Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the Government is firmly committed to the development of the country's energy sector. Addressing GB Energy-Texaco’s 2018 retailers’ conference at the Royalton Blue Waters Resort in Trelawny on Friday (May 11), he said continuous efforts will be made to ensure policy development and the maintenance of harmonious relationships...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says more regulations are being crafted to direct the operations of the petroleum industry in order to ensure increased compliance. The new regulations form part of the recommendations made by the Petroleum Trade Reform Committee (PTRC) established to investigate reports of contaminated fuel or faulty gas in the petroleum market,...

Seven constituencies in Kingston and St. Andrew are to benefit from a pilot programme that will result in solar lanterns being distributed to replace opens flames used as sources of light in vulnerable communities. They are Eastern St. Andrew, East Rural St. Andrew, South St. Andrew, West Rural St. Andrew, East Central St. Andrew, East Kingston and Port Royal, and...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says non- communicable diseases (NCDs) take up 70 per cent of the country’s health budget, and represent the biggest public health challenge globally in the 21st Century. Dr. Wheatley says it is against this background that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that member states give this matter “full...

Solar facilities designed to provide electricity for Terminal Gate Number One at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston were, on Tuesday (April 24), handed over to the management by representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Environment Facility. Jamaica was selected for the pilot of a project dubbed ‘Solar-at-the-Gate’, following the country’s...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, has cited increased competition among local telecommunications providers as the primary reason for the proposed introduction of the new 658 area code. Noting that “quite a number of service providers exist”, he argued that it is “only logical for (there to be) additional numbers, to be able to service the...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says plans are under way for the installation of a Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU), which is the first phase in the upgrading of the Petrojam refinery. “We have signed off on the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to do the VDU,” Dr. Wheatley told JIS News in an interview...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says a special component of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which will be completed in a few weeks, will include hydropower as an alternate source of renewable energy Dr. Wheatley acknowledged that wind and solar power have already gathered significant interest as sources of renewable energy, but more emphasis is...

An innovation lab, focused on the nurturing and development of revenue-generating clean technology companies within the region, was officially opened on Wednesday (April 11) at the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Hope Gardens Complex, St. Andrew. The Science Resource Centre & Innovation Laboratory is managed by the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) – an initiative funded by the Government of Canada...