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Principal Director (Acting), National Spatial Data Management Branch, Simone Lloyd, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 8).
Principal Director (Acting), National Spatial Data Management Branch, Simone Lloyd, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s Head Office in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 8).

Activities for Geography Awareness Week Get Under Way on Nov. 9

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...
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 7).
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 7).

Inter-Agency Communication Being Enhanced
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the  House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 7).
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the  House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 7).

Hundreds of Entities Connected to Internet under National Broadband Initiative
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), engage in conversation with student at Meadowbrook High School, Jadiel Lindsay (left), during the handover of 4,103 tablets computers by the Republic of Korea, valued at over $92 million, at a ceremony held at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston, today (November 7). Others pictured (from left) are Korea’s Chargé d’Affaires, Jin-wook Kim, and student at the Abilities Foundation, Tanisha Gaynor.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), engage in conversation with student at Meadowbrook High School, Jadiel Lindsay (left), during the handover of 4,103 tablets computers by the Republic of Korea, valued at over $92 million, at a ceremony held at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston, today (November 7). Others pictured (from left) are Korea’s Chargé d’Affaires, Jin-wook Kim, and student at the Abilities Foundation, Tanisha Gaynor.

Students Begin to Receive Tablets Donated by the Republic of Korea
Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Students Encouraged to Consider Urban Planning as Career Option

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Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
DevelopmentEducationTechnology

Educational Institutions Deemed Key to Developing Resilient Communities

Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, says educational institutions play a key role in developing resilient communities. Addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, held ahead of World Town Planning Day (WTPD) 2023 on November 8, Professor Young noted that “as we contemplate the role of...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), displays one of the over 90 computer tablets presented to students attending schools in Western Kingston and sections of St. Andrew, where there are Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO). The event was a handover ceremony held on November 3 at the Denham Town High School, in Kingston. Others (from left) are Minister of State, Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; Vice Principal at the school, Novette Christian; Acting Principal, Yvette Richards-Thompson; and Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Andrew Lee.
EducationTechnologyYouth

Students Receive Tablet Devices

Over 90 tablets procured by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, were handed over to students attending schools located in Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs). The tablets were provided for under the Inter-Ministerial School Support Strategy (ISSS). The ISSS is an initiative between the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Education and Youth, which seeks to support the ‘Build’ aspect...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), listens as Financial Controller, Universal Service Fund, Andrew McRae (centre), explains the features of the FortiGate Firewalls devices, at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston on Friday (November 3). Also listening is Department Head, Network Services, eGov Jamaica Limited, Christopher McKenzie.
DevelopmentLocal GovernmentTechnology

10 Additional Municipal Corporations Receive Technological Devices Valued $12.3M

Ten additional Municipal Corporations are being provided with FortiGate devices, valued approximately $12.3 million, to strengthen their digital framework and boost their technological capabilities. The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, through collaboration with the National Works Agency (NWA), e-Gov Jamaica Limited and the Universal Service Fund (USF), was able to procure FortiGate Firewalls to improve the Corporations’ information...
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Cattle enjoying pasture.
AgricultureTechnologyYouth

Farmers Encouraged to Use Technology to Prevent Farm Theft

Farmers and stakeholders in the agricultural sector are being encouraged to use technology to help prevent farm theft. The advice comes from Chairman of the Youth in Agriculture Committee, Joseph Small. In a recent JIS Get the Facts Interview, Mr. Small pointed out that there are measures farmers can implement to safeguard their crop, property and livestock. “What we would...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), converses with Managing Director, AJAS Aviation Services Barry Bryne (left), and Quality Manager, Export Complex Montego Bay, Dalton Hastings, during the new FACE of food stakeholder engagement at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (November 2). 
AgricultureClimate ChangeTechnology

Agriculture Ministry Looking to Boost Agro Park Surveillance with Technology Integration

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is moving to increase the surveillance of agro parks through the introduction of technological aids, in a bid to heighten security. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says plans are in place to utilise features such as geofencing and closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs). “That is something that we [have asked] to be brought forward coming...
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Sugar cane being harvested.
AgricultureTechnology

State Minister Says Sugar Industry Requires Overhaul

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklyn Witter, says the sugar industry requires an overhaul that must be rooted in a complete modernisation strategy. Mr. Witter was delivering the main address at the 86th annual conference of the Jamaica Association of Sugar Technologists (JAST), held at the Research Division of the Sugar Industry Authority...
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