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Coordinator for Science and Technology Education at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Amanda McKenzie.

SRC Hosts Science Fair Workshops

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is inviting schools to send representatives to workshops where the Council will seek to provide guidance to schools and teachers participating in their upcoming Science and Technology Fair later this year. These workshops, which will...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley

Electricity Power-Wheeling Licences to be Introduced Shortly

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (right), presents a laptop and a plaque to Campion College student Kharissa King, during a courtesy call on the Minister at the Ministry’s New Kingston Offices on December 14. Kharissa received the highest mark in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Information Technology for the island. At left is Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Suzette Buchanan.

Top IT Students Receive Laptops

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (right), engages in conversation with Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bruno Pouezat, at the launch of the Deployment of Renewable Energy and Improvement of Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector Project on November 30, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) in New Kingston.

Gov’t Launches Project to Cut Energy Costs in Public Sector

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (right), in discussion with Retail Coordinator, Kingston Bookshop, Tashana Johnson (left), during the fourth staging of the National Cyber Security Conference at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona on November 29. At centre is Director of the Mona Information and Communication Technology Policy Centre, at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hopeton Dunn. The two-day conference examined issues related to cybersecurity and mobile money; countering cybercrime; protecting telecommunication services; banking and e-Government; cyberthreats to online banking; and building citizen awareness.

Gov’t to Provide More Free Wi-Fi Hotspots

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Jamaica’s Second Public Wi-Fi Facility Launched

PRESS RELEASE - Mandela Park is now officially the second public Wi-Fi facility, in Jamaica, following yesterday’s (Thursday, January 12) launch staged by the Universal Service Fund in conjunction with the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology the Fund’s USF ConnectJA project. Making the point that “2017 will be bigger and better when it comes to technological development,” Dr. the...

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Innovator with Big Dreams for Recycling Machine

Paul Jackson is the winner of the ‘Environmental Sustainability Award’, at the recently held National Innovations Awards at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. He received the award for his invention ‘Environment Focused Recycling Machine’. The inventor said that he has had this idea for approximately two years, and started working on it in 2014. With a degree in...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, addresses the fourth staging of the National Cyber Security Conference at the Regional Headquarters of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on November 29. The two-day conference examined issues related to cybersecurity and mobile money; countering cybercrime; protecting telecommunication services; banking and e-Government; cyberthreats to online banking; and building citizen awareness.

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Gov’t to Strengthen Legislation to Protect Personal Information in Cyberspace

The Government will be making changes to critical pieces of legislation that will enable a more robust framework in protecting personal information in cyberspace. These include the Data Protection Act, which is slated to be tabled in Parliament next year, and the establishment of a single Regulator for information and communications technology (ICT). This was disclosed by Minister of Science,...

Director of the Mona Information and Communication Technology Policy Centre at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hopeton Dunn, addresses the opening of the fourth National Cyber Security Conference at the Regional Headquarters, UWI, on November 28.

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Take Precautions when Conducting Mobile Money Transactions

Persons utilising their cell phones to conduct money transactions, including banking, paying bills and purchasing goods and services, are being urged to take greater precautions. Director of the Mona Information and Communication Technology Policy Centre, at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Hopeton Dunn, said persons using the mobile Internet are less inclined to...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (centre), is greeted by Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) Managing Director, Dr. David McBean, on arrival at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 23), for the entity’s 15th Anniversary Awards Dinner. At left is Opposition spokesman on Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell.

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Gov’t Moves Ahead With Plans to Create Single ICT Regulator

The Government is moving ahead with plans to establish a single regulator for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, said the legislative and regulatory changes necessary to facilitate the move are expected to be brought to Parliament in 2017. He noted that the objective is to ensure cohesion across...

Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) employees Kwan Wilson (left) and Afiba Huie, cut the SMA’s 15th anniversary cake during the entity’s awards dinner at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday, November 23. Mr. Wilson and Ms. Huie, who have been with the SMA since its inception in 2001, were among 24 employees recognised by the entity.

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Technology Minister Hails Spectrum Management Authority

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, has lauded the role of the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) in advancing Jamaica’s telecommunications and broadband landscape over the past 15 years. He said the SMA, which is the national regulator for the radio frequency spectrum, has facilitated expansion in a number of entities. These, the Minister outlined, includes more...

Senior Advisor to the Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Trevor Forrest (left), speaking at the opening of a Commonwealth Telecoms Organisation (CTO) Cyber-Standards Workshop, on November 24 at The Jamaica Pegasus, in Kingston. Seated at right is Secretary General of the CTO, Shola Taylor.

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Government Employees Being Trained in Cybersecurity

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, through its Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), will be training 80 Government information and communications technology (ICT) experts over the next two days. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and the Ministry, the training workshop is aimed at enhancing the education of these ICT professionals in basic cyber standards that should be...