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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., and Regional Director, Region 1 HEART/NSTA Trust Dr. Sasha Shim-Hue (centre), interact with one of the participants in the GetConnected Digital Literacy Course during a visit at the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) in Kingston on Thursday (February 6).

Minister Charles Jr. Lauds Senior Citizens Participating in NCSC Digital Literacy Course

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has lauded senior citizens enrolling in the GetConnected Digital Literacy Course as inspirations for other persons in their age group. He was speaking on Thursday (February 6) during a visit...

Three Schools to Get Buses from Japan

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (seated second row, fourth from right), and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (seated second row, fourth from left), are surrounded by members of the Chinese community and students and staff from Albion Primary and Mount Salem Primary and Infant schools in St. James. Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of 11 tablets to the schools by the Jamaica China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on Monday, February 3.

Chinese Community Donates 11 Tablets to Two Primary Schools in Montego Bay

Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Commissioner, Stewart Beckford (second left), receives a computer hard drive from Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Charlton McFarlane (second right), part of 20 desktop computers and two printers presented to the JFB on February 4 at the JFB’s Kingston headquarters. Also pictured are Deputy Commissioner, JFB, Kevin Haughton (left); and Financial Controller, USF, Andrew McRae.

Jamaica Fire Brigade Gets Computers from USF

Minister of Education, Youth, Skills and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), examines one of the 200 laptop computers donated to the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, during Tuesday’s (February 4) handover ceremony at the institution’s campus in Papine, St. Andrew. Others (from left) are UTech Academic Staff Union Public Relations Officer, Dr. Tashieka Burris-Melville; UTech President, Dr. Kevin Brown; Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Andrew Lee; and UTech Deputy President and Provost, Professor Shermaine Barrett.

e-Learning Jamaica Donates 200 Laptops to UTech

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (third right) hands over equipment to the Clarendon based Ebony Park Heart Academy on January 31, during a ceremony held at the institution. Others pictured from left are Project Manager with the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Selena Ledgister; Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Franklyn Witter; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Orville Palmer; Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton; Senior Environmental Specialist with the World Bank, Kirk C.N. Brown; and Chief Executive Officer of the NFA, Dr. Gavin Bellamy.

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Ebony Park Heart Academy Receives Equipment

The Government has boosted the training and production capacity of the Ebony Park Heart Academy, with the presentation of equipment valued at over US$128,000. The items received include seine nets, solar lights, mobile water pumps, digital scales, oxygen scales, refractometers, fish baskets, freshwater kits, cast nets, weed whackers, security cameras and drones. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, converses with students during a tablet computer presentation ceremony at Ensom City Primary School in St. Catherine on Thursday (January 30). Five students each from Ensom City Primary and Eltham Park Primary School, also in St. Catherine, were provided with tablet computers under the Government’s

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Ten Students At Ensom City And Eltham Primary Schools Gifted Tablet Computers

Ten students at Ensom City and Eltham Park Primary Schools in St. Catherine have been gifted tablet computers under the Government’s ‘Connect a Child’ Programme. This initiative aims to support academically gifted students experiencing financial challenges by providing them with essential digital tools for their educational success. Speaking during the presentation ceremony at Ensom City Primary on Thursday (January 30),...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources, Entrepreneurship, Cooperatives and Creative, St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Samal Duggins, during the 20th Jamaica Stock Exchange Investments and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.

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Ministry Pursuing Further Partnerships to Integrate More Technology in Agriculture

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is looking to partner with private-sector companies to integrate more technology in the sector to improve farming practices, particularly on small farms. Addressing the 20th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Investments and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, underscored the importance of infusing...

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Jamaica First in Caribbean to Use Smart Trap Technology

Jamaica is the first Caribbean country to use Smart Traps in the surveillance and monitoring of insects that could impact local crops. First installed in November last year, the acquisition of 125 Smart Traps was done through a partnership between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspection (PQPI) Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture,...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), addresses Wednesday’s (January 15) press conference at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices to provide details about the 2025 staging of the Global Tourism Resilience Conference. Listening is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith. The conference will be held from February 17 to 19 at the Princess Grand Hotel in Hanover.

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Global Tourism Conference to Focus on Building Resilience Through Technology

This year’s third annual Global Tourism Resilience Conference will focus on the integration of technology solutions in bolstering the resilience and sustainability of the global tourism industry. The event, under the theme ‘Building Tourism Resilience Through Digital Transformation’, will be held from February 17 to 19 at the Princess Grand Hotel in Hanover. It will bring together tourism partners from...

Minister of Education, Youth, Skills and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, delivers the main address at the annual Archbishop Samuel Carter Lecture, held at Campion College on Thursday (January 9).

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e-Learning Jamaica to Distribute More Than 15,000 Computers and Smart Boards to Schools This Year

Fifteen thousand laptop and tablet computers and 900 smart boards will this year be distributed to schools islandwide by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth, Skills and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, while delivering the main address during the annual Archbishop Samuel Carter Lecture at Campion College in St. Andrew on...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a forum on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in tourism at Sandals Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on Friday (Dec.13).

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Region Must Not Be Left Behind in Use of AI – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Caribbean region must not be left behind in taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to propel the tourism sector forward. He said that as the global tourism landscape becomes increasingly competitive, more countries are recognising the potential of AI, and Jamaca and the wider Caribbean must utilise the technology to maintain the...