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Senior Director, Regulations, Policy, Enforcement and Monitoring, Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Ainsley Brown (left), explains the importance of monitoring special economic zones (SEZs) during a recent sensitisation session, held at the Spanish Court Hotel, in Kingston. At right Senior Director, Business Partner Support Services, JSEZA, Licia Grant.

JSEZA To Launch Self-Reporting Form

To ramp up its monitoring efforts, the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) will be launching a self-reporting form for operators within the special economic zones (SEZs) by April 2020. “We want compliance, but, particularly, we want self-compliance, so we...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), delivers the 2020/21 Throne Speech, under the theme ‘Towards a Decade of Growth to Anchor Our Peace and Prosperity‘, at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament on February 11.

Industry Ministry To Push Four Priority Bills In 2020/21

President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), Gloria Henry, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Global Services Sector Incubator Reaping Success

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan, making his contribution to the 2019/20 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on February 7.

Legislation Coming To Safeguard Cockpit Country Protected Area

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), enjoys a slice of melon with Food and Agriculture Organization representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (centre); and FAO Programme Management Officer, Clifton Wilson. Occasion was a tour of sections of the 2,400-acre Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth on February 7.

Holland Estate Agro-Economic Zone To Transform Farming

President, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (right), engages with (from left) Managing Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer; Programme Director, Global Services Sector (GSS) project, Marjorie Straw; and Specialist in the Labour Markets Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Fernando Pavon, during the launch of the GSS Apprenticeship Programme at JAMPRO’s offices in New Kingston on January 28.

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Hundreds To Be Trained Under Global Sector Services Programme

The Global Sector Services (GSS) Apprenticeship programme, aimed at equipping some 400 personnel for higher value-added jobs in the local industry over a four-year period, was officially launched on Tuesday (January 28). One hundred apprentices will benefit from in-house training per year at GSS firms, beginning in April. The objective is to promote the growth and expansion of the sector...

Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited (TBL), Douglas Webster.

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Trade Board Resumes Bimonthly Meetings With Customs Brokers

Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Board Limited, Douglas Webster, says the recently reinstated bimonthly meetings with the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica is a part of the Trade Board’s efforts to improve responsiveness to issues while conducting trade. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Webster noted that the significant increase in the number of vehicles being imported...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, displays his custom-made bag from local small business, Bresheh, which is now a part of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation

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Gov’t To Expand Business Incubator Services This Year

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government will be expanding incubator spaces for the small business sector this year. “We have to bring these [services] closer to the people. I have already tasked the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) team to work with the Factories Corporation of Jamaica. We...

Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority, Dr. Eric Deans, speaks at a Special Economic Zone sensitisation session, held at the Spanish Court Hotel today (January 27).

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JSEZA Hosts Sensitisation Session

The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) today (January 27) hosted its first sensitisation session for 2020, targeting developers and occupants of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), at the Spanish Court Hotel, Kingston. The session focused on the importance of regulation and monitoring by JSEZA and the roles of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) in the operation...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (fourth left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service the Bengal pump station solar system in Rio Bueno, Trelawny, on January 23. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; Custos of Trelawny, Paul Muschette; Chairman of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Senator Aubyn Hill; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence.

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Solar System Now Powers Bengal Pump Station In Trelawny

The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) has commissioned into service a solar-powered system at the Bengal pump station in Rio Bueno, Trelawny, which will reduce annual energy cost at the facility by $3 million. The station, which serves the Braco irrigation district, is the first pump facility operated by the NIC to be retrofitted with a large-scale solar-energy photovoltaic system valued...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce , Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses stakeholders at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, which was held on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague Showground in Trelawny.

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Agricultural Assistant Programme To Be Launched In March

An agricultural assistant programme, aimed at strengthening extension services provided to the farming sector, will be launched in March. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the programme is aimed at addressing the shortage of extension officers. “We do not have enough extension officers… to be out in the field...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Custos of Trelawny, Hon. Harold Paul Muschette (centre); and President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton, at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, which was held on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague Showground in Trelawny.

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Company To Invest US$280 Million In Bamboo Farm

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says a company is set to invest US$280 million in the development of a bamboo farm in Trelawny. Mr. Green made the disclosure at the official launch of the 65th staging of the Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show, on Wednesday (January 22), at the Hague...