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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...

Back to school expenses for one university student and 30 others entering high school have been significantly reduced, having been awarded a scholarship and several bursaries by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Partners Co-operative Credit Union Limited. The presentations were made Thursday (August 19) at an awards function at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Speaking at the awards...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the Government is committed to making full use of technological innovations to transform all sectors of the economy and achieve greater levels of social and economic development. "We are committed to confronting the issues and providing an adequate framework for the application and integration of...

Minister of State for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern, is urging greater use of technology by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). He stated that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) play a critical role in improving internal business processes as well as interface with various stakeholders. "We need to focus on the role of information and communication technologies in facilitating...

Several persons in St. Elizabeth and Manchester have expressed appreciation for the work the Alpart Community Council has done to improve institutions in their communities. As they gathered at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (July 30), for the Council's inaugural project ceremony, beneficiaries heaped praisess on the organization. "These people are visionaries, and the police...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says Government could save up to 60 per cent on public sector expenditure, by incorporating technology into civil service operations when transformation is effected. Speaking at Wednesday's (July 28) Post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz cited telephony as one such area that could yield savings,...

The country's 162 high schools have all been equipped with computers and local area network (LAN) facility for Internet access, under the national e-learning project, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has disclosed. Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, the Hon Daryl Vaz, speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House...