The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is reviewing the packaging requirements for commodities such as flour and rice. Speaking in an interview with the JIS News, Director of the Standards Division at the BSJ, Julia Bonner Douette, said the objective is to ensure that “all heavily consumed food items have similar packaging standards like sugar”. She informed that the Bureau...

Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley, says the country’s rural and coastal towns are being targeted as Government moves to boost economic and social opportunities for citizens. He said that Port Antonio, Falmouth, Port Maria, Lucea, Savanna-la-Mar and Morant Bay are some of the towns that have been earmarked for development. “The Prime Minister, in what...

Cabinet approved tabling of the Jamaica Logistics Hub Initiative (JLHI) Market Analysis and Master Plan in Parliament last month for adoption. The implementation strategy for the JLHI Market Analysis and Master Plan was also approved. This is according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who was addressing a plenary session...

Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Wayne Henry, is encouraging management consultants to always strive for excellence. “Immediately as you think of consultancy, you are adding capacity, and sometimes you may be engaged with entities that may have the capacity, but don’t have the time. And at the end of the day, you have to add value,...

Six priority sectors and the potential business opportunities they present will be the highlight of the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), slated for June 12 to 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Discussions and presentations will focus on agri-business, business process outsourcing, energy, logistics, manufacturing and tourism, and how these sectors can drive Jamaica’s continued growth and...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is anticipating further reduction in the country’s poverty rate, which declined from 21.1 per cent in 2015 to 17.1 in 2016. The decline, reported in the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions, represents a 19 per cent drop in the incidence of poverty, the largest annual reduction in 10 years....

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Dr. Eric Deans, says the development and delivery of value-added goods and services under the Government’s Logistics Hub Initiative (LHI) will be pivotal in spurring higher levels of economic growth and job creation for Jamaica. He notes that fluctuations in the country’s economic fortunes over the years, which...