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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson (left), in discussion with former Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Ludlow Mathison, at the launch of a Production and Marketing Organisation (PMO) parish group for St. Thomas, held at the Village Green Restaurant, in Morant Bay, on May 10.

Agricultural Aides to Assist with Registration of Farmers

The Government is moving to make it easier for farmers to register with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon J.C. Hutchinson, says members of production and marketing...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre, seated), and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Her Excellency Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (right, seated), sign the EU Sugar Technical Assistance Consultancy Programme agreement at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry. In the back row (from left) are United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Nicholas Astbury; Sugar Transformation Unit Project Manager, Keleen Young-Grandison; Agricultural Attaché, EU Delegation in Jamaica, Stefano Cillí; Technical Assistance Programme Consultants, Gordon Allert and Andreas Bockermann; and Spanish Ambassador-designate to Jamaica, His Excellency Josep María Bosch Bessa.

Sugar Industry to Benefit From EU-Funded Technical Assistance

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses journalists at his post-2017/18 Sectoral Debate presentation briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 10.

Gov’t Remains Committed to Medical Marijuana Industry

Manager, Financial Support Services Unit at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Melissa Bennett (2nd left), provides details about the entity’s Small Business Expo and Conference at a recent JIS Think Tank. Others (from left) are Manager, Marketing Services at the JBDC, Janine Taylor; Corporate Communications Manager, Suzette Campbell; and Manager, Business Advisory Services, Althea West-Myers. The JBDC expo is slated for Thursday, May 11 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme ‘Think Big. Scale Up. Go Global’.

JBDC Small Business Expo to Impact Economic Growth

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. (FILE)

Effective Management Can Make Sugar Industry Viable – Samuda

9 years ago CommerceEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Positive Response TO EPOC Community Meetings

The Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) is reporting positive response to its ‘Pon di Corner’ community sensitisation meetings. The sessions, which got under way more than two weeks ago, seek to raise awareness about Jamaica’s economic programme, which is underpinned by the three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Agreement (SBA). The precautionary SBA is an insurance against unforeseen economic shocks...

9 years ago CommerceCommunity

SRC And JBDC Sign MOU To Boost MSME Sector

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will provide faster and easier access to business-development services for the growth of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector.Executive Director of the SRC, Dr. Cliff Riley, said the agreement will strengthen the relationship between the entities, allowing them...

9 years ago Commerce

Pre-Shipment Inspection of Motor Vehicles Begins July 1

The Government’s proposed motor-vehicle pre-shipment inspection programme is slated for implementation on July 1, 2017. It aims to provide a transparent motor-vehicle importation policy that safeguards consumers. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, says there are discrepancies that have “adversely affected” several purchasers in recent years as it relates to the model year of vehicles being older...

9 years ago Commerce

Commissioner of Customs Encourages Use of Advance Cargo Clearance

The CEO/Commissioner of Customs, Mrs. Velma Ricketts Walker, has reiterated that the use of the Automated Customs Management System, ASYCUDA World, is necessary to achieve greater efficiencies in a modern customs administration. According to Mrs. Walker, one of the areas in which the Agency has seen significant improvement is the use of the advance manifest, 24 hours prior to the...

Corporate Communications Manager at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Suzette Campbell (third left), outlining details of the 10th staging of the agency’s annual Small Business Expo & Conference, scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, under the theme ‘Think Big. Scale Up. Go Global’. Occasion was a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (May 1). Others (from left) are Manager, Marketing Services at the JBDC, Janine Taylor; Manager, Financial Support Services Unit, JBDC, Melissa Bennett and Manager, Business Advisory Services, JBDC, Althea West-Myers.

9 years ago Commerce

JBDC Stages Small Business Expo and Conference May 11

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting the 10th annual Small Business Expo & Conference on Thursday, May 11, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme ‘Think Big. Scale Up. Go Global’. The event, which is geared towards empowering business persons with information, will enhance sustainable and consistent development of micro, small and medium-size...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, delivers address at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo, held on April 28 at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. The event was held under the theme ‘Agri-preneurship: the Gateway to Sustainable Development’.

9 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Young People Should Lead Campaign for Healthy Diets – Hutchinson

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, says young people should lead a campaign for healthy diets. The Minister said with Jamaica recording 12,773 deaths in 2014 due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the economy to lose up to US$17.2 billion in output over the next 15 years, there is an urgent...

9 years ago CommerceJIS Think Tank

Jampro Facilitates Implementation of Reforms to Improve Business Climate

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), through the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), has been efficiently facilitating the implementation of various reforms to improve Jamaica’s business climate and performance on key global competitiveness indices. JAMPRO monitors several international indices, particularly the Doing Business Report of the World Bank, Logistics Performance Index and the Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum. Speaking...