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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 21/02/2022
JIPO Hosts Plant Variety Protection and the Cannabis Industry Webinar
The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office in collaboration with the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants will be having a webinar on Plant Variety Protection and the Cannabis Industry on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 9:00 a.m....
Posted on 20/02/2022
‘Bad law’ Policymakers want Right of First Refusal clause removed from JPS’s electricity licence
Policymakers on the parliamentary committee reviewing the 2015 Electricity Act are adamant that the Government must immediately hold talks with Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to remove the Right of First Refusal (ROFR) clause in its electricity licence. Government Senator...
Posted on 20/02/2022
Sensitisation Session For Stakeholders In Construction Sector
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) and the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), today (February 16), hosted a virtual stakeholder sensitisation session, primarily targeted at stakeholders in the construction sector. The session provided information on the concrete kerb unit...
Posted on 20/02/2022
CLA seeks protection for Jamaican ganja
IN a move to strengthen the local medical cannabis industry, the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is now engaged in the process of protecting the “brand equity” of Jamaican ganja through the application of intellectual property (IP) as well as the...
Posted on 18/02/2022
Project to strengthen Jamaica’s competitiveness gets $290.5 million
APPROXIMATELY $290.5 million has been earmarked to continue implementation of the Jamaica Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project. The sum is programmed in the 2022/23 estimates of expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to strengthen Jamaica's...
Posted on 18/02/2022
JMEA Officials pay Courtesy Call on Ministers Hill and Dunn
MIIC Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (2nd left), along with Minister of State, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (2nd right), meets with President, John Mahfood (centre); Deputy President, Jerome Miles (right); and Executive Director, Kamesha Blake, of the Jamaica Manufacturers...
Posted on 18/02/2022
CLA facilitates first transhipment of ganja
THE Cannabis Licensing Association (CLA) has authorised its first legal transhipment of cannabis through the country. This after the green light was given for a consignment of cannabis to be moved through Jamaica from Caricom counterpart St Vincent and the...
Posted on 14/02/2022
JSEZA Hosts Business Forums at World Expo in Dubai
The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has been planting seeds of interest in Jamaica, through its ‘Jamaica Connects’ business forums at World Expo 2020 Dubai. JSEZA’s Senior Director, Regulations, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement, Ainsley Brown, and Manager, Business Facilitation...
Posted on 14/02/2022
JBDC Launches ‘Entrepreneurship Weekly’ Blog
Entrepreneurs now have access to a weekly blog that provides information on business development strategies. The blog, titled ‘Entrepreneur Weekly’, was recently launched by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) and is available on the entity’s website at www.jbdc.net. Articles...
