Posted on 27/10/2017

Deputy Director Wend Wendland speaking at the National Consultative Workshop

Deputy Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, Global, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Wend Wendland, speaking at the National Consultative Workshop on Issues and Options in Developing a National Policy Legislation on Intellectual Property and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural...

Posted on 27/10/2017

National Consultative Workshop on Issues and Options in Developing a National Policy and Legislation on Intellectual Property…

Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy (2nd left), in dialogue with (from left) Deputy Director and Legal Counsel, JIPO, Dr. Marcus Goffe; Deputy Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, Global, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Wend Wendland; and Attorney-at-Law...

Posted on 27/10/2017

MOU With Chinese Government Will Not Allow Chinese Vessels or Fishers to Fish in Local Waters

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has taken note of discussions in the press relating to a Memorandum of Understanding between MICAF and the Ministry of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic...

Posted on 20/10/2017

Better Waste Management System to be put in place on Pedro Cays

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has made a committment to take the necessary steps to improve conditions for fishermen on the Pedro Cays. Minister Samuda, who was speaking on Wednesday, October 18, while on a...

Posted on 20/10/2017

Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill Passed

Parliament has passed the Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill, which seeks to modernise the agricultural sector to meet the nation’s growing demands of food security and productivity. The Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organisations Act also facilitates the...

Posted on 20/10/2017

Better Waste Management System to be put in place on Pedro Cays

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has made a committment to take the necessary steps to improve conditions for fishermen on the Pedro Cays. Minister Samuda, who was speaking on Wednesday, October 18, while on a...

Posted on 20/10/2017

Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill Passed

Parliament has passed the Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organizations Bill, which seeks to modernise the agricultural sector to meet the nation’s growing demands of food security and productivity. The Agricultural Loan Societies and Approved Organisations Act also facilitates the...

Posted on 20/10/2017

Co-operatives critical to economic growth and development- Ministry rep

Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr Vivian Brown, says that co-operatives are increasingly becoming drivers of economic growth and development. He noted that through their critical role in business development they have been having...

Posted on 20/10/2017

Hon. Karl Samuda speaking at the Signing of a Tripartite Agreement

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking at the issuing of licences involving the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Everything Oily Labs Limited and Epican Medicinals Limited, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday,...