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The Ministry of Energy and Mining is continuing its capacity building drive with a two-week training course on energy demand assessment, using the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Model for the Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED). The training course which is being hosted at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston, runs from May 11 to 22, 2009 and targets professionals in...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, has said that consultations are being conducted with energy stakeholders toward replacing oil with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Speaking at the Green Expo 2009 launch on May 13 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, Mr. Robertson said the Government was strident in its position on LNG, considering that some 98 per...

The National Youth Service (NYS) will be offering Information Technology (IT) training to participants, with the establishment of three state-of-the-art computer laboratories at its camp sites. Funding for the project, costing some US$316,000, has been made possible through an agreement between the Governments of Jamaica and South Korea. The laboratories will be constructed at the Knox Cobbla Campus in Manchester;...

State Minister for Energy and Mining Hon. Laurence Broderick has said that Petrojam is making the necessary infrastructural adjustments to its refinery, to improve the production and delivery of E-10, to satisfy growing demand. Mr. Broderick, who was addressing the annual business meeting of Chevron Caribbean SRL held recently at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is urging Jamaicans, especially industry stakeholders to review the final draft of the government's revised Energy Policy (Green Paper) as part of its thrust to engage the public in meaningful dialogue about the different facets of the energy sector. The Ministry's Green Paper outlines the government's programmes and plan of action to effectively manage...

Twenty-three-year-old St. Thomas resident, Kamoy Brown, is unemployed, but is optimistic that he will get a job soon. With his newly acquired computer skills, gained from attending classes at the Information Technology (IT) and homework facility at the Rowlandsfield Community Centre in the parish, Kamoy is confident that his prospects for employment have greatly improved. The former student of Happy...

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 on April 24, at the Scientific Research Council, on Hope Road, Kingston. CIPORE is the information and communication...

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...