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Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Ministry will be embarking on a project to introduce tablet computers in schools across the island. This project will seek to address challenges associated with the procurement of textbooks by students, and institutions’ inability to provide adequate equipment to be used by students. A tablet is a mobile computer,...

As Government continues to encourage investment in renewable sources of energy, private interests are being urged to consider wind energy as a lucrative area for investment. "We are trying to encourage private players, not just Government, to actually go into this as a business, because we believe that it is attractive enough for a company to make a return on...

The Post and Telecomunication Department will be implementing various initiatives, aimed at keeping the services offered by the department relevant to the needs of its stakeholders and customers. This was disclosed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, at the launch of the Post and Telecommunication Department’s Jamaica 50 commemorative stamps,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, will be Jamaica’s representative at a renewable energy Summit, which will be held in the Republic of Malta, from September 6-7. The two-day meeting, dubbed Renewables and Islands Global Summit, is being hosted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). One of the objectives...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, says Jamaica is ripe for investment in renewable energy. In an interview with JIS News, the State Minister said following a recent assessment of the rates paid to persons who generate energy which is then sold to the grid, a recommendation is now on...

Jamaicans are being urged to be very careful in putting  personal information  on the Internet, as the police are reporting an increase in cases of cyber crimes across the island over the last few years. Inspector Warren Williams, of the Cyber Crimes Unit, Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), has informed that for this year alone, the division has received more...

Action is being taken by the Government to promote energy efficiency within the public sector, through the implementation of a $1.2 billion Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme. Work has already started under the two-year initiative, which aims to reduce public sector energy consumption and cost, with Project Manager, Richard Gordon, outlining that focus will be placed on the use of...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is pushing for improvement in digital literacy of Jamaicans. The Minister defined digital literacy as “the capability to use digital technology and knowing when and how to use it." Speaking at the launch of the book,  ‘Streaming: Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles’, by Dr. Marcia Forbes, on August 23, at Bookophilia,...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is lauding the recent successes of Scotiabank Jamaica’s Contact Centre, noting that the facility represents a model that can be replicated in other areas of the country’s services industry. The Scotiabank Contact Centre, which is located on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston, has been awarded the gold medal for...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has underscored the importance of science and technology in improving productivity and creating a globally competitive knowledge-based economy. To this end, he said it is imperative that students gain scientific knowledge at the earliest stage of learning.  “Improving science education, in particular, will directly and positively impact the level and...

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with representatives from the Latin-America Energy Organisation (OLADE), for the establishment of a sub-regional office in Jamaica. The office, which is the second of its kind in the region, will serve the energy needs of nine Caribbean countries, including Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic...

Some 60 residents of three communities in St. James have been trained as fire wardens and will now be charged with helping to protect their communities from the ravages of fires. The residents, from Flanker, Rose Heights and Farm Heights, underwent two months of intensive training under the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s Community Safety Programme. They received their certificates of completion...