Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (centre), along with (from left) Executive Director, Fair Trading Commission (FTC), David Miller; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett-Templer; Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen; and Chairman, CAC & FTC, Donovan White, at a virtual quarterly press briefing hosted by the merged entities, CAC & FTC, under the theme #JamaicaConsumerTalks, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Friday, July 16, 2021.
The press briefing was held to address the CAC/FTC merger and relocation, FTC current legal investigations in FLOW/DIGICEL market practices, CAC Jamaica’s Market Surveillance response to the pandemic and CAC’s Achievements Year to Date.
Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), Donovan White, has disclosed that a nine-member Merger Transition Committee has been appointed for the merger of both entities. In his update of the merger during the CAC and FTC virtual press briefing, held on Friday, July 16, Mr. White said the committee is critical to the merger process. The committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board about the overall process and procedures about various aspects of the end-state organisation. The Board was selected in May 2021 and subcommittees...
