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Communication Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell, urging parents to shop wisely, during an interview with JIS News.
Communication Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dorothy Campbell, urging parents to shop wisely, during an interview with JIS News.

CAC Encourages Parents to Spend Wisely

By: Kadian Brown , August 12, 2014
Planning, making a list, shopping around, and spending wisely are some of the recommendations that the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging parents to consider, when shopping for back-to-school supplies....
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right) greets Charge d’ Affaires of the Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and the Cayman Islands, Jesús Orús Báguena. Occasion was a press briefing held at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (Jampro) New Kingston offices on Friday (August 8), to announce the allocation of grant funding to the region’s private sector firms by the Caribbean Export Development Agency, under its European Union (EU)-funded Direct Assistance Grant Scheme.

Jamaican Firms to Receive US$1Million in Grant Funding

By: Latonya Linton, August 8, 2014
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second right), converses with Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Denise Herbol (left), at the closing out ceremony for the US$1 million Collaborate to Prosper Project held at the Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) headquarters in Kingston on July 30. Also pictured is: Head of The Competiveness Company, Dr. Beverley Morgan (right).

Jamaica to Tap into Lucrative Ornamental Fish Exports

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, July 31, 2014

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Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), receives a gift from University of Technology (UTech) Vice President for Community Service and Development, Professor Rosalea Hamilton, during a recent logistics hub panel discussion at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, under the theme: ‘Exploring Human Capacity Building Opportunities’. Mr. Hylton was guest speaker at the event.
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UTECH Providing Training for Logistics Hub

The University of Technology (UTech) is providing the specialized training to prepare Jamaicans to take up job opportunities that are anticipated from the global logistics hub initiative. This was announced...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, July 15, 2014
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (right), in discussion with Director of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry, at the group's Industry Forum, held at the Grandiosa Hotel in Montego Bay, on July 11.
Commerce

SEZ Legislation for Parliament Soon

Legislation will be taken to Parliament soon to upgrade the current  Free Zone regime to a modern Special Economic Zone (SEZ)  policy, that will play a more significant role in...
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By: Glenis Rose, July 13, 2014