Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar for 2024, Nile Anderson, says his dream is to contribute to the building of local skills in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). The self-styled “dreamgineer” will be heading to Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a master’s degree in engineering science, which will focus on those two areas. Mr. Anderson said he chose to...

Residents of Steer Town and Edgehill in St. Ann now have access to free, secure, high-speed Internet as the Government continues to equip communities to move into the digital age. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation (MEGJC), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, joined the Universal Service Fund (USF) team in officially unveiling the service...

A slew of activities organised by the National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB) will precede Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day, being commemorated globally on Wednesday, November 15. The activities, marking Geography Awareness Week, aim to promote geography and its various disciplines. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston on Wednesday (November...

Since 2019, 49 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) have been connected to GovNet within the Kingston Metropolitan Area, signifying a giant leap towards enhancing inter-agency communication. Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 7). GovNet is the underlying platform that will provide a secure network for...

A total of 14 parish courts, six police stations, all municipal corporations and 524 educational institutions across the island are now connected to the Internet under the national broadband initiative. The institutions have been connected via dedicated internet access (DIA), a shared internet arrangement being managed by eGov Jamaica Limited (eGovJa) and financed by the Universal Service Fund (USF). Prime...

Students from schools across the island have started to receive 4,103 computer tablets donated by the Republic of Korea, valued more than $92 million. The devices were officially handed over to some of the schools and the National Education Trust (NET), at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston today (November 7). Minister...

Students, particularly those at the secondary level, are being encouraged to consider Urban and Regional Planning as a career option. Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, made the appeal to students at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, geared at highlighting the various activities that will be undertaken for...