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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...

Russian alumina conglomerate, UC Rusal, which owns 52 per cent of local alumina production, has reaffirmed its commitment to continue operating in Jamaica, Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has confirmed. "They have successfully negotiated debt rescheduling arrangements with a consortium of Russian and western banks amounting to US$11.9 billion, out of a...

The two Jamaican firms, which have advanced to the finals of the inaugural Pioneers of Prosperity Caribbean Awards, will be announced during a ceremony scheduled for the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, New Kingston, on Wednesday (June 22). Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda, heads the list of guests who will attend the function, during which a third...

Micro and small entrepreneurs in Ocho Rios and surrounding areas are expected to benefit from the new Business Information Centre now officially open at Pineapple Place in the parish of St. Ann. The new Ocho Rios JAMBIC/Export Centre and Business Information Point (ECBIP) seeks to provide e-business services, Internet access to web-enabled government services, market information and distance learning opportunities,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has called for increased partnership between the public and the private sectors, in areas where it can be beneficial to the development of both sectors. Mr. Samuda, who was speaking at the Caribbean Business Renewable Conference in at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston on Friday (July 17), said that while...