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Jamaica's information and communications technology (ICT) sector will benefit significantly from the provision of more than $300 million by Universal Access Fund (UAF) Company Limited during the 2010/11 fiscal year, said Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz. Making his contribution in the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in Parliament on Tuesday (July 27), Mr. Vaz informed...

The Government is to employ more cost effective means of procuring its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related services, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said. Making his contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate, on July 27, in the House of Representatives, the Minister informed that the Central Information Technology Office (CITO) is...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the government is working to create a productive Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry that will drive social and economic growth. The industry, he said, will be supported by a legal and regulatory framework, which promotes universal access, social inclusiveness and competitiveness. "ICTs will be...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has informed that the Government is focusing on the rollout of a broadband backbone in the short-term, which will ensure adequate connectivity throughout the island. The move, he said, is in keeping with the Vision 2030 National Development Plan, which designates information and communications technology (ICT) as a...

With the click of a mouse in the comfort of their homes, Jamaicans can now access historical materials, including maps, photographs and plans, which are stored on the website of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ). In an era when more and more information is being sought on the Internet, the NLJ has moved to facilitate the process, by digitising...

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has enlisted the help of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in its bid to have the United States (US) comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on an Internet gambling dispute between the two countries. In 2004, the WTO ruled in Antigua and Barbuda's favour after the Caribbean nation challenged measures implemented by the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has urged all Jamaicans to be responsible in their use of energy and to support the Government's thrust towards renewable energy. At the awards ceremony for the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's (PCJ) Energy Conservation Incentive Programme for Schools, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in State Minister in...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has described Jamaica's National Energy Policy (NEP) as "very timely", in light of the increasingly important role of energy in Jamaica's socio-economic development. He said that NEP, approved by Cabinet in October 2009 and tabled in Parliament as a White Paper in December of that year, aims...

Over 200 teachers and lecturers, who have been trained in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) under the e-learning programme, were presented with their certificates at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, on Friday (June 18). This brings to over 11,000 the total number of teachers who have been trained to use the technology that they will need to integrate into...

United States-based lighting and solar technology company GreenRg Management, LLC, plans to invest in Jamaica through its Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology. The company manufactures various products using LEDs, which are semiconductor devices that create light without the use of mercury or gas. GreenRG Management has already produced items such as LED indoor and outdoor fixtures, lighting controls, light bulbs...

Young people in Port Maria and its environs were sensitised about the various income-earning opportunities available through the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) as the Caribbean ICT Road Show continued its islandwide awareness tour. The event, held at the St. Mary Parish Library, featured exhibitions and demonstrations by e-Learning Jamaica Project and Virtual Mall Jamaica.com. There was also...

State Minister for Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has said that Jamaica is advanced in the development of renewable energy, surpassing a number of Caribbean countries. "We are very much ahead of the other islands," he noted for example, that Trinidad and Tobago was just looking to develop a centre of excellence for renewable energy, while Jamaica already had...