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Policy Coming To Empower Consumers To Make Informed Choices
The Government has implemented a project to prepare a consumer and welfare policy which, when completed, will empower consumers to make informed choices in the marketplace. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw who...
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BSJ Launches Client Services Programme
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has launched its Client Services Programme (CSP), to promote the international competitiveness of Jamaican producers through business development and trade. Speaking at the virtual event, today (October 21), Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, said some of the interventions provided by the CSP include standards awareness, interpretation and implementation, market access...
Bureau of Standards Recognises Outstanding and Long-serving Staff
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has recognised 52 staff members for long service and sterling work. At the entity’s virtual Long Service and Awards Function held on Wednesday (October 13), awards were presented to outstanding performers for the 2020 calendar year, and long-serving employees and retirees for the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 fiscal periods. Minister of State in the...
World Standards Day Webinar Thursday
The public is being invited to participate in the Bureau of Standards Jamaica’s (BSJ) World Standards Day webinar on Thursday (October 14), beginning at 10:00 a.m. The event is being held under the theme: ‘A Conversation: Inspiring Hope as we Vision and Build a Better Jamaica’. Persons can register to participate via the BSJ’s website at www.bsj.org.jm or any of...
House Approves Amendments to Companies Act
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday (October 6), approved the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2021 to allow shareholder meetings to be held virtually or in a hybrid format. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who piloted the legislative measure in the House of Representatives, noted that the restrictions under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) prevented many companies...
Online Food Delivery Company To Be Launched November 1 In Montego Bay
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...
JMEA President Lauds JANAAC
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....
