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A warning system for flooded fordings, a honey extractor, and an ackee power project, were some of the innovations that received top honours at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) National Science and Technology Exposition on April 22 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The event served to showcase and reward the best scientific innovations and inventions created by preparatory,...

Chairman of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), James Moss-Solomon, has disclosed that the Caribbean Information Platform on Renewable Energy (CIPORE) has received over 100, 000 hits since it was enabled at the beginning of April. The website, located at www.cipore.org, was officially launched yesterday (April 24), at the Scientific Research Council, on Hope Road, Kingston. CIPORE is the information and...

Government is not imposing General Consumption Taxes (GCT) on electricity or water. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, has said that at no time was any reference made to imposing GCT on these utilities. In his budget presentation to the House yesterday and at a further press briefing this morning, Finance Minister Audley Shaw stated...

Residents of Manchester got the opportunity to air their views on the recent application for a tariff increase by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), at a forum held on Wednesday (April 22) at the Ridgemount United Church in Mandeville. The session, organised by the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR), was part of a series of consultations on the tariff...

The Caribbean Information Platform on Renewable Energy (CIPORE) will be launched tomorrow (April 24, 2009) at the Scientific Research Council (SRC) in Kingston, Jamaica. CIPORE (www.cipore.org) is the information and communication system for the exchange of Renewable Energy information for the region. It will provide information on projects and media galleries of renewable energy sites among other things for the...

Residents of St. James turned out on April 21, to participate in a public consultation on the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPSCo) application for a tariff increase, staged by the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR), at the Montego Bay Civic Centre. Public consultations on the tariff application, which are scheduled to be held islandwide, under the theme: 'Regulating utilities for...

To shed some light on reasons why the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has applied for a tariff increase, a public forum was held at the Old Port Antonio Marina, on April 15, sponsored by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). The forum was addressed by Damien Obligio and Dan Theoc, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Finance at the...

Career Step, a leading provider of medical transcription training, has partnered with healthcare IT specialists, HCIT Solutions, to help develop the Jamaican medical transcription field. "We are extremely pleased to partner with Career Step to provide a best-in-class medical transcription training programme to Jamaicans seeking careers as medical language specialists," President and CEO of HCIT Solutions, Dr. Saleem Josephs said....

The sixty schools remaining to be equipped with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facilities will be online by August. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, made this report during the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee in Parliament yesterday (April 14). The schools will join 120 other institutions that were outfitted with support from the Universal Access Fund, which has collected more...

The University of Technology (UTech) Enhancement Project will get an $80 million allocation this fiscal year to undertake work to upgrade facilities at the institution. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded project aims to enhance the university's capacity to provide quality-level education in Jamaica through expansion and upgrading of the school plant, and to further the development of staff and improve...

Member of Parliament for West Central St. James Clive Mullings on April 6 said farewell to members of staff at the Ministry of Energy, during a special meeting held at the Ministry's headquarters located in the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) building, in Kingston. Pointing out that he would no longer occupy the post of Minister of Energy, he thanked...

Consumers in Kingston can now access information on the market and retail prices of farm produce on the Ministry of Agriculture's website at www.moa.gov.jm. The move, by the Ministry, is to give consumers particularly in Kingston and St. Andrew an opportunity to compare prices and do more budget wise purchasing. The website listings are updated weekly and show produce being...