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Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell.

Technology Minister Grants Number Portability Administrator Service Provider Licence

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...

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.

20,000 Tablets Distributed to Students

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.

Minister Calls for Change in Use of Energy

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), looks on as head girl of the Farm Primary and Junior High School, Shanoya Spence (seated), tries out one of the computers in the Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the school, which was officially opened on February 25. Others (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith; and President of the Green Pond Community Development Committee, Judith Wallace. In background (from left) are: Chairman of the school board, Rev. Lorane Chisholm;; and Councillor for the Green Pond division , Sylvan Reid.

Fully Equipped Internet Cafe Opens in Green Pond

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left) in discussion with Principal Director, Energy Division, Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Fitzroy Vidal during the staging of a workshop for the introduction of a media toolkit to media practitioners at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Friday, February 27.

Government Remains Resolute in Reducing Energy Bill

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Technology

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...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Technology

$23 Million for Energy Services Company Industry

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...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell is in light discussion with Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public service Company (JPS) Limited, Kelly Tomblin (right), at a Power Brokers luncheon staged by the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on February 26, at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in St. James.

11 years ago Technology

Government Going After US-Based IT Firms

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said the Ministry will be intensifying efforts to attract more information community technology (ICT) firms to Jamaica. He said the Ministry will be going after United States (US)-based companies, which now operate in places such as India and the Philippines, to encourage them to come to the island and set...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), addresses the opening of an Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Farm Primary and Junior High School in Green Pond, St. James on Wednesday (February 25). Listening (l-r) are: Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith; Chairman of the school board, Rev. Lorane Chisholm; and Winsome Leach-Thelwell, who chaired the function.

11 years ago Technology

Govt. Will Deliver on Number Portability – Paulwell

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year. Number portability will allow cellular phone users to carry their numbers across ports when they switch their service providers. Speaking at the official opening of the Farm...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing the ground breaking ceremony for a US$89 million wind farm project at Munro, St. Elizabeth, on February 25.

11 years ago Technology

Ground Broken for US$89 Million Wind Farm at Munro, St. Elizabeth

Ground was broken for the construction of a US$89 million 36.3 megawatt wind farm at Munro, St. Elizabeth, on February 25, by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. He was joined by representatives of BMR Jamaica Wind Limited, the United States Embassy and the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPSCo). The project will generate electricity using...

Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (3rd left), hands over science equipment to students of the Bull Bay All Age School, on February 24, at the Four Seasons Hotel, in St. Andrew. Principal of the institution, Justin Duncan, is at right.

11 years ago Technology

Schools Receive Science Equipment from EU

The European Union (EU) has handed over science equipment valued at $800,000 to eight schools across the island, as part of a $100 million Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean (INVOCAB) project. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hilary Alexander, who addressed the handing over ceremony on February 24, at the Four Seasons Hotel, in...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016KingstOOnTechnology

Boost For Animation Industry

Young persons who are skilled in animation are to be provided with more opportunities as the Government has allocated $70 million in the 2015/2016 Budget for the Youth Employment in Digital and Creative Industries project. The programme was first launched in September 2014, and this year, provisions have been made for the purchasing of 190 computers, 385 tablets, 335 2D...