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KINGSTON — Government Senator, Dennis Meadows is recommending that the administration engage the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) in discussions, with a view to breaking the monopoly of the sole distributor of electricity. In a Private Member’s Motion tabled in the Senate yesterday June 10, Senator Meadows noted that the government should conduct a review of existing legislation, with a...

KINGSTON — A project to enhance the competitiveness of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), by increasing their access to Information Technology (IT) service, was launched on June 1, at the offices of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), in New Kingston. Called the Centralised Information Technology System Project, the initiative is funded by the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce and...

MANDEVILLE — The Mandeville Regional Hospital, in Manchester, should see annual energy savings of $2.2 million, as a result of a steam system energy efficiency improvement project, and rehabilitation of its solar water heating system, done by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). The steam system project will result in a reduction in fuel consumption by some 20,583 litres of...

MANDEVILLE — The Windsor Lodge Children's Home, in Manchester, has received four computers, a refrigerator, a television and other  supplies from Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO), which is based in the United States. The items were presented recently by Founder of COJO, Gary Williams, to Head of the home, Major Jacqueline Palmer. Mr. Williams explained that part of the mission...

KINGSTON — Persons living in North West St. Andrew will have another opportunity on Saturday, May 28, to exchange their high-energy consuming incandescent bulbs for low energy consuming fluorescent lamps at no charge to them, under the Cuba-Jamaica Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) project. Principal Director of   Policy in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Oral Rainford told JIS News that...

KINGSTON — The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in a release Wednesday (May 25) says that local electricity consumers will see lower light bills beginning June 1. The OUR said that the reduction follows its annual tariff adjustment exercise, and that it has reduced the amount of the system losses which may be passed on to customers.   The release...

OCHO RIOS — Scores of residents turned out at the Beecher Town All-Age School in Ocho Rios to support work at the facility, which was selected as the St. Ann parish project for Labour Day 2011. The scope of work, which involved the continuing construction of the school’s computer laboratory and cleaning up of the school yard, also saw the...

KINGSTON — Primary, secondary and tertiary student's islandwide have until midnight, Thursday, June 30, to register for the Blackberry Developers Competition, being spearheaded by the Ministry of Education and the Office of the Prime Minister.  Dubbed ‘App.ti.tude’, the competition, which was officially launched on May 17, at the Wyndham Hotel, New Kingston, aims to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurial activity among...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Energy and Mining says it has taken on, as a top priority, the challenge to Jamaica to reduce its energy consumption by, at least, 15 percent in short order. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Hilary Alexander, made the disclosure at the launch of a study entitled, “Energy Efficiency Potential in Jamaica: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government has not yet made a decision on the proposed deal between Digicel and Claro Jamaica. “There have been a number of meetings internally (in) which the Prime Minister himself has been involved in. The Budget has kind of intervened and the Prime Minister...

KINGSTON — The fourth in a series of energy symposia, being put on by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), is scheduled  for Wednesday, May 4, at the PCJ auditorium on Trafalgar Road, in New Kingston, commencing at 5:30 p.m. The seminarwill examine several key areas of Jamaica’s renewable energy industry, including the present status of the sector and financing...

KINGSTON — The Government is in discussions with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on financing for a US$13 million energy saving programme for the public sector, projected to start this year. An energy audit has identified potential savings of US$30 million per annum from the project, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, told the House of...