growth symposium held today (October 1), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, and organized by the HEART Trust/NTA. At right is Research Fellow at the United States based Harvard University, Dr. Brad Cunningham.

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Vital Support For MSMEs

As the Government continues its quest to establish a logistics centred economy, it is also providing crucial support through various funding agencies, to ensure the development of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector. According to Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, support for the sector has come through training, reducing...

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Minister Hylton says Services Industry is Priority

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica places top priority on the services industry, as it dominates the country’s economic activities. Addressing a panel discussion on: ‘Global Perspective on the Service Trade’, at the Global Business Services Summit, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, on September 30, the Minister pointed out that the services...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second left), makes his contribution during a panel discussion at the Global Business Services Summit, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, September 30. Others (from left) are: Moderator, Charles Levy; Australia’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb; Director of Services and Investment, Public Procurement, European Commission, Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch; and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Fernando deMateo (Photo by Derrick Scott)

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Hylton says Services Industry is Priority

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, addressing a CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX) sensitisation workshop on Friday (Sept. 26), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

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Ffolkes Abrahams Hails CARICOM Consumer Protection System

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says that the CARICOM online consumer-protection warning system has the potential to foster development of regional economies, while protecting consumers from unsafe goods. She was addressing a sensitisation workshop on the CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX), held on Friday (September...

Minister of State, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left), addresses the audience at the launch of the Excelsior Guava Cheese sandwich biscuit at Mandela Park, Half-Way-Tree on Friday, September 26.

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Industry State Minister Lauds JAMBISCO

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, has commended the Jamaica Biscuit Company (JAMBISCO) for being a strong pillar of the local economy for over 100 years. Mrs. Ffolkes-Abrahams was speaking at the launch of the company’s new Excelsior Guava Cheese Sandwich Biscuit at Mandela Park in Half-Way-Tree on Friday, September 26. She...

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards, provides details on the agency’s latest efforts to promote Jamaica’s film and creative industries, and announces a number of upcoming initiatives. Occasion was a special briefing, held at JAMPRO’s New Kingston offices, on September 23.

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JAMPRO Facilitates $200 Million in Entertainment Projects

Since April this year, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has facilitated close to $200 million in entertainment projects and $43 million in film ventures. This as the agency continues its drive to further develop the country’s film and creative industries. President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, who made the announcement on September 23, informed that capital expenditure for the period was over...