As part of the government’s stimulus package, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has cut export related fees and charges by 50 per cent. This move has been implemented by Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) and the Trade Board Ltd. State Minister at MICAF, Floyd Green says, “One of the matters that the Export Growth Team...

Registered airport red cap porters are among the 19 categories of workers in the tourism industry slated to benefit from the Government’s $10-billion COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme. The programme, which was launched online today (April 9), via website www.wecare.gov.jm, aims to provide financial assistance to workers and businesses impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The package...

Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, says he is pleased with the level of readiness at the Black River Hospital to handle any suspected case of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The hospital recently completed a 23-bed quarantine facility on the male ward that was retrofitted with the relevant testing and protective equipment...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Ministry is spending some $100 million on a programme aimed at mitigating the impact of drought on farmers and to gain at least a five-per cent growth in food production. He said the programme will be carried out over a 12-month period, targeting the planting of vegetables, fruits,...

Local company Cal’s Manufacturing Limited is the latest company to support the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) containment effort, by donating food items to assist residents in the quarantined community of Corn Piece in Clarendon. The items include water, corned beef, mackerel, vinegar, syrup, ketchup, lime juice, among others. They were handed over at a ceremony held on Wednesday (April 8) at...

With effect from April 8 until April 21, 2020, persons 70 years and over and persons who are ill with flu-like or respiratory symptoms must remain at their place of residence, except when they may leave once per day for food, medicine, exercise and other necessities of life. This restriction forms part of the Government’s efforts to control community spread...

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), has identified several investment and export opportunities that can be pursued for national growth and development, after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The areas cited by the country’s investment and export promotion agency include: manufacturing, agriculture and agribusiness, logistics services, e-commerce, the global services sector (GSS) and other information technology (IT)-enabled services, healthcare and biotechnology, and renewable...