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

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...

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

Exciting Activities For Global Entrepreneurship Week

NCRA Hosts Stakeholder Engagement Session Nov. 10

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries the Hon. Audley Shaw

Diaspora making strong contribution to Jamaica’s recovery

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, virtually participates in the opening ceremony for the Fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE) and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum from his offices in St. Andrew on Thursday (November 3). The CIIE acts as a major platform for international procurement, investment promotion, cultural exchanges and open cooperation. It facilitates countries and regions all over the world to strengthen economic cooperation and trade, and to promote global trade and world economic growth in order to make the world economy more open.

PHOTO: Minister Shaw Virtually Attends Opening Ceremony For The China Int’l Expo

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Digital Currency Promises New Opportunities For MSMEs

Local entrepreneurs are heralding the opportunities that now exist for Jamaicans due to digital transition. The stance was made at the recently concluded Wealth Summit on Digital Financial Inclusion hosted by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. All six presenters at the summit, who were drawn from the public and private sectors, advocated for the benefits to be...

President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, which was held at the JIS Montego Bay Regional Office, in St. James, recently.

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JAPHI Warns Non-Compliant Food Establishments

President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, is warning non-compliant food establishments on the island that if they continue to operate unlawfully, they can be shut down and even prosecuted. “We have seen in the media where persons have purchased food from establishments and would have appeared to have succumbed to food poisoning related to...

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

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Minister Shaw Hails Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, has hailed the work of the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (ADSC), noting that the entity has remained “excellent” in protecting Jamaica’s producers against unfair trade practices. Delivering the keynote address on Thursday (October 28), at a virtual function to mark National Trade Remedies Day and observe the Commission’s 21st anniversary, the...

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) and Chairman of Expo Jamaica Organising Committee, Aswad Morgan.

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Virtual Expo Jamaica on October 27

More than 200 buyers from North America, the United Kingdom (UK), Canada and the Caribbean are set to participate in the virtual staging of Expo Jamaica on Wednesday, October 27, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The event, being held under the theme ‘A Vision of the Future’, is hosted by the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) in collaboration with the...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who also has oversight responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, speaks at the virtual launch of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica’s Client Services Programme, today (October 21).

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BSJ Launches Client Services Programme

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has launched its Client Services Programme (CSP), to promote the international competitiveness of Jamaican producers through business development and trade. Speaking at the virtual event, today (October 21), Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, said some of the interventions provided by the CSP include standards awareness, interpretation and implementation, market access...

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World Standards Day Webinar Thursday

The public is being invited to participate in the Bureau of Standards Jamaica’s (BSJ) World Standards Day webinar on Thursday (October 14), beginning at 10:00 a.m. The event is being held under the theme: ‘A Conversation: Inspiring Hope as we Vision and Build a Better Jamaica’. Persons can register to participate via the BSJ’s website at www.bsj.org.jm or any of...

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Jamaica In Final Stages Of Preparing Accession Documents To Madrid Protocol

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the Ministry is in the final stages of preparing the documents of accession, which will allow local trademark owners to safeguard their marks internationally, using the Madrid Protocol. Accession to the global treaty, administered by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) enables trademark owners to...