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Charitable groups are being encouraged to take advantage of the special three-month amnesty now being offered by the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ). "We are asking charitable organisations to take advantage of this amnesty," said Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, at a press briefing held today (Sept. 8) at the COJ's head office in New Kingston...

Local companies, Spatial Innovision and Totally Male, are among 10 regional entities vying for a $5.3 million (US$60,000) grand prize in the inaugural Pioneers of Prosperity Caribbean Award. The winner of the prestigious award will be named at a ceremony scheduled for the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, on September 11. The ceremony, to be hosted...

The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) is celebrating National Employers' Month in September, with focus to be placed on the regularisation of businesses and improving best practices. JEF President, Wayne Chen, speaking with JIS News at the launch held at the JEF headquarters in Kingston yesterday, (Sept. 1) said that with the global economic crisis "bearing down of the country's economy,"...

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...