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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses the re-launch of the up-graded Ligunea Post Office Internet Cafe in St. Andrew on October 9. He said that number portability will be in place by May 2015.

Minister Paulwell Assures Number Portability by May 2015

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says that number portability will be in place by May next year. Number portability allows users of mobile and fixed telephones to retain numbers assigned to them, if they choose...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses the Energy Efficient Public Procurement workshop staged by his Ministry on October 10, at the Hilton Rose Hall resort in Montego Bay, St. James. Listening are Principal Director in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Hillary Alexander.

Millions Being Saved Under Energy Efficiency and Conservation Project

Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2nd left), performs the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to formally re-open the newly upgraded Liguanea Post Office internet café, in St. Andrew on October 9. The facility was refurbished at a cost of over $200,000 by the LIME Foundation, under a public/private partnership between the Postal Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), and telecommunications firm, LIME. Also participating in the proceedings were, from left, - LIME Chief Executive Officer, Garfield Sinclair; LIME Foundation Chairman, Errol Miller; State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining and Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, where the facility is located, Hon. Julian Robinson; Postal Corporation of Jamaica Board Chairman, Lance Hylton; and Post Master General, Michael Gentles.

Refurbished Liguanea Post Office Internet Café Re-opened

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), converses with Executive Chairman of Guardsman Group, Kenneth Benjamin, at Thursday’s (October 9) launch of the security company’s solar partnership with Future Energy Corporation at Hope Gardens.

Solar Energy for All Companies in Guardsman Group

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), listens keenly as Chief Executive Officer, Conserve It, Milton Miller (right), outlines the benefits of the 15 kilowatt photovoltaic solar system installed at the Oasis on the Oxford, during a tour of the New Kingston facility on October 3. Looking on is business owner, Lorraine Clunie.

Business Owner Saves Big from Solar System

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (3rd right), accepts a design plan of the US$6 million business process outsourcing (BPO) facility to be constructed in Portmore, St. Catherine from Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Portmore Holdings Limited, Gordon Tewani (right). Occasion as the signing of a Memoranda of Understanding at the Office for the project held on Tuesday (September 30), at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others from left are: Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer; Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, and President, University College of the Caribbean (UCC), Dr. Winston Adams.

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US$6 Million Invested in BPO Facility in Portmore

A total of US$6 million has been invested in the construction of a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) facility in Portmore, St. Catherine, which is expected to provide jobs for thousands of Jamaicans, while supplying space for the growing BPO sector. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on Tuesday, September 30, participated in the signing of a...

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October 3 Is Deadline For Innovators To Apply For Awards

Jamaican innovators planning to apply for the National Innovation Awards, through which individuals can win up to $1 million, have until Friday, October 3, to submit their applications. The bi-annual awards, which were introduced by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, in November 2005, are in support of the Government’s efforts to promote the application of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson (2nd right); and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right); applaud as Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), presents a tablet computer to Haile Selassie High School student, Tarique Salmon. Occasion was the handing over of tablets to students of the school on September 29, under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot project. Tarique’s mother, Vinnel Lawson (2nd left), also shares the moment.

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Tablets Not For Posting on Youtube – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has cautioned students against using the tablet computers, provided to them by the Government, to post on YouTube and other social media sites. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was addressing a distribution exercise at the Haile Selassie High School on Monday, September 29, said that the devices “are for educational purposes; nothing else”....

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Wigton Windfarm Returns to Profitability

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, the Hon. Phillip Paulwell said that the “significant profit of just over J$210 million earned by state owned Wigton Wind Farm for 2013/14 fiscal year was big boost for potential investors in renewable energy and a vote of confidence for the country’s energy diversification programme. According to the recently released Audited Financial Statements prepared...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (second left); Civil Servant of the Year 2013-14, Enthrose Campbell (left); Senior Corporate Relations Manager, Digicel, Trisha Williams-Singh (second right) cut the ribbon symbolising the official opening of the Internet cafe at the Treadways Gospel Assembly during a ceremony September 28 at the church’s premises in Treadways, St. Catherine. Looking on is Pastor at the church, Elder Courtney Lyn. The Treadways Internet café is one of the four projects undertaken by Ms. Campbell, and is supported by Digicel which donated the computers, desks and chairs for the facility. The café is equipped with two desktop computers, two laptop computers, a multipurpose printer and wall posters.

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$12 Billion Collected From Universal Service Fund

Since the establishment of the Universal Service Fund (USF) nine years ago, over $12 billion has been collected, enabling the Government to fund broadband services islandwide. The money is generated from a levy on inbound international calls. This is in keeping with Government’s efforts to provide more Jamaicans with access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It includes the creation...

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Govt Invests Billions to Provide Jamaicans with Internet Access

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has invested billions of dollars over the last nine years to provide Internet access to Jamaicans across the island. This was disclosed by USF Chairman, Bishop Wellesley Blair, who informed that the Fund has completed a total of 188 Internet community access points (CAP) throughout the country at a cost of $626 million. He noted...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th left), switches on a streetlight to officially commission electricity in the community of Barry, in St. Catherine, on September 17. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Dr. the Rev. Garnet Roper; Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. Kenneth Baugh; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Councillor Keith McCook. The project was carried out by the (REP), at a cost of $14 million.

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Residents of Barry Get Electricity

The community of Barry, in St. Catherine, is now benefitting from electricity, following the commissioning of light for the area by Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on September 17. This project was carried out by the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), at a cost of $14 million, with 45 houses being wired. The Prime Minister told residents at...