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Posted on 14/03/2025
Jamaica Ripe for Business
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says Jamaica is one of the most attractive investment destinations in the Caribbean and is urging more diaspora members to do business in the country. Senator Hill was addressing a panel discussion on Monday (June 17) on the topic ‘Jamaica Open for Bu...
Posted on 14/03/2025
Aubyn Hill engages private sector to build back St Elizabeth
AUBYN Hill, the minister of industry, investment, and commerce, has made a sweeping call to private sector stakeholders to aid in rebuilding communities affected by Hurricane Beryl with an eye for more resilient structures. The minister, a St Elizabeth native, invited members of Lydford Mining Company and Jamaica Institution ...
Posted on 29/08/2022
MIIC on Path to Become First Ministry Attaining ISO 9001:2015 Certification
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) is on a path to become the first Government Ministry to attain ISO 9001:2015 certification, says State Minister, Dr. the Hon Norman Dunn. “At the end of July this year, we participated...
Posted on 19/08/2022
Industry Ministry Welcomes Chicken Meat Price Cut
Kingston, Jamaica: Senator the Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce has welcomed the reduction in the price of Best Dressed Chicken products announced last Wednesday by the Jamaica Broilers Group. The price reduction of $12.50 per kilo off...
Posted on 12/08/2022
DBJ Revs up COVID Recovery Loans for Transport, Entertainment Sectors
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is making loans available to micro, small, and medium enterprises in the transport and entertainment sectors as they seek to rebound from the COVID-19 hit. The DBJ will make $500 million available for those...
Posted on 12/08/2022
Credit Union League Encouraged to Maintain Access for Ordinary Jamaicans
Dr. the Honourable Norman Dunn, Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is encouraging the Credit Union movement in Jamaica to remain in touch with the unique needs of members, even as it endeavours to expand the...
Posted on 03/08/2022
COJ Closure Amnesty Extended
The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) has relaunched its COVID-19 Compliance Relief Initiative in an effort to further assist businesses and companies hit hard by the pandemic to formally close without paying the full fees associated with filing closure notices. The...
Posted on 03/08/2022
JBDC Helping MSMEs to Access Finance
As part of its thrust to create an enabling environment for Jamaican micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has as one of its strategic goals "providing access to adequate and appropriate financing" for the...
Posted on 27/07/2022
Red Stripe Commended for Expanding Operations
The management of Red Stripe has been commended for piloting the local brewery giant through the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to expand the entity’s operations. This includes further production capacity buildout at the firm’s Spanish Town Road-based plant in...
Posted on 26/07/2022
Melanie Subratie Named Chairman of JAMPRO
Kingston, Jamaica - The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has announced the appointment of Melanie Subratie as the new Chairman of JAMPRO, Jamaica’s trade and investment promotion agency, in the Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce. Subratie’s appointment took...
Posted on 22/07/2022
JIPO Participates in Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO
Lilyclaire Bellamy, Executive Director of the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) participated in the Sixty-Third Series of Meetings of the Assembles of Member States of WIPIO, July 14-22, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. She shared that "the government of Jamaica has historically...
