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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second right), shares a photo opportunity with the Republic of India's Minister of External Affairs, His Excellency Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (centre), during Monday's (May 4) Ministerial Luncheon, held at AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston in honour of the visiting official. They are joined by (from left) Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Mayank Joshi; State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright; and Permanent Secretary, Sancia Bennett Templer.

Posted on 06/05/2026

Jamaica and India Celebrate Enduring Bilateral Partnership

The longstanding diplomatic partnership between Jamaica and the Republic of India was highlighted on Monday (May 4) during a Ministerial Luncheon hosted by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. The luncheon was hosted in honour of the official visit by India’s Minister of External Affairs...

Jamaica’s Minister of industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill (left) greets India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar ahead of Monday’s ministerial luncheon held at AC Hotel Kingston in New Kingston. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

Posted on 05/05/2026

New trade order? Indian minister pushes Jamaica to seize fresh economic opportunities amid growing global instability

Jamaica’s Minister of industry, Investment and Commerce Aubyn Hill (left) greets India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar ahead of Monday’s ministerial luncheon held at AC Hotel Kingston in New Kingston. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) Declaring that modern commerce can no longer be separated from global politic...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (centre) in discussion with Interim Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB), Sheree Martin (right) and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking Division, National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited, Perrin Gayle during the NCB SME Growth Fund II luncheon at the AC Marriot Hotel in New Kingston on April 16.

Posted on 18/04/2026

NCB Launches $2 Billion SME Growth Fund Facility

National Commercial Bank Limited (NCB) has launched a $2 billion facility designed to provide access to financing to small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The NCB SME Growth Fund II is open to both new and existing NCB customers across Jamaica’s key growth sectors. Lauding the initiative during a luncheon at the AC Marr...

From left: Acting Vice-President at JAMPRO, Gail Barrett; Kingston Free Zone Director, Demoy Kerr; Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright; Vice-President of BPO and Logistics at the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Gloria Henry; Senior Vice-President of Finance at the PAJ, Elva Williams Richards; Assistant Vice-President of Communications at the PAJ, Kimberley Stiff; and Assistant Vice-President at the Kingston Free Zone, Glenice Leachman, cut the ribbon to officially open a facility at the Portmore Informatics Park.

Posted on 06/03/2026

AI to reshape, not displace BPO workforce

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright believes artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, but not displace the human workforce that underpins it. Speaking at the launch of the...

Minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright alongside Kimberley Stiff, assistant vice-president of marketing communications at the Port Authority of Jamaica, during the official launch of the Portmore Incubator and Linkages Forum at the Portmore Informatics Park, on Wednesday.

Posted on 06/03/2026

AI to reshape, not replace, Jamaica’s global services sector — Seiveright

Minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright, has sought to calm growing public anxiety about artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact on Jamaica’s global services and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. Speaking at...

Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Wednesday, March 4.

Posted on 05/03/2026

CAC Urges Greater Collaboration to Ensure Safe Products Ahead of World Consumer Rights Day

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is calling for stronger collaboration among businesses, regulators and consumers to ensure that only safe and fit-for-purpose products are placed on the Jamaican market. Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Dolsie Allen, made the appeal...

Posted on 04/03/2026

Commerce to anchor Black River’s post-hurricane redevelopment, says Seiveright

WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, says commerce, enterprise, and infrastructure expansion will be at the centre of Black River’s redevelopment and part of a broader strategy to transform Jamaica’s south-western corridor....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright (second right), looks on as Chief Executive Officer of Level 8 – Bakery, Dining and Gaming Lounge, Richard Cole, cuts the ribbon to mark the grand opening of the new establishment in Black River, St. Elizabeth, on Saturday (February 28). Sharing the moment are President of the St. Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce (Black River Chapter), Kadian Myers-Brown (left), and Level 8 co-owner, Taquilia Chin-Cole.

Posted on 02/03/2026

Level 8 Grand Opening Signals Confidence in Black River’s Future– State Minister Seiveright

The grand opening of Level 8 – Bakery, Dining and Gaming Lounge in Black River, St. Elizabeth, stands as a powerful declaration of confidence in the parish’s economic future, coming just months after Hurricane Melissa devastated the historic town. This,...

Posted on 27/02/2026

Minister Hill Leads Jamaican Delegation To Examine Best Practices At Colombia’s Leading Free Trade Zone, Zona Franca De Bogotá

Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (center), stands in front of DIANs office (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales), the National Directorate of Taxes and Customs, with members of the Zona Franco de Bogota team...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett Templer (right), greets Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Velton Gooden, while Chair of the BSJ Standards Council, Jacqueline Millington, looks on. The exchange took place following the launch ceremony for the BSJ’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Accessibility Standards, held at the Bureau’s Multipurpose Facility in Kingston on Wednesday (February 25)

Posted on 27/02/2026

Stakeholders Urged to Adopt ICT Accessibility Standards

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Bennett Templer, has urged public and private-sector stakeholders to begin immediate implementation of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Accessibility Standards developed by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)...

Posted on 27/02/2026

Battery plant set for St Catherine at US$30m

A British-Jamaican green energy consortium plans to set up a high-voltage battery manufacturing facility in St. Catherine, in what would be the first plant of its kind in the island. Aqvastor Technologies Limited, a subsidiary of Derillion Energy Limited, announced...

Minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright, in discussion with Government Trustee Elece Campbell.

Posted on 26/02/2026

Gov’t committed to proper functioning insolvency ecosystem, says Seiveright

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright, has been tasked with leading the Government’s drive to modernise Jamaica’s insolvency ecosystem, boost institutional efficiency and expand public education as the economy becomes...

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