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 the Government has realised savings of some $131.5 million through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP). “This is money that can be diverted to other areas, such as social and infrastructural development,” he said. He noted that the programme, being undertaken in collaboration with international funding partners,...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) will be conducting a review of some of the existing Community Access Point (CAP) facilities, with the aim of adding renewable energy to reduce the operating costs. “We have done research and our findings show that a number of CAPs are having a challenge in staying afloat due to the overhead expenses, so we thought...

Come April 1, the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) will be implementing an Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) called Koha, to improve the efficiency of the library’s operations as well as service for users. Koha is an automated open-source management system used by public libraries worldwide. Elaborating on the use of the system, Acting Director, Information Technology at JLS, Dwight Grant,...