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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left); and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right), hand over supplies to Shawn Castell, from Greenwich Town in South West St. Andrew, to boost his small business. Occasion was the official launch of JSIF's $20-million Enterprise Development Project​, to benefit 115 community entrepreneurs across the island, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 16.

115 Community Entrepreneurs To Benefit From JSIF’s $20-Million Enterprise Development Project

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 28 Dec 2020    user   
A total of 115 entrepreneurs from six communities across the island will benefit from business support under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) $20-million Enterprise Development Project. The entrepreneurs are from the communities of Salt Spring and Anchovy in St. James; Treadlight in Clarendon; and August Town, Greenwich Town and Denham Town in Kingston and St. Andrew. Speaking at the official launch of the project at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (December 16), Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, said that the initiative aims to...


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Consumer Affairs Commission Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank session on December 11.

Consumer Affairs Commission Secures $6.8M In Compensation For Aggrieved Shoppers

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 23 Dec 2020    user   
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) secured $6.8 million in refunds and compensation on behalf of aggrieved shoppers who transacted business with product and service providers between April 1 and November 30 this year. This was disclosed by CAC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dolsie Allen, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank session on December 11. Mrs. Allen also advised that the CAC resolved 64.45 per cent of the complaints lodged with the agency over the seven-month period. “Of the 1,235 cases we dealt with, we were able to secure resolution on behalf of 796,” she...


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Director of Communications at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

Be Careful When Shopping at Local Online Stores

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 23 Dec 2020    user   
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging Jamaicans to take certain precautions when making purchases from local online vendors, who do not have a store-front. Director of Communications at the agency, Latoya Halstead, is advising consumers not to make full payment for an item before delivery. “I would recommend cash on delivery because these are hard times and people will find any way to get your hard-earned money or I would advise making a deposit. “In conducting a transaction like that, we are also suggesting that you set up a meeting point at a public place such as a police station...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) presents the ISO 9001-2015 certificate to Auditor General, Pamela Munroe Ellis (right) at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall, Kingston on December 17.  The Auditor General’s Department is the fourth Government entity to become ISO 9001 certified.

Auditor General’s Department ISO 9001 certified

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 21 Dec 2020    user   
The Auditor General’s Department (AGD), is now the fourth Government entity that has been certified to the ISO 9001-2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Standard by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ). This follows the entity’s completion of the sixteen-month preparatory process, which included a two-stage audit. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who has portfolio responsibility for the NCBJ, officially presented the ISO 9001 certificate to Auditor General, Pamela Munroe Ellis, at the handover ceremony at the Sts. Peter & Paul Church Hall, 120...


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Hon. Audley (centre) along with from left: President, Organic Growth Holdings (OGH), Robert Weinstein; Stock Holder, OGH, Michael Mintz Chief Investment Officer, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, State Minister and Delta Capital Partners, Anthony Dunn.

Jamaica poised to become a major leader in the global CBD oil industry – Min. Shaw

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 21 Dec 2020    user   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that Jamaica is poised to become a major leader in the burgeoning global CBD oil (cannabidiol) industry. CBD is the non-psychoactive medicinal compound, found in hemp plants and is known to provide a wide and diverse variety of wellness benefits. The global CDB market, even with the global COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to exceed US$20 billion by 2025. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw who was on a tour of Organic Growth Holdings (OGH) facility at Long Pond in Trelawny on Friday, December 18,...


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Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley (left) along with Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeny (right), unveil the JSIF Grant Beneficiaries $20 million – ICDP II Entrepreneurial Grant cheque at the Spanish Court Hotel, Kingston on December 16.  The project is funded by the Government of Jamaica and is being implemented by JSIF.  The beneficiaries of this project are 40-80 micro and small enterprises approved for the enterprise development grant within the ICDP II communities.  The seven communities to benefit are August Town, Greenwich Town, Denham Town, Treadlight in Clarendon and Mount Salem, Salt Spring and Anchovy in St. James.

Inner-city communities to benefit from $20M grant funding under JSIF-ICDP II

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 17 Dec 2020    user   
Seven inner-city communities are to benefit from a $20 million grant funding under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) ICDP II Enterprise Development Project funded by the Government of Jamaica. The communities to benefit are August Town, Greenwich Town, Denham Town, Treadlight in Clarendon, Salt Spring, Anchovy in St. James and Mount Salem in St. James. ICDP II Enterprise Development Project involves the provision of capital to procure equipment, training to adapt to new innovations and capacity building to support areas such as financial management, branding and marketing and...


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Minister Shaw Calls for Export of Canned Ackee & Salted Fish

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 16 Dec 2020    user   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, today said that the time has come for Jamaica to begin exporting canned ackee and salted fish in addition to canned ackee that the country already exports. Addressing a virtual meeting of the Food Security and Agribusiness Council, which is jointly chaired by Minister Shaw, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF), Hon. Floyd Green and Mr. Matthew Lyn, who chairs the Agriculture Sub-Committee of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Minister Shaw said that Jamaica needs to leverage the acclaim of our world-famous...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), presents Chief Executive Officer for the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, with the entity’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standard certificate. The presentation was made during a ceremony at the agency’s head office on Constant Spring Road in Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). Others (from left) are National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ) Manager, Navenia Wellington Ford; ISO Standards Ambassador, Reginald Budhan; and World Bank Resident Representative, Ozan Sevimili.

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), presents Chief Executive Officer for the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, with the entity’s ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standard

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 15 Dec 2020    user   
The passport production and issuance operations of the Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) have been certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Standard by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ). This follows the entity’s completion of the nine-month preparatory process, which included a two-stage audit. Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, who has portfolio responsibility for the NCBJ, formally presented PICA’s certificate to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Andrew Wynter, during a ceremony at the agency’s head office on Constant...


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A housewife (left) negotiating prices for agricultural produce being purchased from a vendor.

Stakeholders Welcome Food Safety Management System

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 15 Dec 2020    user   
Public- and private-sector stakeholders have endorsed the new ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System (FSMS) that was recently unveiled by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ). The Standard, which was launched by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is the NCBJ’s latest product/service offering. It outlines food-safety requirements for all interests along the food production and distribution chain and maps out what individuals and organisations need to do in order to demonstrate their ability to control existing and potential hazards. These include...


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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second right), listens to Technical Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charmaine Brimm (right), during a tour of the Peckham bamboo facility in Clarendon on Friday (December 4). Others (from left) are Deputy Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Clive Mundle; and Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon, Phillip Henriques.

Gov’t Targeting Value-Added Production From Bamboo

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 15 Dec 2020    user   
State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, says the Government is targeting the bamboo industry as part of a strategy to enhance sustainable economic growth. Dr. Dunn, who was speaking during a tour of the Peckham bamboo facility in Clarendon on Friday (December 4), said that focus is being placed on boosting value-added production from bamboo. “We are in a haste to return Jamaica to a period of solid growth, and bamboo is one of those things that we have looked at in the quest to produce viable products from the plant, which we have abound,” he pointed...


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