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State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Hon. Julian Robinson (2nd left) assists President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, Kelly Tomblin (left), to cut the ribbon to officially open the JPS McGregor Gardens Service Centre in Kingston, on March 30. Looking on are Vice President of the Community Renewal and Energy Solutions for the JPS, Keith Garvey (2nd right) and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, Hon. Julian Robinson (2nd left) assists President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, Kelly Tomblin (left), to cut the ribbon to officially open the JPS McGregor Gardens Service Centre in Kingston, on March 30. Looking on are Vice President of the Community Renewal and Energy Solutions for the JPS, Keith Garvey (2nd right) and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

Project to Regularise Electricity Supply in McGregor Gardens

Residents of McGregor Gardens are to benefit from a project through which LED street lights are being installed in the area, and a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) service centre established at the McGregor Gardens community centre, where persons can receive...
Science Coordinator at the Manchester based Church Teachers College, Tillack Hadeen (right), makes a demonstration to students and teachers at the Bull Bay All Age School, at a handing over ceremony of equipment donated by the European Union (EU), to schools on the Government’s two year Science in education project, held recently at the Four Seasons Hotel, in St. Andrew. The project is being funded by the EU at a cost of over $130 million.
Science Coordinator at the Manchester based Church Teachers College, Tillack Hadeen (right), makes a demonstration to students and teachers at the Bull Bay All Age School, at a handing over ceremony of equipment donated by the European Union (EU), to schools on the Government’s two year Science in education project, held recently at the Four Seasons Hotel, in St. Andrew. The project is being funded by the EU at a cost of over $130 million.

Educators Laud Science In Education Project
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre), and Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank Group, Fabio Pittaluga, listens to a point from Project Coordinator, Development Bank of Jamaica, Audrey Richards (right). Occasion was a ceremony held at ‘Start Up Jamaica’s (SUJ) headquarters, downtown Kingston today (March 26), to announce the successful teams that have been selected to develop their businesses under the programme.
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre), and Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank Group, Fabio Pittaluga, listens to a point from Project Coordinator, Development Bank of Jamaica, Audrey Richards (right). Occasion was a ceremony held at ‘Start Up Jamaica’s (SUJ) headquarters, downtown Kingston today (March 26), to announce the successful teams that have been selected to develop their businesses under the programme.

Business Leaders Urged To Mentor Start Up Jamaica Entrepreneurs
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), shares a light moment with Chairman, National Baking Company, Gary Hendrickson (second right), and President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), William Mahfood, at the PSOJ President’s Forum, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on March 24.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), shares a light moment with Chairman, National Baking Company, Gary Hendrickson (second right), and President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), William Mahfood, at the PSOJ President’s Forum, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on March 24.

Government Recruits CIO for E-Gov
Minister of Science, Technology, Mining and Energy, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), converses with Project Manager at the Wigton Windfarm, Michelle Chin Lenn (centre), and General Manager, Earl Barrett, at the grounding breaking ceremony for the 24 megawatt (MW) expansion of the wind farm complex, Wigton III.
Minister of Science, Technology, Mining and Energy, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), converses with Project Manager at the Wigton Windfarm, Michelle Chin Lenn (centre), and General Manager, Earl Barrett, at the grounding breaking ceremony for the 24 megawatt (MW) expansion of the wind farm complex, Wigton III.

Wigton Saving the Country Billions in Oil Imports While Cutting Carbon Emissions

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Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), is joined by Member of Parliament for South West St. Ann, Keith Walford, in flicking the switch to officially commission electricity service in the Douglas Castle community in St. Ann on Wednesday (March 18). The project was undertaken by the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) at a cost of $4 million and will benefit 46 households.
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Douglas Castle Residents Now Have Electricity Service

Forty-six residents of Douglas Castle in St. Ann now have access to electricity in their homes, through work undertaken by the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) at a cost of $4 million. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on Wednesday, March 18, turned on the switch to officially commission the service in the community. In his remarks,...
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Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, speaking in Douglas Castle, South West St. Ann, on March 18.
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Farmers Encouraged to Make Use of Opportunities in Medicinal Ganja Industry

Small ganja farmers across the island are being encouraged to make use of the opportunities that will be available in the medicinal ganja industry. Speaking in Douglas Castle, St. Ann, on March 18, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said the ‘small man’ must ensure that he becomes a major player in the new industry. The Minister...
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Information Management and Training Coordinator, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), Paola Carrera (left), converses with Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Michelle Forbes, during the official launch of the energy statistical capacity building initiative at the Courtleigh Hotel in St. Andrew recently. The initiative will be undertaken in six Caribbean countries.
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Jamaica to Benefit from US $500,000 Energy Statistics Project

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...
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), is in discussion with Principal, Calabar High School, Albert Corcho, during a career exposition on March 10, at the institution’s Red Hills Road premises in St. Andrew.
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20,000 Tablets Distributed to Students

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...
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (second left), having a light exchange with (from left), Director, Energy Economics and Planning in the Energy Division of the Ministry; Yvonne Barrett-Edwards; Principal Director, Energy Division, Fitzroy Vidal and Energy Technical Consultant ,Eaton Haughton, at a recent energy workshop, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston.
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Minister Calls for Change in Use of Energy

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...
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Project to Increase Access to ICT Services Receives $123 Million

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...
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