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More than $6 million in prizes await the winners in this year's renewal of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM) Minister’s Innovation Awards. The winners will be announced and the prizes and awards presented during a special black tie ceremony, scheduled for the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on November 8. Topping this year’s prizes is a...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says he will be leading Ministry representatives on a series of visits to several schools islandwide, for meetings with students, teachers and administrators, to generate greater interest in mathematics and the sciences among the youngsters. This undertaking forms part of initiatives being jointly pursued with the Ministry of Education, among other...

Minister of State for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, will convene a special meeting of Caribbean representatives attending the renewable energy summit in Malta on September 7, 2012 to discuss measures to access financing for energy projects. Mr. Robinson, who spoke to JIS News from Malta on September 6, said the meeting will examine how CARICOM,...

CARICOM-member countries have resolved to working together to ensure adequate support for the region’s renewable energy push. The commitment came out of a meeting held at on September 7 conclusion of the 2-day renewable energy summit in the Republic of Malta, organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM) Julian Robinson,...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has announced the completion of a science and technology innovations road map for Jamaica, by the Ministry. Mr. Paulwell emphasised that the road map is pivotal to Jamaica's future development, as the administration believes that the country will not accomplish the “laudable” objectives outlined in the long-term National Development Plan, Vision...

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...