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Manager for Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) Sales Support Unit, Ricardo Durrant.

JAMPRO Grants Export Max Grace Period

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is inviting entities applying to participate in the Export Max III programme that have not submitted the necessary documents, to do so by Friday, February 15. Manager for JAMPRO’s Sales Support Unit, Ricardo Durrant, told JIS...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left); and President, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock (right), listen to Chief Executive Officer, Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL), Dr. Grantley Stephenson, during a tour of the entity's Total Logistics Facility at Newport West, Kingston on Wednesday (February 6). Prior to the tour, the KWL and CMU exchanged documents for a partnership between the enitities to advance research in the port and logistics sector.

Kingston Wharves and CMU Partner to Advance Port and Logistics Sector

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), is greeted by Chairman, Standards Council, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Senator Matthew Samuda, when he arrived at the BSJ’s Winchester Road location in Kingston on Wednesday (February 6), to address the launch of its structural steel standards.

Stakeholders Encouraged to Adhere to New Standards for Structural Steel Products

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education's (CASE) Founder’s Day, held on January 25 at the college campus in Passley Gardens, Portland.

Gov’t Targeting Expansion of Agro-Processing

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. JC Hutchinson.

224 Farmers Registered for Holland Estate Agro-Economic Zone

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Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID) Condemns 70 Metric Tonnes of Imported White Rice Due to High Microbial Content

The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID), in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has confiscated 70 metric tonnes (1575 bags) of White Cinderella rice, valued at approximately $4.6 million, which was imported from Guyana by a local distributor. Upon inspection the rice had signs of mould growth, clumping, discolouration and wetting. As a result,...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley.

7 years ago Commerce

JANAAC Providing Training for Public and Private Inspection Bodies

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) will be offering public and private inspection bodies free training in the standards and requirements needed to be accredited. The training, which will commence soon, will include: web-based sessions designed to enable companies to use JANAAC’s website to view videos about the basic elements of the standards and the requirements, and the importance...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustryJIS Think Tank

Inspection Bodies Encouraged to Access Free Pre-Assessment

Inspection bodies in the private and public sectors are being encouraged by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, to access the free pre-assessment that is being offered by the organisation until March 31. According to Mrs. Shirley, the agency is offering free pre-assessments for the second consecutive year, as it recognises the...

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

7 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustryJIS Think Tank

JANAAC to Accredit 50 Inspection Bodies in 2019

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, says the organisation is targeting the accreditation of 50 inspection bodies for 2019. Speaking with JIS News, Mrs. Shirley said they are aiming to get the standards of local and regional inspection bodies aligned with international standards. “Inspection body accreditation means allowing a third party (JANAAC) to come...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, delivering the main address at the launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa on January 22.

7 years ago CommerceEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

JIE to Showcase Local Manufacturing to a Global Audience

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA), Metry Seaga, says the upcoming Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) will be another opportunity for local businesses to promote their goods and services to an international audience. Slated for the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, from May 30 to June 1, Mr. Seaga said the trade show will...

7 years ago CommerceEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

JMEA Looking To Capitalise on Export Opportunities

The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) will be pushing to capitalise on business opportunities that are available in the international market, says the entity’s President, Metry Seaga. “We are surrounded by an abundance of opportunities for Jamaican exports,” he said. “The United Kingdom’s (UK) import market grew by one per cent in 2017, which amounted to US$4.9 billion, while...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), enjoys a cup of coffee with (from left): Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; and Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, at the launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 15.

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Government to Help Improve Coffee Industry

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government will be taking a multipronged approach to improve the coffee industry. This includes market diversification and the increased productivity and production of Blue Mountain, High Mountain and Lowland coffee. Addressing the launch of the second annual Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New...