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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...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, has said that while the development of a viable local bio-fuels industry would have its challenges, he was confident that the recently established Bio-fuels Task Force would be able to achieve such an objective. He was speaking at yesterday's (March 10) launch of the Task Force at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) building in...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, has hailed today's (March 10) inaugural meeting of the Bio-fuels Task Force, a brainchild of the Ministries of Energy and Agriculture, as a significant point in Jamaica's history. "The Government of Jamaica is convinced that this is one of the pillars of our development. It is an excellent opportunity for collaboration between the Ministries of...

Mile Gully High School, in Manchester, has received eight computers from the charity organisation, Food for the Poor. Making the presentation at the school, on March 6, Manager for the Education and Social Outreach Programme, Food for the Poor, Marcia Hall-Walker, said the organisation decided to contribute to the school's 10th anniversary with items that would enhance the learning environment...

The e-Learning Jamaica Project has been enhancing the educational environment at deCartertet College in Mandeville, Manchester. Speaking with JIS News on Monday (March 2), e-learning coordinator at the school, Hans Stevens, said that under the project, the school was given 15 laptops, document cameras, scanners, television sets, camcorders, 70 personal computers equipped with CD-ROM drives and flat screen monitors. "Currently...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, is impressing on Jamaicans the need to forge ahead with a culture of energy conservation and diversification, to avoid the consequences of continuing to depend on the volatile oil market. "Don't forget the lessons of high oil prices; we can't lapse and go back into our old ways of consuming energy," Mr. Mullings told a...

Team Leader for the popularisation of science and technology, at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Doreen Dietrich, is calling on students, educators and other stakeholders, to appreciate the value of science and technology to national development. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Science and Technology Exposition in Mandeville, Manchester, Mrs. Dietrich said the country was lagging behind developed...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has said that an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Training Centre, created at the Excelsior Community College, Kingston, should produce a cadre of persons capable of transferring their skills to others within their communities. "This initiative is important, as it represents progress, consistent with the development of Jamaica's information and communication...

Residents of Guava Ground, in Clarendon, are happier, now that electricity has been turned on in their area. The first set of street lights were turned on in the area, on February 5, under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), through which 16 households will also be provided with electricity. "I would like to see a ceremony like this every week...

Approximately 500 children from early childhood institutions in Eastern Westmoreland are being trained in basic computer skills, under a project being carried out by the Bluefields Peoples' Community Association (BPCA). The six-month project, which got underway at the beginning of the Easter school term in January, is estimated to cost some $600,000 and is being undertaken in partnership with the...

The crime fighting capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has been boosted by the introduction of a Video Witness Identification System. Speaking with JIS News on a tour of the facility at the Kingston Central Police Station Wednesday (January 28), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Les Green, said that this new system would improve the effectiveness and fairness of identification...