Government Senator, Sophia Frazer-Binns, is recommending that a levy be placed on all blank CDs and DVDs,  as part of measures to improve the creative industries. “This levy would not go to the Consolidated Fund, but used for the purpose of enhancing the creative industries,”  Mrs.  Frazer-Binns said. The Senator was making her contribution to the State of the Nation...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that it has commenced Phase 4 of the Agency’s islandwide Spray Patching programme along major corridors in the Kingston Metropolitan Region. Spray Patching activities began on Thursday, February 20, 2014 and these are scheduled to be completed in three (3) weeks. Among the twenty two (22) roadways to be patched in Kingston are...

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...

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...

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...

Residents of Cassava Piece in St. Andrew now have access to a fully equipped computer centre, which were provided through $3 million in funding from the Universal Service Fund (USF). The Information Technology (IT) unit, established at the HELP Jamaica! Education Centre, located in the community, was officially opened on February 11 by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining,...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has accumulated over $11 billion in revenue, since the introduction of the cess on international calls terminating in Jamaica, in 2005, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has disclosed. Mr. Paulwell said the money has been used to provide information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in schools and communities islandwide. Speaking at...