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Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown, says that the entity is working to have legislation in place within the next financial year. “You would have heard us talking and making reference to the BSJ (Bureau of Standards Jamaica) legislation because that still underlines and gives us theContinue reading “National Compliance And Regulatory Authority Targets Legislation By 2022/23”

With Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.20 percent recorded in the second quarter of 2021, the country is now in a V-shaped economic recovery. The disclosure was made by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with portfolio responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw during his address on day one of the JamaicaContinue reading “Jamaica In V-Shaped Economic Recovery – Shaw”

  Prices of Approved /Accredited /Pre-Accredited Private Laboratories /Medical Facilities Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Jamaica as at November 19, 2021.   SEE FULL LIST HERE

THE smiles are broader these days in the corridors of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) after its Protection Tribunal awarded a client $7.6 million, the largest-ever compensation granted by the watchdog body. Consumer activist Vernon Derby, host of Nationwide Radio’s At Your Service programme, reported the award on his Bark di Trute blog Friday, sayingContinue reading “CAC gets historic $7-million payday for aggrieved consumer”

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) was established to facilitate trade between Jamaica and its trading partners, which according to the agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Sharonmae Shirley, includes medical testing that is done to support the national COVID-19 testing regime. A critical tool in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic is the availability ofContinue reading “JANAAC Provides Confidence to COVID-19 Testing”

The Consumer Protection Tribunal has issued a ruling in favour of a consumer who sought redress through the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC). The amount of $7,587,000.00 was awarded to the consumer after it was found that section 23 (damaged goods sold to consumer), section 24 (return of defective goods) and section 30 (false or misleadingContinue reading “CAC Awards More Than $7m to Consumer to Settle Breaches of CPA”

  SEE FULL FLYER HERE World Antimicrobial Resistance Week is being recognized from November 18 – 24, 2021 under the theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance!  

The Government of Jamaica has increased its target for renewable energy by 2050 from 30 per cent to a very ambitious 50 per cent, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Audley Shaw disclosed on Wednesday as he urged local operators to ride the green wave to sustainable and profitable business. The green movement has gainedContinue reading “Shaw urges businesses to go green”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with oversight responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw says Jamaica has started to show strong signs of recovery due to relations with the diaspora and retrievals in the services of goods-producing industries. He said this resulted in a 12.9 per cent expansion on Gross Domestic ProductContinue reading “Diaspora making strong contribution to Jamaica’s recovery”

“FORMALISING YOUR business has more benefits than disadvantages, but many people shy away from the process owing to myths about taxation,” says Kawain Fearon, public relations officer, Companies Office of Jamaica. Fearon explained that an informal business is one that is involved in the production and trade of goods and services that are unregistered, orContinue reading “More benefits than disadvantages to formalise your business – Companies Office of Jamaica”