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The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica wishes to advise the public that as a mark of respect to the late Dr. Raymond Wright, pioneering member of staff and former Group Managing Director from 1994 to 2005, its offices located at 36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10 will be closed to the public at 12:00 noon on Monday July 25, 2011. Normal working...

Cabinet has approved an agreement for the introduction, testing and research of GreenRG Management LLC's (Green RG) new solar technology for a range of uses at the parochial and national levels in Jamaica. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the company has volunteered to test new solar technology for streetlights, buildings, water pumps...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has consented to Marubeni Corporation's transfer of 50 per cent of its shares in the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to Korea East-West Power Company limited (EWP). The transfer means that EWP will have 40 percent interest in the JPS, Marubeni Corporation’s interest will be reduced from 80 percent to 40 percent, the Government will retain its...

KINGSTON — Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Hon Laurence Broderick, has called on Jamaicans to place greater emphasis on energy efficiency and conservation to assist the country in reducing the national energy bill. Speaking at a recent JIS Think tank, Mr. Broderick stated that the effort by the Government was a national one requiring...

KINGSTON — The Senate, on Friday July 15, 2011, passed a resolution calling for a review of the standing orders of the Senate so as to allow for the use of technology during the sittings. Senator Norman Grant, who moved the resolution, said “it will not only bring to the Upper House, practices in line with that of the House...

Nearly three quarters of Jamaican youths are logging on to the Internet to find information and to interact with their friends on social networks. This was revealed in the 2010 Jamaica National Youth Survey released in June, which stated that almost 74 per cent of young people between 15 and 24 years reported that they have access to computers, while...

KINGSTON — Talks on the merger between Digicel and Claro Jamaica are far advanced with the Government to announce a decision within a week or two. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that the Government is awaiting the comments of the Spectrum Management Authority, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and the Fair...

KINGSTON — A total of 52 community access points (CAPs), which enable persons to access  the Internet, have been established across the island at a cost of $152.4 million, since the initiative began in 2007, Managing Director of the Universal Access Fund (UAF), Hugh Cross, has informed.   Additionally, he tells JIS News that work is currently in progress for the...

As part of its overall programme to facilitate training and development opportunities in alternative energy, the University of the West Indies (UWI) in collaboration with the Wigton Windfarm, the Scientific Research Council and Alternative Power Sources will offer a summer course in alternative energy. The course will be offered in three one-week modules from July 11-29, 2011 with the first...

KINGSTON — An advertising programme geared at expanding the span of economic activities at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in Kingston, as well as its public appeal and ambience, was officially launched on Wednesday (June 29). Management of the Centre’s advertising programme will be undertaken by IPrint Digital Limited, an outdoor advertising company that will be responsible for all advertising and...

KINGSTON — Minister of State for Energy and Mining, Laurence Broderick, said the Government is examining the feasibility of introducing smart grid technology to the island’s electricity distribution network. “Yes, we are looking at it.  We just had an expert down, who has been assisting us in that direction,” he told a recent JIS Think Tank, informing that technical discussions...

KINGSTON — Preliminary work has commenced on the implementation of a major islandwide broadband network project, at a cost of just over $500 million, over a five-year period. Managing Director of the Universal Access Fund Company Limited (UAF), Hugh Cross tells JIS News that the project’s infrastructure, which is slated to be constructed over an 18-month period, was approved by...