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Executive Director of the Fair Trading Commission, David Miller.
Executive Director of the Fair Trading Commission, David Miller.

20th Shirley Playfair Lecture on December 1

By: SHERIKA HALL, November 28, 2022
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) will host the 20th staging of its flagship public education initiative, the Shirley Playfair Lecture, on Thursday, December 1. It will be held at the...
Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the ‘Safe Food for Export’ seminar held on Wednesday, November 23 at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. It is one of several activities under the ‘Anti-Microbial Resistance: Environmental Health and Trade’ symposium being staged by the Ministry in observance of World Anti-Microbial Awareness Week, November 18 to 24.

PHOTOS: ‘Safe Food for Export’ Seminar

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), looks on as Managing Director, Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange (DCSX) Dirk-Jan de Graaff (second right), rings a bell signalling the opening of the DCSX and the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), which have collaborated on capital market activities, being facilitated under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Also looking on (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, DCSX, Rene Romer; Managing Director, JSE, Dr. Marlene Street Forrest; and Board Member, DCSX, Walter Blijleven. Occasion was a bell-ringing and MOU signing ceremony at the JSE in Kingston, on Tuesday (November 22).

Jamaican Investors Can Now Access Shares Traded on the Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange

By: Chanel Spence, November 23, 2022

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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (at podium), speaks at the official opening of the new Yallahs fire station in St. Thomas, on October 26. Applauding (from left) are Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness; Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney; Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Western, James Robertson; Jamaica Fire Brigade Commissioner, Stewart Beckford and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Marsha Henry Martin.
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JSIF Commended

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has been commended by Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, for the significant work being done by the organisation. “This is...
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By: Mickella Anderson, November 2, 2022