Posted on 04/12/2023

Bills to Integrate NFPB and NCDA into Health Ministry Tabled in Senate

Two pieces of legislation that will integrate the National Family Planning Board and the National Council on Drug Abuse into the Ministry of Health and Wellness were laid before the Senate today (November 17). The National Council on Drug Abuse...

Posted on 04/12/2023

PHOTOS: Things Jamaican 60th Anniversary Christmas Expo

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira (centre), listen as Managing Director of Sage Delights, Shaun Grant, speaks about her company’s Old Time...

Posted on 04/12/2023

PHOTOS: World Quality Week Certificate Handover Ceremony

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second right) presents a certificate to Chief Executive Officer of the Cannabis Licensing Authority, Farrah Blake, during the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ)World Quality Week Certificate Handover Ceremony...

Posted on 04/12/2023

JANAAC Pivotal in Advancing Quality and Standards Over 15 Years

For the past 15 years, the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) has been playing a pivotal role in advancing quality and standards across various industries. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday (November 28), JAMAAC’s...

Posted on 01/12/2023

JANAAC Celebrating 15th Anniversary with Awards Ceremony

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) will commemorate its 15th anniversary with an awards ceremony slated for The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday, December 4, starting 7:00 p.m. The service-led organisation was established in 2007 and...

Posted on 24/11/2023

Commerce Ministry Strengthening Regulatory Agencies’ Capacities

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has advanced efforts to strengthen monitoring and surveillance programmes and capacity-building by its regulatory agencies. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer, who made the disclosure, said these agencies include the Bureau...

Posted on 24/11/2023

National Coordinated Laboratory Strategic Framework Consultaton Workshop

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sancia Templer (second right), converses with (from left) Consultant, Dr. Cesar Yammal; Chair, Trade Facilitation Task Force, Patricia Francis, and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation, Sharonmae Shirley,...

Posted on 24/11/2023

TEF to Host SMTE Business Development Information Session

Small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMTEs) are set to benefit from a Business Development Information Session being hosted by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) on Wednesday, November 22. The session, to be held under the theme ‘Maximising Tourism Market Opportunities’,...

Posted on 24/11/2023

Industry Ministry establishes ‘magic mushroom’ standardisation working group

Senator Aubyn Hill and officials in the Ministry of Industry and Investment have been observing the early development of the psilocybin mushroom business in Jamaica. As this new industry develops with good signs of growth, it has become necessary to...