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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (second left) signs a contract for the provision of electronic content on the tablet computers under the Tablets in Schools pilot programme, during a ceremony at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), New Kingston, on November 12. Others (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), e-learning Jamaica Limited, Avrill Crawford; CEO/Founder, EduFocal, Gordon Swaby; and Chairman, EduFocal, Peter Levy. Standing (from left) are: Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites; Board members of e-learning Jamaica Limited, Trevor Francis and Lloyd Lovindeer.

Government Spends $114M on Content for Tablet Computers

The Government has spent $114 million for the provision of electronic content on the tablet computers, under the Tablets in Schools pilot programme. Content is available for the subject areas of Mathematics, English Language, and the Sciences from the lower...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses the press launch of the Public Sector Energy Champion Competition at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica auditorium in Kingston, on November 12.

Public Sector Energy Competition Kicks Off December

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (2nd right), and Chairman of the Jamaica Citrus Protection Agency (JCPA), Peter McConnell, examine an orange affected by the citrus greening disease, during a brief tour of an orchard operated by Trade Winds Citrus Limited at its Bog Walk location in St. Catherine on November 11. This followed the 16th annual general meeting of the JCPA at the Tru Juice Sports Club located on the property.

Government Continues Measures to Tackle Citrus Greening Disease

Government Will Not Let Up On Conservation Measures – Minister Paulwell

President of the Diabetes Association of Jamaica, Professor Errol Morrison (second left), speaking about the harmful effects of diabetes at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on Tuesday, November 11. Massy Distribution (Jamaica) Limited and the JIS have partnered to host a health and wellness fair on World Diabetes Day, Friday, November 14, at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Director of Human Resources at the JIS, Mrs. Bernita Locke; Diabetes Educator, Mrs. Ann-Moreen Wright-Brown; Commercial Manager, Pharmaceutical and Health Care Division at Massy Distribution, Ms. Maxine Findlay; and CEO of Massy Distribution (Jamaica) Limited, Mr. Richard Barrow.

JIS and Massy Host Health Expo and Workshop

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre), greets Tullow Oil Plc’s Business Unit Manager for South America, John McKenna (right), during Tuesday’s (November 11) ceremony at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium, New Kingston, to announce the Government’s awarding of a gas and oil exploration licence to Tullow Jamaica Limited. Looking on is PCJ Group General Manager, Winston Watson.

11 years ago Technology

Government Issues Oil and Gas Exploration Licence to British Firm

The Government has resumed the search for oil and gas in Jamaica with the issuing of an exploration licence to British petroleum firm, Tullow Oil Plc. The company has committed $6.7 billion (US$60 million) to undertake activities off the island’s South coast. The exercise, which commenced on November 1, is being facilitated under a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed by...

Members of the organising team for the University of Technology’s (UTech) Students’ Union charity fundraiser, Tag Drive 2014, discuss documents pertaining to the week of activities with UTech’s Director, Community Services, Mr. Seymour Riley (right), at Monday’s (November 10) launch of the project at the institution. From left are Students’ Union Executive Members, Delta Wright, President; Jevon Reid, Director of Community Service; and Khamoye Williams, College of Health Sciences Representative. The highlight of Tag Drive is an islandwide collection blitz, which will take place on November 14 and 15.

11 years ago Community

Kidney Support Foundation and Blind Society to Benefit from Tag Drive

The University of Technology (UTech) Students’ Union has launched this year's Tag Drive, which is seeking to raise $3 million from donors across the island. Funds collected in the drive will benefit the Kidney Support Foundation, the Jamaica Society for the Blind and needy students at the university. Speaking at the launching ceremony on November 10, Director of Community Service,...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents first form student at Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls, Kai-Antoinette Thompson, with the proclamation declaring November 20 as National Storytelling Day, during a ceremony at King’s House, on November 11.

11 years ago Governor General

GG Outlines Importance of Storytelling Day

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says National Storytelling Day will form part of efforts to safeguard the cultural wellbeing of Jamaica’s heritage, particularly for the youth. Reading a proclamation on Tuesday, November 11, at King’s House, declaring November 20 as National Storytelling Day, the Governor-General said due attention should be paid to the preservation of the...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund, William Heaven (right), and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, Maxine Henry-Wilson (2nd left), are in discussion with (from left): Chairman of the Fund’s Education Committee, Dr. Rose Davies; graduate of the Shortwood Teachers’ College, Marjanice Atkinson; and Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission Dr. Joan Reid. Occasion was Tuesday’s (Nov.11) signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six teachers’ colleges, for the provision of scholarships in early childhood education, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

11 years ago Education

CHASE Signs MOU for Training of Early Childhood Teachers

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund has formalised its funding arrangement with six teacher-training institutions for the provision of scholarships in early childhood education, at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Under the initiative, CHASE has to date awarded 3,383 scholarships valued at over $284 million at the undergraduate level, and in 2014/15, has committed $60 million for teacher...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. (FILE)

11 years ago Parliament

PM Says NHT Purchased Property, Not Outameni Experience

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the National Housing Trust (NHT) has not purchased the tourist attraction known as Outameni Experience, in Trelawny. "The Board has advised me that the decision to purchase the property at Orange Grove in Trelawny, and not the attraction known as Outameni Experience, was firmly grounded in the National Housing Trust Act of...

Energy Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell addressing stakeholders at a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) breakfast meeting held on November 11, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

11 years ago Technology

JPS Customers to See Reduction in Bills This Month

Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers across the island can expect to see a reduction in their utility bills this month, as a result of an expected 8.4 per cent drop in the cost of electricity. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon Phillip Paulwell, who made the announcement on Tuesday, November 11, at a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC)...

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS), Melvin Smith, provides details about the agency’s Entrepreneurship Competition, on the JIS’ Issues and Answers television programme, recently.

11 years ago Culture

NYS to Launch Entrepreneurship Competition

The National Youth Service (NYS) will be staging an Entrepreneurship Competition, with the winner to receive assistance to start or expand their business. The competition will be launched this month, which is being observed as Youth Month under the theme: ‘Youth Advance: #Notleavingittochance’. It is open to young people, who have participated in the agency’s ongoing entrepreneurship training programme. Speaking...