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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, observing the first shipment of the Spring Gardens Processors to export to markets identified in Canada, at the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) Complex, Spanish Town Road, Kingston on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. The event was organized by the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) under its Export MaxContinue reading “First shipment of Spring Gardens Processors to export markets in Canada”

Further to mandates instituted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness under The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Orders, to protect the health and safety of Jamaicans in light of the SARS CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, steps are now being taken to lawfully allow companies to hold hybrid meetings, a combination of in person and virtual meetings,Continue reading “Amendments to the Companies Act to facilitate hybrid or virtual annual general meetings”

German Ambassador to Jamaica, H. E. Ambassador Dr. Stefan Friedrich Keil, pays a courtesy call on the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Others joining the courtesy call fromContinue reading “German Ambassador to Jamaica, H. E. Ambassador Dr. Stefan Friedrich Keil, pays a courtesy call on Ministers Shaw and Dunn”

JAMPRO, the Government’s trade promotion agency, is indicating that it is fielding queries from several overseas companies wanting to operate from Jamaica. The entity, through its manager for IT enabled services, Vivion Scully, however, said, it “…cannot reveal specific information like names about potential investors until they have given us approval to do so [or]Continue reading “More BPO companies eyeing Jamaica”

IN these trying times, music can still be described as one thing that, when it hits you, you feel no pain. What can be rather painful, however, is when, having exerted much effort to create a work in music, you are not recognised as the owner of your work, or you do not profit fromContinue reading “Copyright owners in the music industry”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the virtual Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit, under the theme “Jamaica: Building A High-Tech Agricultural Industry”, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.

Having easy access to information about nutritional facts and ingredients of packaged food items will enable consumers to make healthier food choices and potentially reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity in Jamaica. One of the tools used to inform consumers about product content is front-of-package labelling (FOPL), which indicates that an itemContinue reading “Front-of-package labelling a key tool in fighting against NCDs”

    SEE FULL FLYER   Register now and join us for the virtual Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit (CATIS), under the theme “Jamaica: Building A High-Tech Agricultural Industry” (Tomorrow) Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:00 -1:00 p.m. See you there!! Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KLPkZcaoQQOAHgvv3B9YkQ  

Caribbean entrepreneurs are to benefit from greater protection of industrial designs under the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Hague System which provides a unique international mechanism for securing and managing design rights. Industrial designs represent the ornamental or aesthetic qualities of a product. They mark the appearance of a product through specific features or linesContinue reading “Entrepreneurs offered greater intellectual property design protection under Hague System”

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the Ministry is in the final stages of preparing the documents of accession, which will allow local trademark owners to safeguard their marks internationally, using the Madrid Protocol. Accession to the global treaty, administered by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property OrganizationContinue reading “Jamaica In Final Stages Of Preparing Accession Documents To Madrid Protocol”