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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), presents Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Island Outsourcers, Yoni Epstein with the Champion Trophy for achieving the highest percentage growth in employment creation. Occasion was the Montego Bay Free Zone Client Appreciation Awards held on Thursday, December 12, at the Montego Bay Yacht Club.

More Funds Being Made Available for BPO Sector

By: Glenis A. Rose, December 13, 2013

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the Government, through the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), is making additional resources available for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (2nd right), in discussion with (from left): President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Christopher Zacca; Chief Executvie Officer, PSOJ, Dennis Chung; and Hon. R. Danny Williams O.J., at the PSOJ’s annual members’ Christmas luncheon, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, on December 11.

Government Continues to Push PPP Agenda

By: Alphea Saunders, December 11, 2013

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, pays tribute to his late father Bezaleel Hylton, at a thanksgiving and celebration service held on Saturday (Dec. 7), at the Arlington United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

Minister Hylton Says Late Father Was a Committed Jamaican

By: Derrick Scott, Information Attache (Jamaican Embassy, USA), December 10, 2013

Commerce 12 years ago JAMPRO Congratulates Tessanne Chin
By: Milton Samuda, JAMPRO Chairman, December 18, 2013
Commerce 12 years ago ICWI Chairman Urges Private Sector to Do More to Push Economy
By: Alphea Saunders, December 12, 2013
Commerce 12 years ago Gov’t Targets Significant Growth in BPO Sector
By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, December 11, 2013

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is greeted by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sutherland Global Services, Dilip Vellodi (right), at the company’s grand inauguration function held on December 4, at its location on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Looking on is Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton.

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PM Welcomes Investment by Sutherland Global Services

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has welcomed Sutherland Global Services to Jamaica’s shores, noting that the investment by the United States-based company is a bold declaration that...

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, December 6, 2013

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, addressing parliament on December 3.

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House Passes Bill to Provide Easier Access to Loans for Businesses

A Bill aimed at facilitating easier access to loans for businesses was passed Tuesday, December 3, in the House of Representatives. The Security Interest in Personal Property Act (SIIP), which...

By: Latonya Linton, December 5, 2013

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (second right) in conversation with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) Limited, Kelly Tomblin (Left), while a in conversation as Montego bay Free Zone Representative observes. Occasion was the official lighting-up of the JPS E-store at the Bay West Centre in
Montego Bay on November 29.

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Commerce State Minister Welcomes JPS E-Store In Montego Bay

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams has lauded the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) for opening its E-store at the Bay West...

By: Glenis A. Rose, December 3, 2013

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hilton (2nd right), shares a moment with President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (left); and owners of the Barnett Tech Park in Montego Bay, Paula and Mark Kerr-Jarrett. Occasion was the announcement and signing of a construction agreement to build more office space at the park for Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO), and Information Communication Technology (ICT) expansion, at JAMPRO's Trafalgar Road offices on Wednesday, November 27.

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Gov’t Facilitates US$8.5 Million Investment in BPO Project

Jamaica is well on the way to meetings its target of doubling the size of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector by 2016. The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce,...

By: Alphea Saunders, November 29, 2013

American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM) Executive Director, Becky Stockhausen (left, seated); and Chief Executive Officer, Trinidad and Tobago Coalition for Service Industries (TTCSI) Chief Executive Officer, Nirad Tewarie (centre, seated), both Co-Chairpersons of Services of the Caribbean (SOCA), affix their signatures to the document formalizing SOCA’s establishment during the programme’s launch at the Organization of American States’ (OAS) offices in Washington, D.C., USA, on November 21. Persons observing the formalities are: United States Chamber of Commerce Director for the Americas, Jose Raul Perales (right, seated); and back row, from left: President, Manchester Trade Limited President, Stephen Lande; Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago, Hugh Howard; Chief Executive Officer, TSL Group, Nicholas Galt; and President, Caribbean Central-American Action, Cornelius Prior.

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Caribbean Coalition Pursuing US-Caricom Trade in Services

A Caribbean private sector coalition is piloting an initiative aimed at facilitating trade in services between the United States (US) and regional countries, under the exisiting Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)...

By: Derrick Scott, November 23, 2013

Team Leader for the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) Focal Point Jamaica, Gladstone Rose, highlights to JIS News initiatives being undertaken as part of the bamboo resuscitation project, by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ).

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Bureau of Standards on Mission to Resuscitate Bamboo Industry

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is on a mission to resuscitate the bamboo industry in Jamaica, which has the potential to significantly boost the economy and generate employment. Jamaica,...

By: Kadian Brown , November 22, 2013

Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley (centre), looks on as President of the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA), Andrew Collins (right), greets Ambassador of France, Her Excellency Ginette de Matha. Occasion was the JEA’s breakfast forum on ‘Ensuring Infrastructural Development to Support Export Growth’, held today (Nov. 19), at the association’s offices in Kingston.

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Exporters Urged to Seek New Opportunities

President of the Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA), Andrew Collins, is urging exporters to continue searching for more opportunities in new and existing markets. “We recognize that the best way to...

By: Andrea Braham, November 19, 2013

A section of the packed lecture room at the Montego Bay Community College, Alice Eldemire Drive, Montego Bay, during the address by Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, at a public forum on the topic: ‘Jamaica’s Logistics Hub: Opportunities and Challenges’.

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Prepare For Employment Opportunities Under Logistics Hub Project

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, is urging Jamaicans to prepare to take advantage of the range of employment opportunities to emerge from...

By: Bryan Miller, November 15, 2013

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