The Chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Mr. LeVaughn Flynn, has announced the appointment of Ms. Faith Graham as acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CLA. Graham joined the Authority in 2018 as the Director of Enforcement and Monitoring with primary responsibility for ensuring compliance and standards within Jamaica’s medical cannabis industry. She assumed the role of acting...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, says the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has been closely monitoring the prices for coronavirus (COVID-19) tests at accredited labs to ensure fair trade. “The Ministry has tasked the Consumer Affairs Commission to be vigilant in the marketplace, to ensure that all the places that have...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is moving to repeal and replace the Trade Act. He made the announcement during Thursday’s (March 4) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members were reviewing the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure. The Trade Act provides for, among other things, the regulation of...

Sixty small and medium-sized mining and quarry operators have benefited from entrepreneurial skills training to better enable their businesses to survive and thrive. The training was conducted by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) under the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States-European Union (OACPS-EU) Development Minerals Programme Phase II. Among the areas covered by the training were how to...

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce and the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) are seeking to regulate COVID-19 testing facilities through the Pre-Accreditation Approval Programme (PAAP). State Minister, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, said that the programme will enable facilities to adequately meet public demand for fast, accurate and cost-effective COVID-19 testing in order to ensure “the best...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, has mandated members of the newly formed National Quality Policy Council to drive and promote quality within the various entities that they represent. “You are here as quality representatives of your respective organisations. You are, therefore, expected to be the focal point for quality in your organisations. The expectation is that...

One hundred micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are to benefit from capacity building, technical assistance or grants in the upcoming financial year. This will be facilitated under the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) project, for which $350 million has been allotted in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. It is also anticipated...