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April 2023
 

29 April 2023

Jampro offices located along Trafalgar Rd in Kingston. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Jampro packages opportunities to woo investors

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 29 Apr 2023    admin   
hrough a number of pre-packaged investment opportunities, chief State marketing company Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro) is looking to lure new investors as it pushes to maximise growth for the country. According to Gabriel Heron, vice-president for marketing and opportunity packaging at the promotions agency, the refocused objective of pre-packaging key opportunities as "off-the-shelf structured investments" aims to capture the interest of potential buyers and investors locally and overseas. "What we have done is to go through a range of investment opportunities and package them in...


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Registrar of Companies and Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), Shellie Leon, speaks at a JIS Think Tank, on Tuesday, April 25.

Companies Act Amended to Strengthen Anti-Money Laundering Efforts

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 29 Apr 2023    admin   
To strengthen Jamaica’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism efforts, the Government has approved several changes to the Companies Act. The amendments, which were approved on March 31, 2023, have been made based on recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), in relation to ‘Beneficial Ownership’ information. This follows the first amendment that was made to this Section of the Act in 2017 to include the requirement for beneficial ownership (BO) information from companies limited by shares. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on...


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BPOs sayonly efficient employees will work from home

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 29 Apr 2023    admin   
WESTERN BUREAU: Stakeholders in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector are now seeking to identify employees, who require limited supervision, to be a part of the work-from-home regime for companies operating in the special economic zones (SEZs). The arrangement will officially start on January 1, 2024. “Not everyone can work without supervision; there are some who constantly have to be told what to do. Those who are efficient and continue to meet their targets are the ones that we are allowing to work off-site,” a BPO operator, who requested anonymity, told The Gleane r. “We will only...


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