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  • FTC Working For Fair, Competitive Business Market

    Remember the days when it was common to "marry" goods, where upon purchasing an item, you were told to receive it, you would have to buy something else?...
  • Gov't Moves To Reduce Red Tape For Trade In Food, Plants And Animals

    Importers and exporters of food, plants, animals and related products, may soon find it easier to conduct business, as Government is working on a project to streamline and simplify the issuance of permits and the inspection process for trade in these prod...
  • FTC Assisting Caricom To Develop Fair Competition Laws

    The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) is lending its expertise to other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries as they work to develop their own competition laws, in time for the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in 2005....
  • Beach Clean-Up in Portland Today

    Cleaning up activities will be conducted on a number of beaches in Portland today as the parish observes International Beach Clean Up Day....
  • NCSC Honours Outstanding Community Volunteers

    The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) has recognised 11 persons, two senior citizens clubs and one service organisation from the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth for their outstanding contribution to the Council....
  • 117-Year Old Poor Relief Law to be Revamped

    Senator Floyd Morris, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, has said that the Poor Relief Act, the existing legislation that governed the Jamaican social welfare system, had long outlived its purpose and would be revamped....
  • Optimist Club Reaches Out To Disabled Community In St. Ann

    Seventeen physically and mentally challenged children from the Mustard Seed community of Widow's Mite, in Murray Mount, St. Ann, have benefited from the donation of a four-burner gas stove, valued at $25,000, for the preparation of their meals....
  • THE BREAKFAST BRIEFING CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY

    Introduction Thank you for this opportunity to address this select group on the subject of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). ...
  • KSAC Urged to get Involved in Rehabilitation of Kingston Harbour

    Executive Director of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Franklin McDonald, has appealed to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to take its place on the Committee to Rehabilitate Kingston Harbour....
  • Commerce Minister Suggests Litigation To Resolve Business Disputes

    Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, has urged consumers and businesses to utilise the "private right of action" provision under the Fair Competition Act, to resolve disputes arising from the uncompetitive behaviour of firms....
  • Misleading Advertising Tops Lists Of Complaints To FTC

    Approximately 70 per cent of complaints made against merchants to the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) relate to misleading advertising....
  • Natural Resources Management Forum for Mandeville

    Persons residing in the parish of Manchester are being invited to attend a Natural Resources Management Forum, to be held at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on September 25 beginning at 5:30 p.m....
  • Caricom Must Come Together As One - Guest Lecturer

    CARICOM must become a well integrated and co-ordinated grouping, if it is to get maximum benefit from the current round of trade negotiations of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Cotonou Agreement....
  • Consumers Get More Value In Competitive Business Environment - Prof. Mathis

    Professor on international trade laws at the Amsterdam Law School in Holland, Dr. James Mathis has said that competition would deliver more value to consumers....
  • Manchester Gears for Senior Citizens Week

    Plans are well advanced in the parish of Manchester for the celebration of National Senior Citizens Week, which will be observed from September 14 to 20, under the theme: 'Promoting quality of life for an ageing society'....
  • Consultant On Trade For Shirley Playfair Lecture Series

    The fourth staging of the annual Shirley Playfair Lecture series will this year feature, world-renowned consultant on trade and competition issues,Dr. James Mathis....
  • HANDING-OVER CEREMONY FOR THE RELOCATION 2000 DEVELOPMENT AT BELL AIRE MEADOWS

    This afternoon is for me a proud moment.  Waiting for this occasion has been a severe test of my patience. ...
  • COMMENT ON DOCUMENT DISSEMINATED BY AMNESTY INT. CONCERNING THE WEST KINGSTON COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

    The Government of Jamaica totally rejects the so-called "conclusions and recommendations" contained in the document emanating from Amnesty International....
  • FTC Resolves Over 500 Cases Last Year

    The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has said that out of 1,100 cases investigated last year, 583 were resolved....
  • Economic Advancement Hinged On Science And Technology - Msrc Director

    Interim Director for the Malvern Science Research Centre (MSRC), Monica Myers, has said that for the country to achieve sustainable levels of economic prosperity, the promulgation of science and technology should be at the heart of any long-term programme...