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The Office of the Prime Minister will be submitting a draft Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy to Cabinet next month. This will include a recommendation to establish a Single Regulator for the converged ICT sector, which will be empowered to treat with select competition issues that are specific to the industry. Separate treatment for content regulation is also indicated...

The Copyright Act is to be amended, to incorporate provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) 'Internet Treaties'. This was disclosed by Manager, Copyrights and Related Rights Directorate at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Miss Philippa Davies, during a seminar on Copyrights, held today (Aug. 26), at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), on Half Way Tree Road. Miss...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed an agreement for a grant to fund an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technical Assistance programme, valued at US$437,500. The agreement was signed at the Ministry's Heroes Circle office Friday (August 21). The objective of the programme is to support the Government's efforts to improve...

More than 600,000 square feet of new office space will be provided over the next five years as the Government moves to provide facilities for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. "This is the movement that we are heading towards for the future," said Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda. He was addressing the official opening of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has announced that negotiations are far advanced for the establishment of a local liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, which he said would result in major improvements in the economy. "We are confident that there is now an increased availability of LNG coming on the market that we can...

CARICOM countries, including Jamaica, which feel endangered by proposed changes to the PetroCaribe agreement, are to approach exporter Venezuela for a compromise soon. This was indicated by Guyana's President, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, when he addressed a special press briefing at Jamaica House, Monday (August 3). The briefing followed a meeting of the Special Prime Ministerial Task Force set up...

Software to automate the processing of the new Certificates of Title is currently being tested, and should be in place by September 1, 2009. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, on Wednesday (July 22), during his contribution to the 2009/10 Sectoral Debate in the House...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, has pointed out that the Government is continuing its drive to use energy diversification as a means of securing the country's long-term advancement, self reliance, and sustainability. "Jamaica is improving its infrastructure, developing key policies, preparing the legal and regulatory framework and making the requisite investment in research and development to ensure...

Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Dr. Ruth Potopsingh, is urging Jamaicans to take full advantage of opportunities to learn more about energy. "Participate and take full advantage of the opportunities presented through the seminar, to learn more about energy and what is happening today. Be a part of the Ministry of Energy and Mining's thrust...

The World Bank has been confirmed to participate at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's (PCJ) Energy Seminar 'The New Energy Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean - Global Perspective and Regional Context'. The seminar, which will take place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on July 22, 2009, will see the World Bank representative discuss the issues of...

On July 22, 2009 Jamaica will play host to the international energy seminar - "The New Energy Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean - Global Perspective and Regional Context". The seminar is being organized by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), an agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, in collaboration with the Regional Association of Oil and...

The Jamaica Netball Association's (JNA) website, www.jamaicanetball.org.jm, boasting a new look with more user-friendly features was re-launched on Friday (July 10). The website was designed and will be maintained by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). During the ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, Web Developer at the JIS, Joseph Curtis, who was instrumental in the design of the...