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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, engages in a lighthearted moment with participants in the virtual staging of the 19th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture hosted by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) on Wednesday (December 8). The Minister was delivering opening remarks from his New Kingston offices. (Photo: Dave Reid)

Policy Coming To Empower Consumers To Make Informed Choices

The Government has implemented a project to prepare a consumer and welfare policy which, when completed, will empower consumers to make informed choices in the marketplace. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw who...

Examinations and Assessment Officer at the Council of Community Colleges Jamaica (CCCJ), Vanessa Buchanan Williams.

Council Of Community Colleges In Jamaica ISO 9001 2015 Certified

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw.

JIPO Looking to Incorporate Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances

Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.

Construction Industry Continues To Grow

Director-General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry. (JIS File Photo)

PIOJ Reports Strong Economic Growth For July To September

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the NCBJ Certificate Handover Ceremony that was held at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica headquarters in Kingston recently.

4 years ago Industry

Minister Shaw Calls On Companies To Aim For Quality Certification

The National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ) has approved six companies for certification. The six are the Scientific Research Council – Food Pilot Plant; Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Limited; IGL Limited; Caribbean Depot; the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited – System Protection and Control Department and Ket’s Organic Gourmet Farm. The NCBJ is the body responsible for ISO 9001:2015 Certification, Hazard Analysis...

Executives of five Business Service Intermediaries (BSIs) under the DBJ’s IGNITE III programme pose with Executives of the Development Bank of Jamaica

Left – Right: Nigel Cooper, Incubator Manager, Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) Utech, Paula Hagley, Manager, Business Development & Special Projects, Jamaica Manufacturers & Exporters Association (JMEA), Christopher Brown, General Manager, Project Management Office, Development Bank of Jamaica, Opal Levy, Director, Sisters’ Ink Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds, Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica, Valerie Viera, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Adrian Nelson, Legal Officer, DBJ, LuShana Cheddesingh, Technical Coordinator, Direct Business Support, DBJ and Carlinton Burrell, Executive Director, Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre.

4 years ago DevelopmentIndustry

DBJ Signs Agreement with Business Service Intermediaries 20 MSEs to benefit from 12-month capacity building programme

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) today (Tuesday, November 16th) signed Agreement with five business service intermediaries (BSIs) to build the capacity of twenty Micro and Small Businesses (MSEs) over the next 12 months, and represents the third Cohort of the Bank’s IGNITE programme. The BSIs are: Caribbean Innovation Climate Centre (CCIC), Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Jamaica Manufacturers &...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with portfolio responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw. (File Photo)

4 years ago Industry

Jamaica In V-Shaped Economic Recovery – Shaw

With Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.20 percent recorded in the second quarter of 2021, the country is now in a V-shaped economic recovery. The disclosure was made by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with portfolio responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw during his address on day one of the Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO) ‘Explore Do Business...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams addresses the virtual Post Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (November 10). Photo: A. Walker

4 years ago CabinetIndustry

Jamaica Amends Legislations Ahead Of Hosting AICE

Cabinet has given approval for the execution of the World Free Zones Organization (WFZO) Agreement between the WFZO and the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), for the Authority’s hosting of the 8th Annual International Conference and Exhibition (AICE). The conference and exhibition is scheduled to be held June 7 to 10, 2022 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Addressing the virtual...

Chief Executive Officer, National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown.

4 years ago Industry

National Compliance And Regulatory Authority Targets Legislation By 2022/23

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown, says that the entity is working to have legislation in place within the next financial year. “You would have heard us talking and making reference to the BSJ (Bureau of Standards Jamaica) legislation because that still underlines and gives us the authority to conduct our regulatory...

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Harold Davis. Photo: Shanna Salmon

4 years ago Industry

Exciting Activities For Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has organised a host of events to commemorate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which is being observed November 8 to12. The events include a Business Dialogue Forum on Monday (November 8) at 1:00 p.m.; JBDC Virtual Biz Zone on Tuesday (November 9) at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.; Opportunity Evening on Wednesday (November 10) at...

4 years ago Industry

NCRA Hosts Stakeholder Engagement Session Nov. 10

The public is invited to participate in a stakeholder engagement session to be hosted by the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), on Wednesday, November 10, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The session, dubbed ‘Stating the Facts: The Regulator’s Table’, will be hosted via Zoom and streamed live on the NCRA Facebook page. Chief Executive Officer, NCRA, Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown,...