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Trade Board Limited to eliminate the backlog of permit applications by Oct 9

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 07 Oct 2020    ICTAdmin   
The Trade Board Limited (TBL) has committed to eliminating the remaining backlog of permit applications by Friday, October 9, 2020. This was disclosed by the Trade Board following a meeting with representatives of the TBL and the Jamaica Electronic Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) team at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Audley Shaw, has welcomed this turnaround time, and underscored the importance of JSWIFT as a means for simplifying trade. This came about after the Agency was earlier tasked by the Minister to...


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn.

Minister Dunn lauds Honey Bun Foundation’s New Basic Business Curriculum

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 02 Oct 2020    communications   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, has lauded the Honey Bun Foundation’s New Business Curriculum and training programme. Under the programme, the Honey Bun Foundation partnered with private entities that provided scholarships to 18 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). The 18 SMEs were able to access training in the ‘Create your Strategic Roadmap’ curriculum with 14 completing the training successfully. Speaking at the virtual graduation ceremony on Thursday, September 1, 2020, Minister Dunn said that “the Honey Bun Foundation is...


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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right), listens attentively to Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), Everton Parkes (left), at a meeting of the JDDB held at the Ministry’s offices at Hope Gardens in Kingston on September 24. At centre is Project Coordinator in the Projects Unit of the Board, Devon Paul Sayers.

Agriculture Minister to introduce more young people to specialty cheese production

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 01 Oct 2020    communications   
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, has directed the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) to engage more young people in the production of specialty cheese. The Minister issued the charge to the JDDB as a means of ramping up dairy production, by focusing on value-added products. He was speaking at a meeting with the JDDB at the Ministry's offices at Hope Gardens in Kingston last Thursday (September 24). “I want a solid programme to train those who are interested in producing this cheese. The industry is in high demand especially in the tourism industry,” he told...


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Nigerian Textile Consultant, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Alao Luqman (right), shows batik hand-printed textile to Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (3rd left), during a tour of the Garmex Complex, Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, on Friday, September 25, 2020. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, Valrie Veira; and Manager, Technical Services, Colin Porter, of the JBDC.

SBDCs critical to Jamaica’s post COVID-19 recovery- Min. Dunn

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 01 Oct 2020    communications   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Norman Dunn, says that Small Business Development Centres (SBDCs) are critical to Jamaica’s post COVID-19 recovery programme. He noted that the world has changed fundamentally, and that for our small businesses to survive in this difficult time they will have to look to SBDCs for support and partnership in order to remain relevant. “We know that this is a difficult time for us. It is not going to be business as usual any time soon. What worked before now in businesses cannot work anymore. Therefore, we have to up our...


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Manager, Microbiology Branch, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Stacey-Ann Stephens (right), shows Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, a Solus DS2 automated laboratory ELISA system used for the rapid detection of pathogens such as listeria and salmonella, during a tour of the BSJ’s facilities on Winchester Road, Kingston, on Monday, September 28, 2020.

Standards must play a key role in product development during COVID-19 pandemic

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 01 Oct 2020    communications   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, says that standards must play a key role and must be the driver now more ever in our product development, and in whatever we put out there to our consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister Dunn said that as a Ministry that encourages commerce, he believes it must be done in a particular way that the public at large is protected as this is of paramount importance. The Minister who was addressing the management and staff at the Bureau of Standards Winchester Road offices on Monday, September 28,...


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Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right), listens attentively to Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), Everton Parkes (left), at a meeting of the JDDB held at the Ministry’s offices at Hope Gardens in Kingston on September 24. At centre is Project Coordinator in the Projects Unit of the Board, Devon Paul Sayers.

Agriculture Ministry targets schools for increased milk production

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), is targeting seven agricultural education institutions for increased milk production. This disclosure was made at a meeting with the JDDB at the Ministry's offices at Hope Gardens in Kingston on Thursday (September 24), where Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, urged the Board to use this initiative to attract as many young people as possible to the dairy industry. “When you set up those first-rate dairy farms in those schools, you will work with them to get other school students in and...


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Director of Project Management and Coordination in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Leitha Geddes.

Agriculture Ministry partners with JSIF to increase crop production

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is partnering with the Jamaica Social Invest Fund (JSIF) through Phase II of the Rural Economic Development Initiative to increase the production and productivity of crops and livestock, processing, value addition and marketing. Addressing a virtual stakeholders’ sensitization forum on September 23, Director of Project Management and Coordination in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Leitha Geddes, said the project aligns with Ministry’s focus of strengthening value chains as well as strengthening the linkages in the tourism sector between...


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Amnesty bins have been installed at both international airports, as part of efforts to prevent plant and animal diseases from entering the island.

Amnesty bins placed at airports

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
Amnesty bins have been installed at both international airports, as part of efforts to prevent plant and animal diseases from entering the island. Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sanniel Wilson-Graham, said the amnesty bins allow travellers to voluntarily discard any plant, plant products or animal products that are not permitted to enter the island. “There is a declaration that travellers must make on entering Jamaica. That declaration is actually on the immigration form and there is actually a fine once that declaration is not made and...


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Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sanniel Wilson-Graham.

Permit required to import plants and plant products

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
The Plant Quarantine and Inspection Branch in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is reminding all travellers that a permit is required to import plants and plant products into Jamaica. Chief Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham, told JIS News that abiding by the permit system is necessary in order to ensure that Jamaica’s agricultural sector is protected from unwanted pests and diseases. “If it is that someone wants to carry in a plant or plant product, the first thing that they would be required to do is to log on to the [Ministry’s] trade site [...


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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green.

New Minister of Agriculture wants more young people in the sector

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 26 Sep 2020    communications   
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, wants to see more young people involved in farming as a viable business, a stronger agricultural research and development framework, and an increase in the island’s agricultural export offerings. Providing much-needed assistance to fisherfolk and equipping them with the necessary tools and skills to improve their livelihood are also on the books. These objectives form part of the Minister’s top priorities as he takes over the reins as a full Cabinet Minister. “I definitely want to see more young people incorporated. I...


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