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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 13/10/2021
JAMPRO President headlines World Standards Day event
CLICK LINK FOR FULL FLYER Kingston, Jamaica: Diane Edwards, President of JAMPRO, the country’s agency that promotes business opportunities in export and investment to the local and international private sector, will deliver the keynote address at a webinar being hosted...
Posted on 08/10/2021
First shipment of Spring Gardens Processors to export markets in Canada
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, observing the first shipment of the Spring Gardens Processors to export to markets identified in Canada, at the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) Complex, Spanish Town Road, Kingston on Wednesday, October 6,...
Posted on 07/10/2021
German Ambassador to Jamaica, H. E. Ambassador Dr. Stefan Friedrich Keil, pays a courtesy call on Ministers Shaw and Dunn
German Ambassador to Jamaica, H. E. Ambassador Dr. Stefan Friedrich Keil, pays a courtesy call on the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, at the...
Posted on 07/10/2021
Amendments to the Companies Act to facilitate hybrid or virtual annual general meetings
Further to mandates instituted by Prime Minister Andrew Holness under The Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Orders, to protect the health and safety of Jamaicans in light of the SARS CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, steps are now being taken to...
Posted on 06/10/2021
More BPO companies eyeing Jamaica
JAMPRO, the Government's trade promotion agency, is indicating that it is fielding queries from several overseas companies wanting to operate from Jamaica. The entity, through its manager for IT enabled services, Vivion Scully, however, said, it “...cannot reveal specific information...
Posted on 06/10/2021
Copyright owners in the music industry
IN these trying times, music can still be described as one thing that, when it hits you, you feel no pain. What can be rather painful, however, is when, having exerted much effort to create a work in music, you...
Posted on 05/10/2021
Caribbean AGTECH Investment Summit
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the virtual Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit, under the theme "Jamaica: Building A High-Tech Agricultural Industry", at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
Posted on 04/10/2021
Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit (CATIS)
SEE FULL FLYER Register now and join us for the virtual Caribbean AgTech Investment Summit (CATIS), under the theme "Jamaica: Building A High-Tech Agricultural Industry" (Tomorrow) Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:00 -1:00 p.m. See you there!! Registration...
Posted on 04/10/2021
Front-of-package labelling a key tool in fighting against NCDs
Having easy access to information about nutritional facts and ingredients of packaged food items will enable consumers to make healthier food choices and potentially reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity in Jamaica. One of the tools used...
