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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 17/12/2021
A couple of bosses: JBDC awards B.O.S.S Man and B.O.S.S Lady to power couples
THE JAMAICA Business Development Corporation (JBDC) annually awards exceptional local entrepreneurs through its B.O.S.S MAN and B.O.S.S LADY of the Year programme. This year’s finalists disproved the old adage that dissuades mixing family and business, as the programme saw two...
Posted on 17/12/2021
Shoppers Urged To Always Request Receipts
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is reminding shoppers to ensure that they get their receipts when making purchases this yuletide season. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Director of Communications, CAC, Latoya Halstead said that consumers are...
Posted on 17/12/2021
State Min. Dunn participates in grand opening of Progressive Shopping Centre
Government Ministers participate in the symbolic cutting of the ribbon which signifies Progressive Grocers of Jamaica Limited’s grand opening of its Progressive Shopping Centre, during a ceremony on Barbican Road in St. Andrew on Tuesday (December 14). Ministers present are...
Posted on 10/12/2021
Policy Coming To Empower Consumers To Make Informed Choices
The Government has implemented a project to prepare a consumer and welfare policy which, when completed, will empower consumers to make informed choices in the marketplace. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw who...
Posted on 08/12/2021
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic of Jamaica H.E. Angie Shakira Martinez Tejera pays a Courtesy Call on Ministers Shaw and Dunn
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right); Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, H.E. Angie Shakira Martinez Tejera (2nd left); Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (left); and Head of Economic...
Posted on 08/12/2021
19th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the 19th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture being hosted by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), under the theme “Integrating Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law: Optimizing Consumer Welfare”, on Wednesday,...
Posted on 08/12/2021
Kaya ships ganja to Australia
Marijuana company Kaya shipped five kilogrammes of cannabis flower to Australia, its first such export arrangement. The shipment, valued at $1.3 million, was made in November. Kaya, which operates a ganja farm as well as a chain of medical marijuana...
Posted on 08/12/2021
JIPO Looking to Incorporate Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office is looking to incorporate the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, 2012, which seeks to protect performers in their performances. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the disclosure during the BluShip Corporate...
Posted on 08/12/2021
COVID-19 Sparks Entrepreneurial Spirit Of Jamaicans
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has upended normal life, but it has also unleashed the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit for which Jamaicans are known. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis, tells JIS News...
