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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) issued an advice to the public Friday night (June 4), about an oil spill in the Rio Cobre River and warning against swimming in the Flat Bridge area. The Rio Cobre River, St. Catherine. ODPEM/NEPA advised the public that a trailer carrying a...

The Iona High School in Tower Isle, St. Mary is the latest institution to benefit from free high speed internet under Flow Jamaica's Building Leaders Through Technology Programme. The service, which was turned on Friday (May 21), has a transfer speed of 15 megabytes per second, which will enable faster download of information for research and other purposes. As part...

Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. James Robertson, is optimistic of an earlier than anticipated restart of full operations by at least one of the island's bauxite/alumina companies, West Indies Alumina Company Limited (WINDALCO). The Minister's optimism comes in light of "early works" which are being undertaken at WINDALCO's plant in Ewarton, St. Catherine. "Looking. at the early works. we are...

Stakeholders in the inter-governmental energy project, to develop and implement Jamaica's bio-fuels policy, are optimistic about the sector. The project is being executed by the Government of Jamaica with support from the Governments of Brazil and the United States and the Organization of American States (OAS). It aims to establish a strong legal and regulatory framework for a vibrant bio-fuel...

As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) will be staging a regional Caribbean Information and Communication Technology (ICT) road show. The Jamaica leg of the road show was launched Wednesday (May 19) at the Cecil Charlton Hall, Mandeville, Manchester, under the theme, 'Harnessing the power of innovation - the engine for ICT-enabled Caribbean Development'. The...

The Manning's Boys' Home in Southfield, St. Elizabeth, has received five computers and sport and school supplies from the New York-based Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO). At the handing over ceremony at the institution on May 19, Manager of the Home, Delroy Brown, expressed gratitude for the gifts, adding that the computers would assist the boys with their education. Regional...

The Organisation of American States (OAS) has committed to providing technical assistance for biofuel development and policy support in Jamaica, through an inter-governmental energy project, supported by the Governments of Brazil and the United States. The overall goal of the project is to develop and implement Jamaica's biofuels policy and establish a strong legal and regulatory framework for a vibrant...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the Government wants to ensure that all Jamaicans benefit from the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). He said that ICT, an umbrella term for communication devices or applications, including radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, can be used as...

Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. James Robertson is currently in China leading a technical team that will continue the due diligence process between Alcoa and Chinese firm Zhuhai Hongfan. The entity (Zhuhai Hongfan) has signed an agreement with CAP to acquire the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) 45% shares, subject to the consent of ALCOA, the 55% joint venture partner, which...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that Jamaica is strategically poised to tap into the lucrative benefits accruing from developments in the global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. Opening the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate at Gordon House, today (May 11), the Minister noted that Jamaica, and in particular, Montego Bay, is a "blue-chip ICT investment...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Dr. Ronald Robinson says it is essential that small island developing states have access to technologies that utilise rare earth metals. The State Minister explained that a beneficial effect of the use of rare earth elements in technologies related to renewable energies and carbon dioxide emission reductions, is...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has lifted the ban on the export of scrap metal effective Thursday (May 6), while announcing a raft of measures that will govern the industry for the next four months. In a statement to the House of Representatives Tuesday (May 4), Mr. Samuda explained that the measures to be implemented include...