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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.

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...

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.

NYS to Launch Entrepreneurship Competition

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining , Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2nd left), responds to questions posed during an Information Security Management System (ISMS) workshop held on Monday (November 10), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: Partner, Educentres Information Services Limited, Hugh Denton Campbell; Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica, Jacqueline Scott Brown; and Executive Director, Educentres Information Services Limited, Richard Shaw.

Gov’t to Monitor Proposed Acquisition of Flow By Cable and Wireless

Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, announcing details for the first staging of the Western Jamaica Economic Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on November 26, at a press launch in Montego bay on November 11. The forum is being staged in collaboration with the Montego Bay Community College.

Western Jamaica Economic Forum to be Staged November 26

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), in discussion with Chief Strategist, Steep Hills Laboratories, Colorado and California, Scott Cathcart, at the opening ceremony of the third biennial science and technology conference and exposition, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Monday, November 10. At centre is Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steep Hill Laboratories, Colorado and California, David Lampach.

Regulations to be Put in Place for Medicinal Ganja Industry

The Foreign Ministry is proud to announce the appointment of the Jamaican Permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray, as Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Important Appointment for Jamaican Permanent Rep. to UN

Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Courtenay Rattray, has been appointed as Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform. His appointment was announced on Monday, November 10, by H.E. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly, in a letter to all Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

12 years ago Foreign Affairs

Minister Nichoslon Heads Japan Ministerial Delegation

Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, will lead Jamaica’s delegation to the Fourth CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, to be held from 14th to 15th November 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The Jamaican delegation will also include H.E. Ricardo Allicock, Ambassador of Jamaica to Japan and Mrs. Angella Comfort, Director for Caribbean and the Americas in...

Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). (FILE)

12 years ago Local Government

Chik-V Clean-Up Moves to Portmore

A successful two-day clean up exercise was conducted in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Saturday and Sunday (November 8 and 9), under the national campaign to contain the spread of the Chikungunya virus (Chick-V) and eradicate the disease. Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response Programme, Colonel Daniel Pryce, and Portmore’s Acting Mayor, Councillor Leon Thomas, have praised the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), in discussion with (from left): Senior Superintendent of Police, Clifford Chambers; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton, and Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van Glaanenweygel. Occasion was the start of a three-day workshop on Cyber Incident Investigation and Analysis, held on November 10, at the National Intelligence Bureau, in downtown Kingston.

12 years ago Technology

More Measures to Protect Country from Cyber Crimes

The Government is putting in place more measures to protect the country from cyber criminal activities, with one set to come on stream by mid December, and the launch of the Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) by next year. Technical and other support for the cyber defence mechanisms have been provided by the Organization of American States (OAS), and the...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), addresses the Information Security Management Systems (SMS ISO) 27001 training seminar on Monday, November 10, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening is Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica, Jacqueline Scott-Brown.

12 years ago Technology

Government to Sign eBooks Contracts Wednesday

The Government, will on Wednesday, November 12, sign contracts valued at $70 million for the provision of e-books that will be placed on the tablet computers that are currently being rolled out in several schools across the island. Making the disclosure at an Information Security Management System (ISMS) workshop at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday, November...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), presents student of the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, Alrick Livinston (left), with his personal tablet computer, during a distribution ceremony at the school’s George Headley Drive location, November 10. Looking on (from second left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; and Alrick’s mother, Wilma Livingston. Alrick is among the just over 1,400 students enrolled at the school to receive devices under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot programme.

12 years ago Technology

Students of Holy Trinity High School Receive Tablet Computers

Just over 1,400 tablet computers are to be distributed to students of the Holy Trinity High school in Kingston under the government’s $1.4 billion Tablets In Schools pilot programme. To be undertaken over the next three days, the exercise will see all students enrolled at the school receiving their own personal devices. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM),...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, addresses a public lecture and exhibition held in observance of World Town Planning Day, at the National Housing Trust (NHT) in New Kingston on Friday, November 7.

12 years ago Environment

Builders Urged to Meet Needs of Society

Critical stakeholders involved in building and development are being urged to provide for the needs of all members of society when designing and implementing projects. These include private developers, planners, architects, engineers, among others. Minister of Water, Land Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, made the call while addressing a public lecture and exhibition held in observance of World...