More than 300 students from 30 schools will participate in a Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on April 27. The event, which is being hosted by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in collaboration with the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, will feature many speakers, including the Minister of Science,...

The Government will be launching a National Science and Technology Fund on Wednesday, April 19. The Fund will support technology transfer from innovators to industry and service sectors, provide intellectual property support, enhance human resource development and promote science. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, during his contribution to the 2017/18...

Newly established Community Access Points (CAPs) are to be outfitted with solar systems as the Government works to ensure the sustainability of operations at these sites. This exercise is to be carried out by the Universal Service Fund (USF), which is also to begin retrofitting old CAP sites with these systems. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon....

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says hydro-feasibility studies have been completed on 12 rivers, which show a potential of adding 26 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity to the grid. Making his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 18, Dr. Wheatley said the feasibility studies were conducted with...

A web security policy for the Government is being developed and will be completed within the next six months. This was stated by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, during his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, today (April 18). This comes on the heels of the completion of a...

The Government will shortly do a full roll-out of the Tablets in Schools initiative, following a successful pilot stage of the programme. Making the disclosure in the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House on April 18, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, said e-Learning Jamaica has done a reassessment of the project, and Cabinet will...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says Jamaica is on course to achieving 30 per cent of its energy consumption from renewables by 2030. He noted that as of last year, 10.5 per cent of net electricity generated was obtained from renewable energy. Dr. Wheatley was making his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in...

The Government will be launching the second phase of the Tablets in Schools programme in September. This was disclosed by State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, as he delivered greetings at e-Learning Jamaica’s Technology Day at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday, April 4. He said that an extensive review of...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) continues its quest to provide 100 per cent Internet penetration across Jamaica with Wi-Fi hotspots to be provided at the St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston and in Olympic Gardens. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the USF, Suzette Buchanan, said that in addition to fulfilling its mandate, she hopes these hotspots will also assist...