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State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, has re-emphasised the Government’s commitment to energy diversification and conservation, noting that money saved on energy can be injected into the economy. Speaking at a stakeholder workshop, hosted by the Ministry, in collaboration with Worldwatch Institute, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on November 27, the State Minister...

Jamaica’s Growth Inducement Strategy (GIS), developed by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), is now available on the agency’s website for public viewing. Speaking at the PIOJ's quarterly media briefing at the Institute’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (November 20), Director General, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, advised that “significant work has been made in all of the critical areas” related to...

Cabinet has approved the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at providing a suitable energy solution for the Jamalco plant in Clarendon. The MoU is to be executed by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, and involve the Government, Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica, and Clarendon Alumina Partners. Making the disclosure on November 21 Jamaica House press...

State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, has emphasised the importance of stemming expenditure on oil imports and energy usage, as if these high costs continue, the economy could “grind to a standstill." Addressing the closing ceremony of  a one-week Energy Management Training Programme for public sector officials, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica in Kingston,...

Students in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI) can now access electronic medical texts at a fraction of the cost for the printed material, saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. The move has been facilitated through partnership between the Mona campus and local technology company, JL Mobile, makers of the...

Officers from across the various ministries, agencies and departments of Government are now participating in a seven-day Energy Conservation and Efficiency Training Programme, which is aimed at making the public sector a model for the rest of the society in energy management. In his remarks at the opening ceremony in Kingston, today (November 12), Principal Director (Energy) in the Ministry...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says improving energy efficiency is imperative if Jamaica is to realize savings in energy costs, which is estimated at US$10.4 million per month. He was speaking at the official launch of the ‘Developing an Energy Services Company (ESCO) in Jamaica’ project yesterday (November 8), at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New...

The latest report on Internet saturation across the Caribbean indicates that over half of Jamaica’s 2.87 million people or about 55.1 per cent, are using or has access to the internet. This places Jamaica at an impressive fourth place in the Caribbean, bettered only by the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Puerto Rico.  The survey, conducted by Internet World Stats, a...

Minister of State for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, says that the government is committed to providing Jamaicans with access to computer technology and for them to use it in productive ways to improve their lives and the country’s economy. "Access puts you in the game. Many of our youngsters (may not) have the aptitude for...

Consumers hampered by high electricity bills will have the opportunity to manage their energy usage more closely with the installation of a SmartHome metering system. The system, which is distributed in Jamaica by the PowerfulData Ltd. (PDL), promises a number of benefits for customers, particularly in the area of managing and reducing electricity bills, as individuals are able to much...

As the economy continues to struggle with high electricity costs, citizens are finding it increasingly challenging to pay for the service, resulting in frequent disconnections for many, and payment backlogs. It is against this background that the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) has embarked on an Energy Service Company (ESCO) Project, in an effort to conserve on electricity use across the...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says a working group, comprising several ministry and agency representatives, has been established to assist in guiding the formation of the central government-wide communications network, dubbed GOVNET. The initiative aims, among other things, to realize significant savings in the public sector through the use of a communications and data background platform....