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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), engages students from the Shortwood United Basic School with a tablet computer, at the re-launch of the Grant’s Pen Cyber Club, on February 19.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), engages students from the Shortwood United Basic School with a tablet computer, at the re-launch of the Grant’s Pen Cyber Club, on February 19.

Basic School Students to Get Tablet Computers

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has announced that the tablet computer project, originally earmarked for primary and high schools, will now be extended to basic schools. “Over 400,000 students will have their own individual device,...
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), interacts with students of the Guanaboa Vale All-Age School, during Wednesday’s (February 12) official opening of the Top Mountain Computer Internet Access Point in St. Catherine.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), interacts with students of the Guanaboa Vale All-Age School, during Wednesday’s (February 12) official opening of the Top Mountain Computer Internet Access Point in St. Catherine.

Computer Centre Opens in Top Mountain
Minister of Science, Technology Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre) cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official opening of the Information Technology (IT) Unit at the HELP Jamaica! Education Centre in St. Andrew during a ceremony on February 12. Participating (from left) are: Founding Director for HELP Jamaica!, Dr. Birte Timm; and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica, His Excellency Josef Beck.
Minister of Science, Technology Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre) cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official opening of the Information Technology (IT) Unit at the HELP Jamaica! Education Centre in St. Andrew during a ceremony on February 12. Participating (from left) are: Founding Director for HELP Jamaica!, Dr. Birte Timm; and Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jamaica, His Excellency Josef Beck.

Computer Centre Opens in Cassava Piece
Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), emphasizes a point during a discussion with Executive Director, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson (2nd left); Principal, Excelsior Community College (ECC), Dr. Nadine Scott (2nd right); and ECC Management Committee Chairman, Morin Seymour, during Tuesday’s (February 11) launch of activities commemorating ECC’s 40th anniversary, at the institution’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue, Kingston.
Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), emphasizes a point during a discussion with Executive Director, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Dr. Donna Powell-Wilson (2nd left); Principal, Excelsior Community College (ECC), Dr. Nadine Scott (2nd right); and ECC Management Committee Chairman, Morin Seymour, during Tuesday’s (February 11) launch of activities commemorating ECC’s 40th anniversary, at the institution’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue, Kingston.

USF Accumulates $11 Billion in Revenue
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre) and Chairman of the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA), Earl Jarrett (left), listen to Project Manager, Transport Unit,United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Elisa Dumitrescu, at the Cleaner Fuels and More Efficient Vehicles Conference for the Caribbean, held on February 3, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre) and Chairman of the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA), Earl Jarrett (left), listen to Project Manager, Transport Unit,United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Elisa Dumitrescu, at the Cleaner Fuels and More Efficient Vehicles Conference for the Caribbean, held on February 3, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

Jamaica Takes Action to Eliminate Harmful Vehicle Emissions

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Residents of Barry to Get Electricity

Within a few weeks, the Government will be switching on electricity in the community of Barry in St. Catherine, providing residents with the commodity for the first time. The project is being undertaken through the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, who made the announcement on Wednesday, February...
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Government Ready to Invite Investments for Hydropower Projects

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government is now ready to offer proposals to the private sector for projects in the area of hydroelectricity. The move comes following a feasibility study, commissioned by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), which shows that Jamaica can profitably generate electricity from river sources. “We now have proposals...
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Jamaica Names Representatives to South African Committee

The Government of Jamaica has named five representatives to the Joint Committee of the Jamaica/South Africa Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation. In 2013, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica signed the Jamaica/South Africa Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, which will promote and support cooperation in science and...
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Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon Phillip Paulwell (centre), explains some of the features on one of 18 computers provided at the newly established Albion Community Access Point Computer Resource Centre at the Social Development Commission
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Community ICT Access Point Opened in Albion, St. James

Residents of Albion and adjacent communities in Montego Bay, St. James, now have the benefit of a community access point computer resource centre. The facility, located at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) office, has been equipped with 18 new computers, among other provisions, by the Universal Service Fund (USF), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining,...
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. (FILE)
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Tanker Drivers End Strike

Motorists should be able to access their regular supply of petrol by this evening, following a late-night meeting on Wednesday, January 29, which ended a two-day gas strike by tanker drivers. The meeting was brokered by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, and involved the tanker drivers and...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), greets Charge d’Affairs, Korean Embassy, Mr. Kimo Lim (second left), while Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, and Senior Specialist, IDB, Mr. Mauricio Bouskela (left), look on.
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IOCC pilot to be implemented in Montego Bay

An Integrated Operation and Control Centre (IOCC) pilot project is to be implemented in the city of Montego Bay, St. James. The centre will comprise a monitoring room, complete with the latest in computer technology, to be manned by Government experts in the areas of traffic, crime and disaster management. “This is expected to enable local authorities to make more...
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), cuts the ribbon to open the Fearon Community Home Work and Computer Centre, in North West Clarendon, on January 23.
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Fearon Community in Clarendon gets Community Centre

The Fearon community in North West Clarendon now has a computer centre, which will be used for training and the provision of Internet and printing services. The facility, funded by the Universal Service Fund (USF), and called the Fearon Community Home Work and Computer Centre, is housed at the Church of God in Christ. It was set up at a...
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