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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has called on operators of local laboratories to get their facilities accredited to international standards. He was speaking at the culmination of a three-day accreditation training seminar, which was convened by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), yesterday (March 26), at the Medallion Hall Hotel in...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda, has urged manufacturers to place greater focus on producing goods for export to earn much needed foreign exchange for Jamaica. He said that while engaging in manufacturing for local consumption is good, it is not good enough to have products that are not geared to export and which can earn foreign exchange. "Jamaica...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce Karl Samuda, is to visit Canada in April, to look at one-stop facilities created to support business development. He will be looking for measures that can be adopted and implemented in Jamaica, against the background of challenges arising in facilitating the growth of business and trade, locally. Addressing the official launch of the Jamaica...

Global News Products Incorporated is launching a symposium entitled Protect Your Profits: Maximizing Profits through Intellectual Property Protection on April 26, 2009 (10AM - 3PM) at the Hilton Kingston Hotel. The conference aims to provide a forum for the discussion of practical ways in which Jamaican businesses can boost their profitability through a more judicious use and proactive protection of...

Jamaica had a successful showing at the just concluded International Food and Drink Event (IFE) in London, with manufacturers and exporters meeting and booking orders with European distributors. "All the exporters (from Jamaica) had meetings with potential distributors and in some cases have had orders. There has been a positive response from consumers. All the exporters have had good meetings,"...

After years of intense deliberations on the much-anticipated National Export Strategy, Government and stakeholders in the export sector have hammered out the final draft of the document to guide the all-important industry. Stakeholders in the export sector today (March 17) assembled at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, to validate the final draft of the proposed strategy, ahead of the...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has made an impassioned appeal to stakeholders in the export sector, to embark on an urgent retooling exercise. Speaking today (March 17), at the validation session of the National Export Strategy, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Mr. Samuda sought to mobilise players in the sector to inject capital in a comprehensive...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Michael Stern, has suggested that governments and business communities in the region work together to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. "Despite difficult times, we need not be unnecessarily pessimistic. What we need to see now is greater investment in ICT, so that...

Over 500 micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), across the island, have benefited from a suite of technical services provided under the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) over the past five years. These enterprises span a number of sectors, including agro-business, the creative industries, tourism, and the services sectors. A Euro 26.17 million, five-year joint initiative, established in 2004 between...

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles has encouraged Jamaicans to invest more in the country, to provide jobs for those who need it. "You cannot have jobs without expansion of investment or new investment, (and) you cannot invite people to come to your country to create jobs, to create investments, when they are scared of their capital and...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has pledged the government's continued support in keeping consumers informed, so as to exercise greater intelligence in their purchasing decisions. In his message to mark World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) tomorrow (March 15) under the theme: 'Be a Smart Consumer...Empower Yourself', the minister said that the Ministry, through initiatives being implemented by...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has secured a total of $19.7 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers for the 2008 calendar year, said Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Dolsie Allen. In an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Allen informed that the sum was for the settlement of 1,443 of 1,630 complaints received, representing an 88.5 per cent resolution rate....