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As of Thursday April 14 the ad valorem tax on fuel will be reduced from 15% to 10%.  This will result in lowering of petrol prices at the pump of between $4 and $5 per litre. This temporary measure is to cushion the impact of rising oil prices on the world market on local consumers, and will be reviewed on...

KINGSTON — Jamaicans are turning out in large numbers to exchange high energy consuming incandescent light bulbs for energy saving fluorescent bulbs, in the final phase of the Cuba-Jamaica Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Project, commonly called the Cuban light bulb programme. The project was restarted on March 26 in North West St. Andrew, and has since covered over 30 communities....

KINGSTON — The draft Information and Communications Technologies Policy 2011 (ICT Policy) is expected to be tabled in the House of Representatives at its earliest sitting in the new legislative year. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said Cabinet has approved the tabling of the document, which will establish a framework to enable the...

KINGSTON — The Government has partnered with telecommunications companies LIME and FLOW, for the provision of a high-speed island-wide broadband network that will benefit all Jamaicans, including those in the most remote areas of the country. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, on April 6 signed the $543 million agreement with the service providers...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has partnered with the Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the University of Technology (UTech), for the development and commercialisation of local inventions and innovations. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Reginald Budhan, yesterday morning April 7, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UTech’s Old Hope campus, under which the SRC has...

Government today April 6 signed a $543 million agreement with telecommunications companies LIME (Cable and Wireless) and FLOW (Columbus Communications) to build out a high-speed island-wide broadband network. The signing is a major step towards bringing affordable and consistently high quality Internet delivery to all secondary schools, post offices and public libraries in Jamaica. Under the terms of the agreement,...

Government is seeking the details of the business deal announced by telecommunications providers Oceanic (Claro) and Digicel so that the agencies regulating the telecommunications and commercial sectors can play their role in ensuring fairness and transparency. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Daryl Vaz, made this disclosure in response to a question from a journalist at a...

KINGSTON – The Hope Institute is expected to save almost $821,375 per year as a result of the installation of a solar water heating system at the facility, located near the Elletson Flats community in St. Andrew. It is also expected to save another $337,000 per year or an estimated energy saving of 12,650 kilo watt hours with the installation...

KINGSTON – The Ministry of Energy and Mining has reported overwhelming public support for the restart of distribution of fluorescent bulbs, in the final phase of the Cuba-Jamaica Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Project, commonly called the Cuban light bulb distribution programme. Speaking with JIS News, Ministry spokesman, Denis Miller, said he was quite pleased with the response the team  received...

MANDEVILLE – The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) proposed Maggotty hydroelectric power plant in St. Elizabeth is projected to employ some 200 persons during the construction phase, according to the company’s President, Damian Obiglio. Mr. Obiglio who addressed a community meeting held at Maggotty High School, in the parish on March 24, outlined that the 6.3 megawatt plant to be constructed...

KINGSTON – Five centres will be used this weekend for the distribution of compact fluorescent bulbs, under the final phase of the Cuba-Jamaica Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Project, commonly called the Cuban light bulb distribution programme. The re-start of the programme will see to the final distribution of some 160,000 CFL’s, and is part of a two-part initiative from the...

Two Cuban experts will assist the Energy and Mining Ministry in executing the final phase of the Jamaica-Cuba Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL)/Energy Saving Project, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yuri Gala Lopez, has said. The Cubans were scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on Tuesday March 22, to assist in the delivery of some 160,000 bulbs, earmarked for distribution under...