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KINGSTON — The Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) has come out in full support of the government's decision to put a temporary ban on the controversial scrap metal trade. President of the JEA, Vitus Evans, addressing a press briefing at the organisation's Winchester Road offices in Kingston on Wednesday July 20, said that with the problem that the industry is facing...

KINGSTON — Minister of Finance, Hon. Audley Shaw says an invitation has been extended to the Chinese to expand their investments in the country. Speaking at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC) Luncheon Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on July 19, the Minister said the offer was given during his recent visit to the Asian nation for a series...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. Christopher Tufton, headed a JAMPRO-facilitated tour of business process outsourcing (BPO) facilities in the Montego Bay Free Zone, Thursday July 21, 2011. During the tour he held discussions with key players in the industry, with the objective of ‘fast tracking’ the growth and development of the information and communications technology...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) has urged local exporters to comply with the regulations included in the recently signed United States Food Safety Modernisation Act, or risk being barred from that market. Speaking at a press briefing Wednesday July 20, at the JEA's Winchester Road headquarters, Vice President, JEA, Dr. Andre Gordon, said the requirements under the Act,...

KINGSTON — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says Government and the Private sector must work even closer in the months ahead to convert investment ideas into business realities through a more aggressive investment strategy, where job creation is the priority. Speaking at the Rotary Club of Santa Cruz on the weekend the Minister with responsibility for...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is to prepare a Cabinet submission to outline the way forward for the scrap metal industry, following the temporary shutdown of the trade. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. Christopher Tufton, at a press briefing held today, at the Ministry in New Kingston, said that the submission will be presented...

KINGSTON — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has instructed a temporary closure of the scrap metal trade. All exporters with inventories on hand must collect their containers from the ports by the latest Friday, July 22nd, 2011. These must be packed and returned to the port by July 29th. Thereafter, no new scrap metal...

MONTEGO BAY — The Customs Department is reporting significant earnings for the first quarter of the 2011/2012 financial year, with the revenue target overshot by $1.4 billion. According to Commissioner of Customs, Danville Walker, the increase in earnings is despite a cut in rates for the importation of motor vehicles, which he describes as a courageous move on the part...

WASHINGTON — A variety of top Jamaican gourmet foods will be on show in the United States capital, at the 57th Summer International Fancy Food Show, to be held at the Walter E.  Washington Convention Center, beginning this weekend.  The Jamaican Promotion Corporation, JAMPRO, is leading a delegation of exporters in the agro-processing sector to the event, which lasts from...

New Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton has described Heads of Missions as economic stakeholders and important players in the process of  getting investments into the country. Delivering his first address to the diplomats at a Heads of Missions meeting, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, on June 30, the Minister said he would be working closely...

KINGSTON — Six local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are to receive some US$5 million in grant funding to carry out micro-enterprise, agricultural and climate change projects under the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Development Grants Program (DGP) The groups, which were announced at a function held on June 29 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston are the...

TORONTO — Listening to Mark Jones speak, one would surmise that the best decision he has ever made was visiting Jamaica in 2007. Four years later, the Chairman of Global Gateway Solutions, a call centre firm, has investments in companies employing approximately 1,000 Jamaicans in real estate, financial services and Information Communication Technology (ICT). At the JAMPRO-sponsored, “Invest in Jamaica:...