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Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Member of Parliament for Southwest St. Ann, Hon. Zavia Mayne.

St. Ann Communities Get Free Wi-Fi Service

The John Reid and Thicketts communities in St. Ann, now have free Wi-Fi service, courtesy of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The service has been made available as part of the USF’s Community Wi-Fi Programme, which aims to increase access...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fifth right), is joined by (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes; General Manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), L. Robert Honeyghan; St. James Central Member of Parliament, Heroy Clarke; Councillor for the Spring Garden Division, Dwight Crawford; Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis; Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Leeroy Williams; and Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, at the launch of the free public Wi-Fi access at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, December 15.

Harmony Beach Park Receives Free Wi-Fi Service

Community Development Coordinator, Scientific Research Council (SRC), Yanique Rodgers.

More Communities to Benefit from SRC’s Free Agro-Processing Training

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), symbolically presents a solar lamp to St. Andrew Western Member of Parliament (MP), Anthony Hylton, at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on Tuesday (December 12). The Government is providing 10,000 solar lamps to households across the island under a pilot project. The lamps will be distributed by MPs.

Gov’t Providing 10,000 Solar Lamps under Pilot Project

Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (fourth right), points to the Aenon Town community Wi-Fi sign, which was unveiled during Friday’s (December 8) launch of the service in the Clarendon community. Sharing in the moment (from left) are USF Director of Projects, Jaime Robinson; Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Development Officer, Nicola Bailey; Community Representative, Simone Cross; Member of Parliament for Clarendon Northern, Dwight Sibblies; Pastor of the United Emmanuel Church of God, Aenon Town, Albert Cooper; and Principal of Aenon Town Primary School, Margarette Lothian.

PHOTOS: Aenon Town Gets Wi-Fi

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), tries out a tablet in the smartroom at the St. Catherine-based Homestead Primary and Infant School, while Regional Director with the Ministry, Sophia Forbes Hall (right), observes. Occasion was the official opening of the facility on Wednesday (December 6), which was established by the Digicel Foundation at a cost of US$60,000. Social Development Consultant with the Digicel Foundation, Miguel Williams (second left), and Principal of the school, Sophia Deer (third right), show students, Leandra Lawrence (right) and Shanoya Samuels, how to operate the devices.

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Homestead Primary Gets Smart Room

Students attending the St. Catherine-based Homestead Primary and Infant School now have access to a smartroom, which is equipped with information and communications technology (ICT) devices to enhance learning. Digicel Foundation retrofitted an existing space to accommodate the smartroom, which represents an investment of US$60,000. It boasts 12 laptops, 12 tablets, a smart board, a printer, air-conditioning units and is...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, listens as the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council representative for the USA Northeast, Michelle Tulloch-Neil (right), asks a question, at last night’s (December 6) monthly series, ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’, at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC. Also listening (from left) are Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks.

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All Jamaicans to Benefit from NIDS – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the National Identification System (NIDS) is for the benefit of all Jamaicans, noting that stronger laws and penalties are in place for the handling of personal information. “It is important that we are able to identify all our citizens [in a way] that does not invade the privacy of the citizen. The...

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Customs Chronicles Feature: Doing Business with Jamaica Customs is Now Easier With New Mobile App

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has introduced its new mobile application, JaCustoms Connect, in an effort to further ensure stakeholders have a more seamless, efficient and easier way of doing business with the Agency. The cutting-edge mobile application which went live in October 2023, is aimed at fostering greater efficiency and transparency for various stakeholder groups, including Customs Brokers, importers,...

Construction Engineer in the Wastewater Unit at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Andrew Samuda (left), shows a composite sampler to Executive Assistant at the SRC, Carolyn Ferguson, during Thursday’s (November 30) staging of ‘SRC on Show’ at the entity’s Hope Gardens headquarters in St. Andrew.

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PHOTOS: SRC on Show

Construction Engineer in the Wastewater Unit at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Andrew Samuda (left), shows a composite sampler to Executive Assistant at the SRC, Carolyn Ferguson, during Thursday’s (November 30) staging of ‘SRC on Show’ at the entity’s Hope Gardens headquarters in St. Andrew.

Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (fifth left); and Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Ann-Marie Vaz (centre), are surrounded by students and teachers from the Sherwood Forest Primary School, during the launch of Wi-Fi service in the Portland-based community on November 30.

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PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launch in Portland Eastern

Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (fifth left); and Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Ann-Marie Vaz (centre), are surrounded by students and teachers from the Sherwood Forest Primary School, during the launch of Wi-Fi service in the Portland-based community on November 30.

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents data protection officer, Jacqueline Parkson, with her certificate during Friday’s (December 1) Training in Data Protection for Educators award ceremony at the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica campus in Kingston.

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Education Minister Commends UTech and e-Learning Jamaica for Partnering on Data Protection

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, has commended the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica and e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited for partnering to facilitate data protection within the education sector. More than 100 data protection officers were trained over three weeks under the national data protection training programme for schools. The design and implementation of the curriculum was undertaken...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, shares words of encouragement with students at the Clan Carthy Primary School in Kingston on Tuesday (November 28). Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of a computer room at the institution, which was renovated and equipped under the Embassy of the Dominican Republic’s ‘Adopt a School’ programme.

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Students Urged to Use Technology to Create Better Future

Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging students to take advantage of the opportunities provided by technology to create a better future. Mrs. Holness, who was addressing the ribbon-cutting ceremony and handover of a computer room at Clan Cathy Primary School in Kingston on Tuesday (November 28), noted that by utilising technology students can...