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Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addressing a JIS Think Tank, at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on Friday, June 3.
Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, addressing a JIS Think Tank, at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on Friday, June 3.

JANAAC to Mark World Accreditation Day on June 9

By: Peta Gay Rowe, June 4, 2016
The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) will commemorate World Accreditation Day, on Thursday, June 9, under the theme: ‘Accreditation: A Global Tool to Support Public Policy’. The celebration includes...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Team Leader, Chemistry Department, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dwyte Bremmer (second right), highlights some of the capacity building interventions that have been undertaken in food testing laboratories under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Capacity Building projects with the European Union (EU). The Prime Minister was viewing a display which was mounted at an export forum at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 2. In the background (from left) are: Head of Operations for the Delegation of the EU to Jamaica, Achim Schaffert; Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock; and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. The forum, hosted by the PIOJ, aimed to highlight the work carried out over the years under the EPA Capacity Building projects with the EU to strengthen Jamaica’s quality infrastructure and food safety systems.

PM Confident Exports will Improve

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, June 3, 2016
Chief Executive Officer of the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA), Lanville Henry, highlights initiatives to be undertaken by the agency during a JIS interview.

MIDA to Expand Services

By: Kadian Brown, May 31, 2016

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Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (left), responds to a question during the quarterly press briefing at the BoJ’s headquarters, downtown Kingston on May 26. Also pictured is the bank’s Deputy Governor, Livingstone Morrison.
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Late former President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), William Demas.
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CDB to Pay Tribute to William Demas

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