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Local Raw Material Business Development Manager for Red Stripe, Dr. Cavell Francis-Rhiney (right), shakes hands with Director of the Office of Environment and Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Sara Buchanan (left). This was shortly before the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Red Stripe and the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change II (Ja REEACH II) Project for the provision of technical support to boost commercial cassava production under Red Stripe’s Project Grow initiative. The signing ceremony was held on Friday, July 7 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Looking on are board member of Ja REEACH, Mortimer Neufville (2nd left); and Chairman of the Desnoes and Geddes Foundation, operating company for Red Stripe, Noel DaCosta.

Red Stripe to Engage More Farmers in Cassava Cultivation

Red Stripe will be engaging an additional 200 farmers to cultivate cassava under its Project Grow initiative. They will add to the 103 farmers who have already been contracted by the company to grow the crop as a source of...

Chairman of JAMPRO, Senator Don Wehby (centre), in conversation with President of the agency, Diane Edwards (left) and President of the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), Michelle Chong (right), at an awards banquet hosted by the JEA at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston, on July 8.

Chairman of JAMPRO Calls for More Exports

Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, speaking during the agency’s quarterly media briefing at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in New Kingston, on July 5.

CAC Developing Mobile Apps to Heighten Public Awareness

Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division Director General, Veniece Pottinger-Scott.

Gov’t Committed To World-Class Customer Service Delivery

Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chairman, Kent Gammon, addresses the CAC’s quarterly media briefing at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries in New Kingston on Wednesday, July 5.

CAC Secures $16.8 Million for Consumers in the Corporate Area and St. James

Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) Chairman, Kent Gammon, addresses journalists at the CAC’s quarterly media briefing at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, in New Kingston, on July 5.

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CAC to Complete Verification of Bad Gas Claims by July 31

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is hoping to complete verification of the 382 claims submitted by motorists who were affected by contaminated gasolene in late 2015, by the end of July. Chairman, Kent Gammon, says a special Technical Committee established by the CAC to evaluate the complaints has completed verification of 224, or 60 per cent, of the claims received....

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MSMEs Urged to Utilise DBJ Voucher Programme

Micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) are being encouraged to utilise the variety of business support services offered under the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Voucher for Technical Assistance (VTA) programme. “Persons are able to access grant funding, where DBJ pays up to 70 per cent of the cost,” said General Manager, Loan Origination and Portfolio Management at the DBJ,...

9 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

New $30.3m Irrigation System Commissioned in New Forrest-duff House

A total of 400 farmers who cultivate in the New Forest-Duff House Agro Park in Manchester now have improved irrigation access following the commissioning of a new $30.3 million industrial pump that will serve the area, on June 29. The facility was jointly funded by the World Bank, through its Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) being implemented by the Jamaica Social...

9 years ago AgricultureCommerceIndustry

New $30.3m Irrigation System Commissioned in New Forest-Duff House

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda.

9 years ago CommerceHealth & Wellness

Revised Sugar Packaging and Labelling Standards in Effect

The Government has introduced revised standards for the sale of brown and granulated sugar in the retail trade, effective Saturday, July 1. Retailers must now adhere to the stipulations for supplying the commodity which mandate its pre-packaging in bags which are heat sealed and not tied with a string or knot. Additionally, label information must include product and brand names;...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Lorice Edwards Brown, is urging persons to ensure that they are in compliance with the labelling and packaging standards for sugar, which take effect on July 1. She was speaking at a JIS Think Tank on June 29 at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

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Stiff Penalties for Non-Compliance with Sugar Labelling, Packaging Standards

Persons could face stiff penalties for non-compliance with the labelling and packaging standards for sugar sold in the retail market. Director at the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Orine Henry, said the Standards Act provides for a fine of $3 million and 12 months in prison. She was speaking at a Think Tank held on June 29 at the...

9 years ago Commerce

COJ to Publish Names of Delinquent Companies, Directors

PRESS RELEASE - Directors and secretaries of the more than 30,000 delinquent companies on the company register may have their names, and that of the entities they operate, published on a quarterly basis as the Companies Office of Jamaica seeks to enforce compliance. Companies that will make the list for publication are those that the Agency’s compliance officers have made...