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The Public Sector Modernisation Division (PSMD) of the Cabinet Office is reporting that an increasing number of public sector entities are now utilising technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their services. According to Acting Chief Standards and Monitoring Officer of the PSMD, Michele Gordon-Somers, the public sector has gone beyond looking at traditional concepts of customer service in...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is receiving US$50,000 in grant funding to embark on a renewable energy project, which involves utilising solar and wind energy to provide potable water for domestic purposes. Fisher folk on remote island outposts and residents in deep rural or remote locations are expected to benefit from the undertaking. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants...

State-run oil refinery, Petrojam, has donated just under $1 million worth of books to the St. Andrew Primary and the Greenwich All-Age schools in Kingston. The books were presented to the Principals of both institutions on Wednesday (October 20). They formed part of Petrojam's community outreach programme, administered by a special committee of employees. Petrojam's General Manager, Winston Watson, said...

The lack of electricity in Hanover and Westmoreland is the main concern of residents in both parishes. Following the heavy rains over the last two days, several areas were flooded and power lines and poles damaged. This has left many areas without electricity up to Thursday (September 30). Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator for Hanover, Olga Fae Headley, told JIS News that...

The Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) has continued its efforts to restore power to customers affected by outages caused by the lightning and heavy winds associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. The Company's emergency teams have been working in all parishes to restore the just under 100,000 customers who remained without power up to this morning. JPS estimates that most...

Jamaicans, especially those residing in the North Street area of downtown Kingston, and adjacent communities, can now access affordable internet services offered by the Roy Edwards Human Development Centre's cyber (internet) caf

The man who was caught by the police, attempting to remove some 50 gallons of diesel fuel from the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) Rockfort depot in East Kingston last week, has been slapped with a nine-month prison sentence. The JUTC's Communications Manager, Reginald Allen, told JIS News that 29 year-old Christopher Duffus of Hyslop Avenue, Rockfort, was ordered incarcerated...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has said that social media networks like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, have become an integral part of the country's tourism marketing strategy. Speaking on Sunday (September 19), during a panel discussion on the first day of the 2010 World Routes Development Forum in Vancouver, Canada, Minister Bartlett said that social media is not a...

Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. James Robertson, says US$2.5 million is being provided through the World Bank's World Energy Security and Efficiency Project, to drive improvements in energy efficiency within the private sector. He made the disclosure at Wednesday's (September 15) launch of the European Union (EU)-funded 'Capacity Building of Caribbean Private Sector Environmental and Energy Management Capabilities' project at...

Minister of Energy and Mining, the Hon. James Robertson, is contending that Government's efforts to implement the National Energy Policy (NEP), particularly focusing on renewable energy, will protect approximately US$3 billion in investments anticipated for the sector. Mr. Robertson noted that with energy efficiency and conservation central to efforts to reduce Jamaica's fuel bill, and the thrust towards modernizing and...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, says the country could have a Renewable Energy Policy in place within the next three months. Mr. Robertson told a workshop on "Energy Efficiency and the Role of Renewable Energy in a Developing Economy", at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Kingston, Thursday (September 9), that the draft has been completed. He...

The Ministry of Transport and Works, through the Road Maintenance Fund, is replacing all incandescent traffic signals across the island with Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry (left), in discussion with Operations Manager of the Traffic Management Unit, National Works Agency, Michael Saunderson regarding Light Emitting Diode (LED) traffic signal lamps, which are...