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Caribbean Credit Repair Association, President, Dennise Williams.
Caribbean Credit Repair Association, President, Dennise Williams.

Credit Repair Summit To Bring Dignity To Consumer Debt

By: Rosheika Grant, July 20, 2021
Jamaicans will be able to access a wealth of information about credit repair at the Caribbean Credit Repair Association (CCRA) Credit Restoration Virtual Summit. The two-day summit will be held...
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (right), responds to questions from journalists during the agency’s digital quarterly briefing on Thursday (July 15). Listening is STATIN’s Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.

Import Expenditure Declined January To March 2021

By: Douglas McIntosh, July 16, 2021
Director-General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (right), responds to questions from journalists during the agency’s digital quarterly briefing on Thursday (July 15). Listening attentively is STATIN’s Deputy Director-General, Leesha Delatie-Budair.

2.6 Per Cent Growth For Goods Producing Industry

By: Douglas McIntosh, July 16, 2021

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(Seated L-R) Ambassador Shelia Sealy Monteith – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade (MFAFT); Jerrold Johnson – Honorary Investment Advisor, Toronto, and Diane Edwards, President of JAMPRO, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that confirms Mr. Johnson as Jamaica's new Investment Advisor for Toronto, Canada. (Standing, L-R) Trecia Elliott Edwards, Snr. Director, Policy & Planning, MFAFT, and Nicholas Sutherland, Manager of New Market Development at JAMPRO, look on.
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Honorary Investment Advisor appointed for Toronto, Canada

JAMPRO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) have officially appointed Mr. Jerrold Johnson to be Jamaica's Honorary Investment Advisor (HIA) for Toronto, Canada. Johnson will work to promote Jamaican investment...
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By: Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), June 25, 2021
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left, seated), along with Permanent Secretary in the Industry, Investment and Commerce Ministry, Sancia Bennett-Templer (centre, seated), and National Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank Managing Director, Lisa Bell (right, seated), display the folder bearing the signed Memorandum of Agreement, formalising the administration of the $675-million Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) Loan Programme, in partnership with Jamaica National Small Business Loans Limited (JNSBL). The signing took place at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston, on Thursday (June 24). Observing (from left) are General Manager, JNSBL, Gillian Hyde; Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) President, Michael Leckie; Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Chief Executive Officer, Valerie Veira; and Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Executive Director, Imega Breese McNab.
Industry

More Funding Support For MSMEs

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are now able to access $675 million in additional funding support from the Government, under the new 4.75 per cent MSME Loan Programme. The...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, June 25, 2021