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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (left), addresses the opening of a three-day workshop on Wednesday (Feb. 8) at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston, to provide training for regional consumer protection and standard officers in the CARICOM Rapid Alert Exchange System (CARREX) for hazardous, unsafe and defective goods. Looking on are: Coordinator, Hemispheric and Bilateral Negotiations, CARICOM Secretariat, Office Michelle Lowe, and Board Chairman, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Kent Gammon.
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Stephen Wedderburn (left), addresses the opening of a three-day workshop on Wednesday (Feb. 8) at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston, to provide training for regional consumer protection and standard officers in the CARICOM Rapid Alert Exchange System (CARREX) for hazardous, unsafe and defective goods. Looking on are: Coordinator, Hemispheric and Bilateral Negotiations, CARICOM Secretariat, Office Michelle Lowe, and Board Chairman, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Kent Gammon.

Training Underway in Upgraded CARICOM Consumer Protection System

By: Latonya Linton , February 9, 2017
Regional consumer protection officers and standard officers are benefitting from advanced training in the upgraded Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Rapid Alert Exchange System (CARREX) for hazardous, unsafe and defective goods. The...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), looks on as Chief Executive Officer of CocoaTown, Balu Balasubramanian (left), describes the use of a cocoa grinder during a tour of an exhibition at the International Fine Cocoa Conference and Chocolate Expo at the Spanish Court Hotel on February 6. At right is Vernon Barrett from Newer Worlds Ltd.

Cocoa Industry to be Expanded

By: Denise Dennis , February 7, 2017
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

Jamaica Seeking Re-election to IMO Council

By: Chad Bryan , February 3, 2017

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), is in light conversation with Chairman of JAMPRO, Don Wehby (left) and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) Metry Seaga, at the media launch of the Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on January 11. The trade show is slated for the Montego Bay Convention Centre from June 1 to 4.
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (centre), shares a light moment with Chairman of JAMPRO, Senator Don Wehby (left) and President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Metry Seaga, at the press launch of the inaugural Jamaica International Exhibition (JIE) Trade Show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James, on January 11.
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JAMPRO Pushing for Simpler Ways to Trade

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Acting Director of Communications at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell (left), sharing food-safety tips at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. Others (from second left) are Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay and Senior Deputy Superintendent and Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Emilio Ebanks.
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