Press Releases
Christmas Advisory
The Christmas season is now upon us, and persons are scrambling to shop for various products to complete their holiday shopping lists. As such, we anticipate that the inevitable interaction between consumer and merchant is steadily approaching that point of climax. It is therefore, absolutely important that consumers take the necessary precautions to limit or […]
Read MoreFTC Intermediate Course
On October 28-29, 2013, the FTC will be conducting an Intermediate Course in Competition Law and Policy. The objective of the course is to enhance participant’s understanding of the necessary assessment involved in the determination of the competitive effect of business practices. Click on the respective links below for registration form and information on the course. FTC […]
Read MoreFTCNewsline – October 2013
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 04-13 we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the third quarter of 2013. FTCNewsline – October 2013 issue
Read MoreFTCNewsLine – July 2013
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 03-13 we feature matters related to the period April 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013. FTCNewsline – July 2013 Issue
Read MoreFTC Urges Full Disclosure of ULSD
By way of letters dated June 4, 2013, the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) issued notices to the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA) and the Automobile Dealers Association of Jamaica Ltd. (ADA) regarding the disclosure of material information as it relates to the ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) fuel that Petrojam Limited will commence distributing on […]
Read MoreFTC Newsline – April 2013
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 02-13 we feature matters related to the period January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013. FTC Newsline – April 2013
Read MoreFTC Newsline – January 2013
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 01-13 we feature matters related to the period October 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. FTC Newsline – January 2013
Read MoreFTCNewsline – October 2012
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 04-12 we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the third quarter of 2012. FTCNewsline – October 2012
Read MoreFTCNewsLine – July 2012
FTC Newsline is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 03-12 we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the second quarter of 2012. FTCNewsLine – July 2012
Read MoreUnexpected Mobile Phone Charges
Since March 2012, The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has been receiving complaints from a number of consumers of prepaid mobile phone services in relation to unexpected charges to their credit balance. Specifically, consumers complain that they discover that their credit balance has been depleted; and when they contact their mobile service providers, they are told that the charges […]
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