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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...

Minister of Mining and Telecommunications, Derrick Smith, has suggested that Jamaicans consider computer literacy as one way of survival in an increasingly fast-paced global village which is heavily dependent on technology. The Minister was delivering the keynote address at the recent e-Learning Certification exercise for teachers, at the Glenmuir High School in Clarendon. He reminded the participants that in order...

The Hydel Group of Schools in St. Catherine yesterday (March 24), launched a 'Renewable Energy Sources in Generating Electricity' competition, which will entail students working in teams, to create gadgets that utilise renewable energy. A primary goal of the contest is to stimulate the minds of students toward thinking more about renewable sources of energy. Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings,...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings has organized for a team of international energy experts to serve as consultants to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in the examination of the recent application for tariff increase by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS). This team has been in consultation with the Minister for several months and includes persons with substantial experience in...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, has said that Government was committed to utilising information communication technology (ICT), including e-commerce, to better serve citizens and improve governance. "The government of Jamaica is cognizant of its role in the use of technology to make the transition in better serving its...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has said that the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation(KSAC) will issue an order for the removal of towers constructed recently by a cellular service provider without KSAC approval. "We have issued instructions to a certain cell provider and we have given them 14 days to remove 16 cell towers that have been constructed without...