New tech start-up company, Road Jockey, will be joining Jamaica’s online food delivery market on November 1, in an effort to tap into the pandemic-driven surge in delivery demand. The company will be launched in Montego Bay, St. James, before expanding to other major towns in the future. Road Jockey, via its Android and iOS-compatible mobile app and website, aims...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), John Mahfood, has lauded the operations of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) in safeguarding quality within the manufacturing sector. “I offer special commendation to JANAAC for its dedication to boosting Jamaica’s potential to trade, through the robust development of a national quality infrastructure, which is critical to brand Jamaica....

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has secured approximately $4.2 million in refunds and compensation on behalf of aggrieved consumers for the period April to June 2021. Communications Specialist, CAC, Dorothy Campbell, told JIS News that the funds were recovered from the top-five categories for refunds and compensation. These are electrical Equipment and Appliances, where nearly $1.8 million was recovered; Furniture,...

Digital payment solutions facilitator, WiPay, will be providing COVID-19 relief grant support, totalling $4 million, to persons islandwide requiring assistance. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aldwyn Wayne, said the provision, which will be disbursed through Food For the Poor Jamaica, forms part of a larger undertaking involving other stakeholder interests. Mr. Wayne advised that the total value of the overall...

The Government has resumed the E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) and has granted permission for registered stakeholders to operate until midnight during the coronavirus (COVID-19) curfew hours and on no-movement days. The no-movement days that were recently announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, have been implemented to curb surging COVID-19 cases islandwide. Those days are Sunday, August...

A total of 12,809 business names and 3,935 companies were registered by entrepreneurs and investors with the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) in 2020. This was disclosed by Government Senator, Don Wehby, who indicated that the outturns represent a 12 per cent increase for business names and three per cent rise for companies over 2019, despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

The E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) Pilot Programme will this weekend be given its sternest test as operations are heightened in all fourteen (14) Parishes. This is in keeping with the island-wide rollout announced in the House of Representatives by the Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Kingston and St. Andrew lead the way with close to sixty (60) registered and...