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Chief Executive Officer at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes
Chief Executive Officer at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes

Darliston Gets Free Public Wi-Fi

Darliston in Westmoreland is the latest community to benefit from free public Internet service under the Universal Service Fund (USF) Community Wi-Fi Programme. The secured hotspot was officially launched during a ceremony held at the Darliston Transportation Centre on Wednesday...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the investor briefing for One on One Educational Services initial public offering (IPO), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, on August 9.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the investor briefing for One on One Educational Services initial public offering (IPO), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, on August 9.

Incorporation of Technology in Teaching and Learning Permanent – Minister
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Computer Science and IT Teachers to Be Trained Under Coding in Schools Project
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes (right), is joined by (from left) Parish Manager for the St. James Health Department, Lennox Wallace; Pastor of the Redemption Chapel in Canterbury, Lascelles Thomas; Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon; St James Central Member of Parliament (MP), Heroy Clarke; and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), St. James, Angela McIntosh-Gayle, in the unveiling of the sign for the Canterbury free, public Wi-Fi hotspot, in St. James, on Monday, August 8.
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes (right), is joined by (from left) Parish Manager for the St. James Health Department, Lennox Wallace; Pastor of the Redemption Chapel in Canterbury, Lascelles Thomas; Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon; St James Central Member of Parliament (MP), Heroy Clarke; and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), St. James, Angela McIntosh-Gayle, in the unveiling of the sign for the Canterbury free, public Wi-Fi hotspot, in St. James, on Monday, August 8.

Free Wi-Fi for Farm Heights and Canterbury
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (third left), and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (fourth left), lead in celebrating the establishment of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot in the community of Point Hill, in the parish, on August 4. Others (from left) are Vice President of the Point Hill Community Development Committee, Anna-Kim Williams; Field Supervisor with the Social Development Commission (SDC), Jeremy Jones; Community Development Officer with the SDC, Shaunette Flemming; Corporal Dennis Williams, and Guidance Counsellor at the Point Hill Primary School, Feliciano Thorpe.
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (third left), and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (fourth left), lead in celebrating the establishment of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot in the community of Point Hill, in the parish, on August 4. Others (from left) are Vice President of the Point Hill Community Development Committee, Anna-Kim Williams; Field Supervisor with the Social Development Commission (SDC), Jeremy Jones; Community Development Officer with the SDC, Shaunette Flemming; Corporal Dennis Williams, and Guidance Counsellor at the Point Hill Primary School, Feliciano Thorpe.

Point Hill Residents Get Free Wi-Fi

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Member of Parliament, for Manchester North Eastern, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), and Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, celebrate the establishment of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot at Christiana in Manchester, on Friday (July 15).
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Christiana Celebrates Wi-Fi Hotspot

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