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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Reginald Budhan has lauded the Magna Customer Rewards Programme, and is encouraging more of this type of initiative to boost consumer spending. "Within the context of the global recession and its adverse impact on the economy, any means of reducing prices for consumers and stimulating demand, is good for the...

The Government's investment promotion agency, Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), will lead a delegation of representatives from 19 local companies, to participate in the 2009 Jamaican Business Expo at the Sunset Lakes Community Centre in Mirarmar, South Florida in the United States of America (USA), from September 3 to 4. The expo is organised by the Jamaica/USA Chamber of Commerce...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has urged female wards at the Homestead Childcare Facility in Kingston, to take control of their lives from an early age in order to build a solid future. "Please, don't be careless with your early life, because it is the foundation on which you will build a sound and solid future,"...

Jamaica's athletes are being encouraged to register their images and trademarks with the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), in order to protect themselves from exploitation by opportunists seeking to cash in on their outstanding achievements. Deputy Executive Director and Legal Counsel of JIPO, Ms. Lilyclaire Bellamy, told journalists at a media briefing at the Police Officers' Club, on Hope Road,...

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has applied to the CARICOM Secretariat for a further one-year suspension of the provisions of the Common External Tariff (CET) affecting Jamaica's importation of cement. The current suspension expires on September 9, 2009. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, at a press briefing on Tuesday (August...

More than 600,000 square feet of new office space will be provided over the next five years as the Government moves to provide facilities for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. "This is the movement that we are heading towards for the future," said Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda. He was addressing the official opening of...

Minister of Industry Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has challenged second generation Jamaicans in the Diaspora, to focus on new business technologies when considering investing in Jamaica. "We must move into the technological era," the Minister urged his audience at the Jamaica Diaspora Future Leaders Conference being held at the Mona Visitors Lodge. Nearly 200 second-generation Jamaicans from the...

"Tasty," is the word used to describe one of the Scientific Research Council's (SRC) latest food formulations - an innovative mannish water soup mix - a traditional dish enjoyed by most Jamaicans. This is the view of General Manager of a subsidiary of the SRC, Marketech Limited, Roselyn Fisher, who notes that this initiative is in keeping with the agency's...

Manufacturers are being urged to take advantage of the Government's Modernisation of Industry Programme (MOI) to benefit from financial and technical support to retool and modernise their operations. Under the initiative, which is administered by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, through Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), provisions are made for the waiving of General Consumption Tax (GCT) chargeable...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) launched a nutritional guide, 'Eating Right, When Money Tight', at its head office, 2 Seaview Avenue, Kingston on Wednesday (July 29). The 40-page meal plan is aimed at assisting the most vulnerable consumers in providing nutritious meals, at a reasonable cost to an average family of five persons. The guide contains basic recipes, low-cost meal...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has urged members of the Diaspora to look for investment opportunities in overseas markets to meet unfilled demands for Jamaican food products. The Finance Minister was the guest speaker at the annual Independence worship service at the Kendall Community Church of God held on Sunday (July 26) in Miami, Florida...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be launching a nutrition guide entitled: 'Eating Right, When Money Tight' on Wednesday, July 29 at its offices at 2 Seaview Avenue in Kingston. "We are hoping that this book (guide) will aid families, consumers in general, to get some low-cost meal ideas that will help them to channel their limited resources well," Regional...