Cabinet has given approval for the privatisation of Jamaica Exotic Flavours and Essences (JEFE) Company Limited, including the sale of the asset, the involuntary wind-up and any other legal options available for winding up. The JEFE is located in Saint Andrew, and is part of the fruit and vegetable processing industry. Details of the privatisation were provided by the Minister...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is encouraging creatives to utilise its services to protect their work. Assistant Patent Manager at JIPO, Jason Wongsam, in his address at the recent Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Virtual Biz Zone, said that the facilities of JIPO are geared towards helping creators and innovators to safeguard their original ideas. “If you are out...

Jamaicans are reminded that entries for the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Guaranteed Standards (GS) Jingle Competition will close on January 29. The Guaranteed Standards were developed by the OUR to ensure that the two major utility companies, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company and the National Water Commission (NWC) are held accountable to high-quality service standards and provide the...

The National Land Agency (NLA) is carrying out preliminary field investigations at areas across the island under its systematic land registration programme. The initiative seeks to assist persons to obtain titles for property they have lived on open, undisturbed and undisputed for upwards of 12 years, through the process of adjudication. It is being facilitated under the Registration of Titles,...

The Government will begin the roll out of Shared Corporate Services (SCS) next month, with the delivery of Human Resource (HR) Shared Services. Sixteen individuals from various entities across the public sector, who will be engaged in this pilot phase, have been trained and installed in their new posts. They will operate from the Shared Corporate Jamaica headquarters at 6...

Cabinet approved three contracts totalling $906.5 million for sewerage construction and improvement works as well as a shoreline protection project. Details of the undertakings were provided by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during Wednesday’s (Jan. 20) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew. She informed that Cabinet gave approval for a $649.4 million contract...

Motorists who use the Chovey road in St. Mary will soon benefit from improved road conditions. This follows Cabinet’s approval of a $321.3 million contract to Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited for stabilisation works along the road in St. Mary. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure during yesterday’s (January 20) post-Cabinet press briefing...