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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 28/11/2021
Jamaica In V-Shaped Economic Recovery – Shaw
With Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.20 percent recorded in the second quarter of 2021, the country is now in a V-shaped economic recovery. The disclosure was made by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with portfolio responsibility for...
Posted on 28/11/2021
DBJ Signs Agreement with Business Service Intermediaries 20 MSEs to benefit from 12-month capacity building programme
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) today (Tuesday, November 16th) signed Agreement with five business service intermediaries (BSIs) to build the capacity of twenty Micro and Small Businesses (MSEs) over the next 12 months, and represents the third Cohort of...
Posted on 27/11/2021
JANAAC Provides Confidence to COVID-19 Testing
The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) was established to facilitate trade between Jamaica and its trading partners, which according to the agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Sharonmae Shirley, includes medical testing that is done to support the national COVID-19 testing...
Posted on 27/11/2021
CAC Awards More Than $7m to Consumer to Settle Breaches of CPA
The Consumer Protection Tribunal has issued a ruling in favour of a consumer who sought redress through the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC). The amount of $7,587,000.00 was awarded to the consumer after it was found that section 23 (damaged goods...
Posted on 19/11/2021
Antimicobial Awareness Week 2021
SEE FULL FLYER HERE World Antimicrobial Resistance Week is being recognized from November 18 – 24, 2021 under the theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance!
Posted on 18/11/2021
Diaspora making strong contribution to Jamaica’s recovery
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce with oversight responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw says Jamaica has started to show strong signs of recovery due to relations with the diaspora and retrievals in the services of goods-producing...
Posted on 18/11/2021
Shaw urges businesses to go green
The Government of Jamaica has increased its target for renewable energy by 2050 from 30 per cent to a very ambitious 50 per cent, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Audley Shaw disclosed on Wednesday as he urged local operators...
Posted on 18/11/2021
More benefits than disadvantages to formalise your business – Companies Office of Jamaica
“FORMALISING YOUR business has more benefits than disadvantages, but many people shy away from the process owing to myths about taxation,” says Kawain Fearon, public relations officer, Companies Office of Jamaica. Fearon explained that an informal business is one that...
Posted on 17/11/2021
Do not Accept Stolen Scrap Metal – Minister Dunn
Minister of State in the Industry, Investment and Commerce Ministry, Dr the Hon Norman Dunn, is urging scrap metal dealers to abide by the regulations of the industry and not accept stolen copper wires for export. In a meeting at...
