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Dr. Arnoldo Ventura, Chief Advisor for Science and Technology in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has called on regional governments to utilize the use of science and technology in solving their developmental problems. Speaking at the first biennial symposium on Science and Technology in Barbados on Tuesday (March 8), Dr. Ventura said "the production and employment of modern...

The Crop Research and Development and the Plant Protection programmes in the Ministry of Agriculture have received $6 million for research activities. The allotment was made in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 31) at Gordon House. Of this amount, the Crop Research and Development programme has received $4 million...

Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell has said that the new Telecommunications Policy recently approved by Cabinet will seek to establish a single regulatory agency for the telecommunications sector and assist in achieving universal access across Jamaica. The decision to have a single regulator, said Minister Paulwell, was thought best for the industry, as it was "unfair to have...