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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative, Therese Turner-Jones, congratulates Jamaica on moving up to 58 from 94, in the World Bank’s Doing Business ranking. She was speaking at a press conference at JAMPRO in Kingston on October 29, where Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, announced Jamaica’s significantly improved ranking in the 2015 Doing Business Report.

Private Sector, Development Partners Welcome Leap in Doing Business Ranking

Members of the private sector and development partners are welcoming the news that Jamaica has made a remarkable leap in the just-released World Bank Ease of Doing Business ranking, from 94 last year to 58, out of 189 countries. Minister...

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

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.

12 years ago Commerce

Jamaica is on the Rise – Hylton

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says that Jamaica is on the rise, with progress in various areas of the economy. He said several business indices, including the Logistics Performance Index, the Global Competitiveness Index, and the Doing Business Report, are all showing improvements in areas key to attracting investments for economic growth and stability. “Our country...

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.

12 years ago Commerce

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...

12 years ago Commerce

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)

12 years ago Commerce

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.

12 years ago Commerce

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.

12 years ago Commerce

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...