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Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (at podium), addressing the presentation ceremony for the Ministry’s Logistics Hub Essay Competition, at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro), in New Kingston, on Wednesday (March 12).

Road Shows on Logistics Hub Initiative

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce will shortly announce details of an islandwide series of road shows on the Logistics Hub Initiative that will involve several of its agencies. This was announced today (March 12), by portfolio Minister, Hon....

Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, outlining activities scheduled to mark World Consumer Rights Day, being observed on Saturday, March 15, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank session, at the agency’s Half Way Tree Road offices in St. Andrew, on March 7.

Mobile Phone Service Focus for World Consumer Rights Day

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (third left), having a light conversation with President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Chris Zacca (right), at the National Competitiveness Council of Jamaica business environment reform roundtable, held at the Jamaica Pegasus on February 20. Others (from left) are: Jamaica Country Representative, Inter-American Development Bank, Therese Turner Jones, and Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding,

Business Environment Being Improved

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (3rd right), listens to a comment from Attorney-at-Law, Samuda and Johnson Attorneys-at-Law, Yana Samuels (2nd left), just before the start of a piracy and protection seminar on February18, at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: Partner, Samuda and Johnson, Kwame Gordon; Managing Partner, Milton Samuda; and Attorney-at-Law, Kelly Greenaway.

Jamaica Clamping Down on Piracy

Director of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Professor Hopeton Dunn, presents a certificate to Ashley Anguin (right), at the graduation ceremony for the ‘Animate Jamaica’ certificate programme, held on Wednesday (February 12), at the Western Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Miss Anguin was the sole female graduate.

14 Students Graduate from Animation Course

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JAMPRO Hosts Business Opportunities Seminar

Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) capacity targeting increased exports has been significantly boosted by its acquisition of market research data relating to the United States, one of the country’s largest trading partners. The research, commissioned by American airline, Delta, was undertaken across the Caribbean during the latter half of 2013 by Argentinean consultancy firm, RGX International. The exercise focused on international...

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CAC Secures $24 Million for Consumers

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has secured in excess of $24 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers for the 2013/14 financial year to date, Chief Executive Officer of the organization, Dolsie Allen, has disclosed. In an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Allen informed that the sum was for the settlement of 1,108 of 1,421 complaints received, representing a 78 per...

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Week of Activities to Mark World Consumer Rights Day

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will stage a week of activities, planned around this year’s observance of World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on Saturday, March 15, under the theme: ‘Your Phone, Your Rights’. The CAC’s Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, says the activities, slated for March 9 to 15, will be guided by four thematic areas related to: mobile service...

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4-H Club Training 600 Young Persons

The Jamaica 4-H Club has begun a programme to train 600 young persons for self-employment and jobs in the logistics hub. Making the announcement on February 21, at the Club’s Kingston Parish Achievement Day activities at the Duhaney Park Primary School, Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Club, Ronald Blake, disclosed that the participants, all of whom are over 17...

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JIPO to Announce Winners of Design Competition End of February

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is to announce winners of the ‘Authentic Jamaica Design Competition’ at the end of February, as it continues the thrust to strengthen the creative industries, particularly the craft sector. The competition is aimed at increasing the diversity, quality and standard of products available in craft markets and designated craft areas across the island, and...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), with (from second left), State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Damion Crawford; Chief Executive Officer of Rainforest Seafoods, Brian Jardim; radio personality, Miss Kitty; and State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, at the launch of the Rainforest Seafoods Festival, to be held at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre in Montego Bay on March 5. The launch was held at Rainforest’s offices on Slipe Road, in Kingston, on February 11.

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Hospital to Benefit From Rainforest Seafoods Festival

The Cornwall Regional Hospital, in Montego Bay, will again benefit from the Rainforest Seafoods Festival, to be held on Ash Wednesday, March 5, at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in St. James. Last year the first festival, organized by the ‘We Care for Cornwall Regional Hospital’, raised $6 million. The festival was endorsed by State Minister in the Ministry of...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right), shares a light moment with (from left) Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Carol Simpson; and Deputy Director, Creative Industries Section, World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), Dimiter Gantchev. Occasion was the Regional Conference on Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on February 10.

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JIPO Developing Masters Degree in Intellectual Property

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is developing a Masters Degree programme in intellectual property (IP), which will be offered at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. This was disclosed by State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams on Monday, February 10, while addressing the opening of the Regional Conference on Intellectual Property...