Category: Article
FTC promoting competition policy for an inclusive and resilient economy
Published in the Sunday Gleaner on December 5, 2021. Today, the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) joins competition authorities around the world in commemorating ‘World Competition Day’, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1980 to popularise the need for promoting competition reforms. Although this day has been observed for just over two decades, competition […]
Read MoreEarly Repayment of Personal Loans: Policy of Banks, Credit Unions, and Microfinance Institutions
Loans play at essential role in consumers’ lives as it allows them access to goods and services that they may not have been able to afford otherwise. For instance, consumers may use loans to acquire major assets such as real estate or motor vehicles, as well as other items such as furniture or household appliance. […]
Read MoreCompetition: The Cure – A look at the Healthcare System in Jamaica
Imagine being gifted a car of your choice. The only catch is that you must keep that car for the rest of your life. How would you treat that car? Would you service it frequently and do your best to ensure that it never breaks down? Of course, you would! Similarly, we are given one […]
Read MoreThe role of competition law and consumer protection law in consumer welfare protection
In the war of owning the biggest slice of the pie or even owning the entire pie, firms vie arduously to be the winner. Many will try to win at all cost by decimating their rivals or even by forming alliances with rivals in their bids to be conquerors. Like any form of war, there […]
Read MoreCompetitive Effects of Bundling in Telecommunications
This is the third and final installment in the Fair Trading Commission’s series on bundling services in the telecommunications sector. We live in a global village where individuals are constantly faced with various challenges associated with, among other things, communicating with each other. Up until recently, the challenges arose because communicating face-to-face was not feasible […]
Read MoreConsumer Benefit and Detriment from Bundling in Telecommunications
This is the second installment of the Fair Trading Commission’s series on bundling in the telecommunications sector. We live in a global village where individuals are constantly faced with various challenges associated with communicating with others far removed from their immediate environs; the telecommunications (‘telecoms’) sector has evolved to resolve this and other challenges spanning […]
Read MoreBundling in Telecommunications – Provider Incentives
This is the first of three articles on the Fair Trading Commission’s series on bundling in the telecommunications sector. We live in a global village where individuals are constantly faced with various challenges associated with communicating with others far removed from their immediate environs; the telecommunications (‘telecoms’) sector has evolved to resolve these and other […]
Read MoreCompetition will drive value in gaming
Reference is made to the article ‘WINNING TICKET – Third Lottery Licence Issued to Mahoe Gaming as Court Fight With BGLC Continues’, published in The Gleaner on Monday, July 27, 2020. The article describes an ongoing legal matter between Prime Sports, a subsidiary of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), and the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission […]
Read MoreCompetition in the Gasoline Market – the Merger Effect
It is without a doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Jamaica’s economy in several respects, and the reality is that we have yet to experience the full brunt. Over the past month, world oil prices, specifically the West Texas Intermediate (WTI), have been trending downwards steadily, reducing by approximately 55%. It is left to […]
Read MoreNWC’s Proposed Entry in Bottled Water Market: Enhancing or Distorting Competition
The response from some members of the private sector to the National Water Commission’s (NWC’s) announcement that it intends to enter the bottled water market may be right on point in the allusion to its mandate to pursue public welfare: the response, in the main, being it should confine itself to providing efficient service in […]
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