Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has lauded winners of this year’s Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit (PLPU) Essay and Poster competition. He was speaking at the competition’s awards ceremony, held today (August 28), at the Ministry, Hope Gardens, in Kingston. “Your bold step to enter this competition shows that you are all motivated to make a...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be lobbying Parliament’s support to strengthen legislation to safeguard the public against attacks by aggressive dogs. This, he says, includes measures to hold owners accountable for “the senseless attacks we have been seeing (in recent times)”. Mr. Shaw said while the governing laws, outlined in the Dogs Liability...

Chairman of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), Randy Dougherty, says Jamaica’s industry and commerce sectors can benefit significantly from the globally recognised accredited conformity assessments. A conformity assessment directly or indirectly determines whether a process, product, service, or person meets and fulfils stipulated technical standards. The engagement includes certification, inspection, testing, calibration, validation, and verification activities. These are performed by...

The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has been facilitating various initiatives geared at promoting competitive markets and improvement in consumer welfare. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (August 24), Executive Director at the FTC, David Miller, said the entity has been collaborating with various Government entities, financial institutions and sectors to improve their operations and processes.  “We have been collaborating...

Vice President of Sales and Promotions at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Claude Duncan, says the country is poised to attract more businesses and investments, as a result of significant strides being made to ensure a business friendly environment for investors. In this regard, Mr. Duncan says JAMPRO continues to improve the market readiness of projects locally, to prepare project owners...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is imploring gift shops, particularly those at attractions and airports, to display products made in Jamaica. Addressing the official opening of Things Jamaican Specialty Food Store, at Devon House, in St. Andrew, on August 22, the Minister said he recently visited an attraction and “struggled” to find locally manufactured items....

The burgeoning local bamboo and castor oil industries are to be included in the Agriculture Push-Start (APS) programme, as part of plans to capitalise on the value chain of these crops. Castor oil is to be added to the programme by the end of the year and bamboo is to be included at a later date. This was announced by...