Jamaica is among six Caribbean countries set to benefit from an energy statistical capacity building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) at a cost of US$500,000. The other territories are: Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Suriname. The initiative seeks to provide reliable and up-to-date data for the energy planning process as well as allow...

Minister with responsibility for Technology, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on Thursday March 12, 2015 granted a Number Portability Administrator licence to Porting Access B.V. of the Netherlands. The licence will take effect on March 16 2015 and is for a period of 10 years. The licence has been granted for the company to establish operate, manage, coordinate and maintain a number...

Over 20,000 tablet computers have been distributed to students in various institutions to date under the $1.4 billion Tablets in School pilot project. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on March 10 while addressing grade nine students at the Calabar High School in St. Andrew. Just over 25,000 tablets are targeted for distribution...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is urging Jamaicans to change the way they consume energy, particularly electricity. Delivering the keynote address at a recently held sensitization workshop for the introduction of a tool kit for media practitioners, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, the Minister informed that the country currently spends some US$2 billion...

A project, which aims to provide Jamaicans with increased access to information and communications technology (ICT) services, has received an allotment of $123 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before Parliament. The Technology to Empower Individuals and Communities for Development Project also aims to provide ICT and other training programmes to promote personal, organisational and national development; and provide...

The development of an Energy Services Company (ESCO) Industry in Jamaica will be advanced with a further budgetary allocation of $23 million this year. The funds have been made available in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The project aims to develop a sustainable ESCO Industry in Jamaica by raising the level of...

Residents of Green Pond in St. James are benefitting from a fully equipped Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre, which was established by the Government at a cost of $4.7 million. The air conditioned facility, which is housed in a refurbished section of the Farm Primary and Junior High School, boasts 24 desktop computers, two printers, a...