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Nineteen senior citizens have graduated from a computer introduction course, which was offered by the Manchester Parish Library. The ceremony was held on September 15, at the Mandeville Parish Church Hall, in Manchester, where the seniors were presented with Certificates of Participation. Regional Director of the Clarendon and Manchester Library network, Mrs. Lorraine McLean, said she was delighted to see...

The Petrojam refinery, in Montego Freeport, St. James, is preparing to roll out the E-10 gasoline on November 1, to ensure islandwide coverage, approximately one year after its launch in Jamaica. To get a first hand view of the preparations, Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, toured the refinery, today (September 18). "I am here at the Montego...

Does, "Talk it out, don't fight it out," sound familiar? Well, this is basically the tag-line that some residents in the Corporate Area's inner-cities have started to live by, and they have been reporting high levels of success in reducing violence. President of the March Pen Road Community Council in St. Catherine, Ivan Barnes, says that due to the presence...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is to make a presentation to Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, on September 24, following which there should be a direction on the way forward for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), as the country seeks cheaper and varying energy sources. Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry's Trafalgar Road offices in Kingston, today...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, says that Jamaicans should soon start seeing repairs to their roads financed from the special consumption tax on fuel introduced in April. Speaking Wednesday at the weekly Post Cabinet Briefing at Jamaica House, the Minister reported that the glitches, which led to the Government receiving the payments from the Petrojam...

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...