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Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Expo 2024
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Expo 2024 is on from Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24 this year at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. The biennial tradeshow, being guided by the theme “Future Forward: Shaping Tomorrow’s Business Today” is the...
Fresh Call To Address High Crime Rate In Second City
WESTERN BUREAU:The Montego Bay business community is appealing to the Government and the leadership of the security forces to move swiftly to address the high levels of lawlessness in St James.“The chamber must once again appeal to the Government of Jamaica, as well...
Mobay Chamber Encourages Business Sector To Partner In Crime Fighting
MONTEGO BAY, St James —President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), Winston Lawson, is calling on members of the Montego business community who are the owners of closed circuit cameras to share their feed with the JamaicaEye programme.He...
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Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association share concern over rising crime trend (Montego Bay, Jamaica – March 10, 2019) The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MBCCI) and the Jamaica Hotel Tourist...
Public Boards
Montego Bay Chamber again supports calls to extend Enhanced Security Measures (Montego Bay, Jamaica – December 12, 2018)The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry continues to maintain its position that it is unable to support the removal of the Enhanced Security...
Extension of SOE
Montego Bay Chamber again supports calls to extend Enhanced Security Measures (Montego Bay, Jamaica – December 12, 2018)The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry continues to maintain its position that it is unable to support the removal of the Enhanced Security...
Mobay Sign
Chamber Supports Sign For Montego BayThe Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce has seen a report in the Gleaner on-line today November 22, 2018 headlined, “Mobay Chamber supports $17 million welcome sign for tourism capital’. We recognise the headline could lead to a...
State of Emergency
Montego Bay Chamber Supports Calls to Extend State of Emergency (Montego Bay, Jamaica - April 30, 2018)The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce & Industry is in support of extending the State of Emergency (SOE) for St. James in the absence of a suitable replacement. We...
Development Projects in Montego Bay
Montego Bay Chamber welcomes new works and announcements for development projects in Montego Bay (Montego Bay, Jamaica – September 3, 2018)The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is encouraged to learn of the commencement of works to facilitate expansion of...
MBCCI Banquet 2018
Retired Land Surveyor And Montego Bay Business Stalwart To Be Honoured At Montego Bay Chamber Of Commerce Awards BanquetThe Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce will host its Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. This...
Newly Branded ‘S’ Hotel On Track For Year End Opening
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is upbeat about the expected positive impact of the soon-to-be opened 120-room S Hotel on the St James economy, and particularly the city's tourism centre, the Gloucester Avenue hip strip.The resort, which is set to...
Dear To Be Inducted Into MoBay Chamber Wall Of Fame
Retired land surveyor and businessman Winston Dear is to become the latest inductee into the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (MBCCI) Wall of Fame at its annual awards banquet to be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James on Saturday.Dear,...
MoBay Chamber Of Commerce: – Petrojam Breaches Must Be Punished
WESTERN BUREAU: Winston Lawson, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, says that the auditor general's damning report, which alleges nepotism and breaches of operating standards at Petrojam, is hostile to the objectives of Vision 2030. "Based on the issues...
Finance Minister Backs MoBay’s Ambitious Growth Bid
Western Bureau: Finance and public service minister Dr Nigel Clarke has expressed a willingness to throw his support behind the bid by the Montego Bay business sector to make the western city the fastest-growing urban centre in Jamaica. Clarke, who was addressing...
‘Unacceptable’
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The Montego Bay business community is fuming over the smoke nuisance being caused by a fire at the Retirement disposal site in St James.In fact, members of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) have flatly rejected Minister...
‘Give unto MoBay its due’
MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Winston Lawson has called on Government to expedite planned projects for the tourist resort city, which, he said, has been making a sterling contribution to the national...
Relax Restrictions For Opening Hours For Businesses – Lawson
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) is appealing to the Government to relax the restrictions on opening hours for businesses during the festive season to allow its membership to recoup some of the revenue that is being lost during the ongoing...
MoBay Chamber Wants Better Treatment For NIS Pensioners
Western Bureau: Winston Lawson, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that the condition at the Western Regional Office of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is far from ideal for senior citizens, and he has called for the situation to...
SOE Pushing Murder Down In St James, Tourism Up
It's not "perfect" and an alternative is quite welcome, but the ongoing state of public emergency (SOE) in the parish of St James has been the catalyst for murders trending down, according to Winston Lawson, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce.Lawson made...
New Fortress Energises Over 300 Top Performers
New Fortress Energy held its third and final Back-to-School Fair for the year in Montego Bay last week, where it first started Jamaica's transition to natural gas, as over 300 students benefitted.Held in partnership with the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and...
JAMPRO Gives MoBay High Marks
WESTERN BUREAU: Claude Duncan, vice-president of JAMPRO (Jamaica Promotions Corporation Limited), says Montego Bay has been making great strides in selling the western city as an investment destination on the global market.Duncan also noted that the Montego Bay...
Mobay Business Community Call For Odpem Intervention In Retirement Dump Issue
President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Wwinston Lawson says the apology from Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie over noxious fumes emanating from the Retirement dump fire, is inadequate and unacceptable.On Tuesday, Mr. McKenzie apologized to the...
Mobay Chamber Calls For Fast-tracking Of Rules To Govern Boards
MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Winston Lawson is calling on the Government to fast-track the implementation of new rules developed to guide the operations of public boards, in the wake of the auditor...
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