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The University of the West Indies (UWI) will be collaborating with GSW Animation Limited, Toon Boom Animation Inc. and the World Bank to provide some 50 young persons with training and employment in professional animation. This move is in line with Jamaica’s plans to increase opportunity for local and regional animators to get a foothold in the growing US$222.8 billion...

The Wisynco Group Limited has been certified to use the Jamaica Standard Mark on its products, becoming the first local company in its category to earn the distinction. The three products, which have been certified by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) under the ‘Jamaica-Made Mark Programme’, are ‘WATA’, ‘CRANWATA’ and ‘BIGGA’. The items will carry the standard mark for...

A Bill seeking to provide a modern legislative framework for the administration of trademarks in Jamaica was passed in the House of Representatives on July 16. Debate on the Trademarks (Amendment) Act began on Tuesday, July 9 and was piloted by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton. Continuing the debate before passage of the Bill, Minister of...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Anthony Hylton, said that modernisation of the intellectual property legislative framework is integral to Government’s efforts to develop the creative industries. He was speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 9, where debate commenced on the Trade Marks (Amendments) Act. According to Minister Hylton, passage of the Bill will improve the...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, is pushing to increase the level of entrepreneurial skills in her constituency. Mrs. Ffolkes Abrahams reported during her Sectoral presentation in the House of Representatives on June 25, that some 105 budding and existing entrepreneurs have been receiving training through...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says lands have been identified for the provision of low income housing in the constituency. The housing solutions will be located in Retirement, St. James, where there are also plans for an agro-park and a recycling plant that should lead...

Approximately 700 persons gained employment on various projects undertaken in West Central St. James, under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), at a cost of $35 million. State Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for the constituency, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, informed that the projects were done in the communities of Spring Gardens, Mount Salem and...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, is welcoming the World Investment Report 2013 and its focus on the Global Value Chains (GVCs), especially in light of Jamaica’s push for the global logistics hub as a path to transforming the country’s economy. Addressing the launch of the report, subtitled ‘Global Value Chains: Investment and Trade for Development’, at...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says Jamaica should go after a larger share of the global US$624 billion creative goods and services market. Creative industry growth in Jamaica has moved from $313 million to $1.6 billion during the past two years, she pointed out, during her contribution to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says a location has been identified to host the Montego Bay campus of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). She made the pronouncement while contributing to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 25. Mrs. Ffolkes Abrahams pointed out that the facility will provide another tier...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says Jamaica must tap into the lucrative Diaspora market in order to generate wealth and income for the country. “We must seek to search out our many Jamaicans in positions of high power and influence and win their support for the effort to grow our economy out of debt,...

Some 10 entities engaged in social enterprise activities have been identified for support under the Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI), being jointly implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, and Jamaica National Foundation. Social enterprises are organisations that incorporate business principles and strategies to maximise social and environmental development, as against pursuing profit maximisation for shareholders. State Minister...