| Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Government of Jamaica ja-flag
Advertisement
Hurricane Melissa

Latest

Energy Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell addressing stakeholders at a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) breakfast meeting held on November 11, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.
Energy Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell addressing stakeholders at a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) breakfast meeting held on November 11, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

JPS Customers to See Reduction in Bills This Month

Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers across the island can expect to see a reduction in their utility bills this month, as a result of an expected 8.4 per cent drop in the cost of electricity. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy...
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining , Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2nd left), responds to questions posed during an Information Security Management System (ISMS) workshop held on Monday (November 10), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: Partner, Educentres Information Services Limited, Hugh Denton Campbell; Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica, Jacqueline Scott Brown; and Executive Director, Educentres Information Services Limited, Richard Shaw.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining , Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2nd left), responds to questions posed during an Information Security Management System (ISMS) workshop held on Monday (November 10), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are: Partner, Educentres Information Services Limited, Hugh Denton Campbell; Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica, Jacqueline Scott Brown; and Executive Director, Educentres Information Services Limited, Richard Shaw.

Gov’t to Monitor Proposed Acquisition of Flow By Cable and Wireless
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), in discussion with Chief Strategist, Steep Hills Laboratories, Colorado and California, Scott Cathcart, at the opening ceremony of the third biennial science and technology conference and exposition, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Monday, November 10. At centre is Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steep Hill Laboratories, Colorado and California, David Lampach.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), in discussion with Chief Strategist, Steep Hills Laboratories, Colorado and California, Scott Cathcart, at the opening ceremony of the third biennial science and technology conference and exposition, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Monday, November 10. At centre is Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steep Hill Laboratories, Colorado and California, David Lampach.

Regulations to be Put in Place for Medicinal Ganja Industry
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), in discussion with (from left): Senior Superintendent of Police, Clifford Chambers; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton, and Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van Glaanenweygel. Occasion was the start of a three-day workshop on Cyber Incident Investigation and Analysis, held on November 10, at the National Intelligence Bureau, in downtown Kingston.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), in discussion with (from left): Senior Superintendent of Police, Clifford Chambers; British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton, and Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van Glaanenweygel. Occasion was the start of a three-day workshop on Cyber Incident Investigation and Analysis, held on November 10, at the National Intelligence Bureau, in downtown Kingston.

More Measures to Protect Country from Cyber Crimes
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), addresses the Information Security Management Systems (SMS ISO) 27001 training seminar on Monday, November 10, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening is Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica, Jacqueline Scott-Brown.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), addresses the Information Security Management Systems (SMS ISO) 27001 training seminar on Monday, November 10, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Listening is Manager, National Certification Body of Jamaica, Jacqueline Scott-Brown.

Government to Sign eBooks Contracts Wednesday

More

Technology

Government Exploring Possible Expansion of Tablets in Schools Pilot Project

The Government is exploring the possibility of expanding the $1.4 billion Tablets in School (TIS) pilot programme, based on the positive impact it has had at institutions benefiting, thus far. This was disclosed by Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, who has pointed to “renewed” interest in attending school and learning being displayed by students at participating...
Read more
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), presents student of the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston, Alrick Livinston (left), with his personal tablet computer, during a distribution ceremony at the school’s George Headley Drive location, November 10. Looking on (from second left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; and Alrick’s mother, Wilma Livingston. Alrick is among the just over 1,400 students enrolled at the school to receive devices under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot programme.
Technology

Students of Holy Trinity High School Receive Tablet Computers

Just over 1,400 tablet computers are to be distributed to students of the Holy Trinity High school in Kingston under the government’s $1.4 billion Tablets In Schools pilot programme. To be undertaken over the next three days, the exercise will see all students enrolled at the school receiving their own personal devices. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM),...
Read more
Technology

Jamaica to Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week from November 17 to 23

Jamaica will join 123 countries across the world in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2014 from November 17 to 23. Several activities have been organised locally to mark the week, which is being hosted for the third consecutive year by Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) under the theme: ‘Local Entrepreneurs, Global Businesses’. At the launch held on Wednesday, November 5, at...
Read more
JIS Think TankTechnology

Jamaica Must Harness Cultural Science to Create Wealth – Professor Morrison

Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, says Jamaica must harness the “cultural science” of the nation to create wealth. This cultural science, he said, has been neglected for too long, especially in developing the medicinal plants industry. “There is a tremendous opportunity here, to build on that, to build an awareness, to...
Read more
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Ebony Vale Community Access point (CAP), in Catherine, on October 30. Others (from second left) are: Social Development Officer of the National Housing Trust, Mr. Cherton DaCosta; Mrs. Margret Spooner of the Project Management Department of the National Housing Trust , and President of the Ebony Vale Citizens Association, Mrs. Avis Bryant-Tulloch.
Technology

Ebony Vale Gets CAP

The community of Ebony Vale in St. Catherine became the 191st recipient of a Community Access Point (CAP) on October 30, when the $4 million facility was opened by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. The Minister said that establishing a CAP in the area signals a belief in the development activities being embarked on by...
Read more
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), hands over a tablet computer to a student of the Cavaliers Primary School in rural St. Andrew, recently. Looking on are Member of Parliament for the area, Paul Buchanan and a member of the school’s administration.
Technology

Skills of Students Should Be Harnessed – Minister Paulwell

The skills of students who breach the guidelines on the use of  tablet computers, being issued  under the Tablets In School Programme, should be harnessed, instead of  the children being punished, says Minister of  Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. It was reported in one of the island’s daily newspapers on October 29, that a schoolboy has beaten...
Read more
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), presents Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, with the proclamation declaring November as Science, Technology and Innovation Month. This year’s theme will focus on: ‘Science and Technology for Economic Development: Science for Life’.
Technology

Legislation to Push Nutraceutical Industry

The Government will be examining several pieces of legislation and regulations geared towards the development of the nutraceutical industry, particularly the Food and Drug Act. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, at the reading of a proclamation declaring  November, Science, Technology and Innovation Month, at King’s House on October 31. The proclamation was...
Read more