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Project to strengthen Jamaica's competitiveness gets $290.5 million

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 18 Feb 2022    user   
APPROXIMATELY $290.5 million has been earmarked to continue implementation of the Jamaica Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project. The sum is programmed in the 2022/23 estimates of expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to strengthen Jamaica's business environment for private sector investment by enhancing competition; facilitating strategic private investments; strengthening the capacities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and financing policy and project implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Achievements up to December 2021 include...


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JMEA Officials pay Courtesy Call on Ministers Hill and Dunn

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 18 Feb 2022    user   
MIIC Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (2nd left), along with Minister of State, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (2nd right), meets with President, John Mahfood (centre); Deputy President, Jerome Miles (right); and Executive Director, Kamesha Blake, of the Jamaica Manufacturers Exporters Association (JMEA), during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on February 17. Matters discussed included trade, export, export markets including the Caribbean, manufacturing, foreign & local direct investments and collaboration between the Ministry & the JMEA. Others participating from...


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CLA interim CEO Daenia Ashpole speaks with jourmalists during a Jamaica Observer Business Forum held last month. Beside her is LeVaughn Flynn, CLA board chairman.

CLA facilitates first transhipment of ganja

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 18 Feb 2022    user   
THE Cannabis Licensing Association (CLA) has authorised its first legal transhipment of cannabis through the country. This after the green light was given for a consignment of cannabis to be moved through Jamaica from Caricom counterpart St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to Germany. This saw Jamaica serving as a point for transfering cannabis from one vessel to another to facilitate the journey to its final destination. SVG recently received the requisite import permit from the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArm) to legally export drugs to Germany. This latest exercise...


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Manager, Business Facilitation and Acceleration Services at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Kevon Farquharson (left) and JSEZA's Senior Director, Regulations, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement, Ainsley Brown (right), with attendees at the end of the January 18 ‘Jamaica Connects’ Business Forum, hosted by the Jamaica Pavilion at World Expo 2020 Dubai. The JSEZA team, through the business forums, has received several expressions of interest from businesses and individuals who want to invest in and trade with Jamaica.

JSEZA Hosts Business Forums at World Expo in Dubai

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 14 Feb 2022    user   
The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has been planting seeds of interest in Jamaica, through its ‘Jamaica Connects’ business forums at World Expo 2020 Dubai. JSEZA’s Senior Director, Regulations, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement, Ainsley Brown, and Manager, Business Facilitation and Acceleration Services, Kevon Farquharson, are two members of the Jamaican delegation in Dubai for the global event and are the hosts of the Jamaica Connects business forums. Mr. Brown shared that their approach to presenting Jamaica as a place for trade and investments has been receiving positive...


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Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Corporate Communications Manager, Suzette Campbell says the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a part of the organization’s objective to energize the ecosystem.

JBDC Launches 'Entrepreneurship Weekly' Blog

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 14 Feb 2022    user   
Entrepreneurs now have access to a weekly blog that provides information on business development strategies. The blog, titled ‘Entrepreneur Weekly’, was recently launched by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) and is available on the entity’s website at www.jbdc.net . Articles from the blog can also be found on the JBDC’s LinkedIn page. Corporate Communications Manager, JBDC, Suzette Campbell, told JIS News that the blog is the latest project coming out of the Corporate Communications Unit. “We came up with the blog as our latest initiative to stimulate the ecosystem by...


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Ministers Hill and Dunn meet with PSOJ Management Team

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 09 Feb 2022    user   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), along with State Minister, Dr. Norman Dunn (2nd right), met with the PSOJ President, Keith Duncan (2nd left), Vice President, Dr. Adrian Stokes (right) and Exec Director, Imega Breese McNab, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. The Ministers and the PSOJ had discussions on opportunities for partnership between the government and the private sector.


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Planning Meeting: Upcoming 8th Annual International Conference & Exhibition (AICE) 2022

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 05 Feb 2022    user   
Newly appointed Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (2 nd right), in discussion with Acting CEO, Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Gary Scott (right); President, JAMPRO , Diane Edwards (left); and Permanent Secretary, MIIC, Sancia Bennett-Templer, during a meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday, February 3, 2022. The meeting was held to discuss plans for the upcoming 8 th Annual International Conference & Exhibition (AICE) 2022, under the theme “Zones 2022: Your Partner for Resilience, Prosperity and...


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Signed and sealed: Jampro turns a cartwheel as Jamaica accesses the Madrid Protocol

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 02 Feb 2022    user   
AFTER two decades of lobbying to get Jamaica listed as a member of the Madrid Protocol, the country is now successful in that effort. Diane Edwards, president at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro), extended congratulations to the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce for the success. Edwards said in a statement on LinkedIn , “This is truly a big deal for our creative practitioners, who can now get IP recognition in 125 countries by registering in Jamaica! This will hopefully stimulate an explosion in IP registrations in Jamaica for...


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JIPO is seeking acceptance at the international level of a new law protecting State names.

JIPO seeks country name protection for Jamaica

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 02 Feb 2022    user   
THE Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) continues to press its case against misuse of the name Jamaica by producers who sell goods on the international market seeking to benefit from the brand value inherent in the name, although having no connection to the country. So far it has been a mission impossible, with presentations made on the protection of country names to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) so far failing to reach the stage of support and resolution. Article...


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