Students participating in the Global Services Sector (GSS) High School Immersion Bootcamp Training Programme will have an opportunity to learn digital skills as part of the Enhanced Job Readiness Curriculum. The curriculum aims to prepare students for the working world through four weeks of online classes and case studies. It will also focus on cognitive and soft skills for workplace...

The Jamaica Customs Act, which is to be repealed and replaced, will provide a modern framework that further enhances ease of doing business. The Act, which is currently before a Joint Select Committee of Parliament, will improve customs practices and procedures to facilitate trade effectively and efficiently. It will also ensure increased predictability and compliance with Customs requirements. Minister of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, has commended Technological Solutions Limited (TSL) for being a pioneer in food safety and quality systems implementation. The State Minister was speaking at TSL’s 25th anniversary luncheon at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (June 30). “TSL has steadily expanded...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging persons to carefully read contracts when purchasing preowned motor vehicles. “Read the contract and ensure that you understand fully what it is saying. There are times when we have had complaints where, when you look at the contracts, there really are some unfair contract terms; and so, we ask persons, if you don’t...

Real estate investors are being urged to diversify into other industries, in order to create the levels of economic expansion that will support continued growth in the sector. The advice comes from State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, who pointed out that such investment would create wealth for Jamaicans, who could...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) continues to fuel the economy through its business centres that support the growth and development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) operating outside of Kingston. Kingston houses the headquarters for the JBDC, but the entity has acknowledged that “good business” is not centralised to the Kingston and St. Andrew metropolitan area. In other...

The new JS 358: 2022 Standard, which stipulates the limit for lead content in paints and other surface coating material distributed and retailed locally, is to be promulgated by month-end and will take effect in January 2023. Its development was spearheaded by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Paints and Surface Coatings Technical Committee and comes against the background of...