Latest

Hon. Floyd Green (left), Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for the National Identification System (NIDS), shows a sample card to Custos Rotulorum for the parish of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, following the Minister's presentation to stakeholders about the soon-to-be rolled out cards, at Churches Teachers’ College on Wednesday (August 24).

Green Talks NIDS with Manchester Stakeholders

Under the upcoming National Identification System (NIDS), there will be a renewal period of every 10 years for adults and five years for children who get their cards at birth. So says Hon. Floyd Green, Minister without Portfolio in the...

Chief Product Officer of Lynk, Jamaica’s first digital wallet, John Matthew Sinclair, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

LYNK to Support Government’s Agenda of Digital Adoption

Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay.

Businesses Encouraged to Begin Practising Data Protection Standards

Information Commissioner of the Office of the Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay.

Jamaicans Urged to Get Acquainted with Data-Protection Standards

Manager of the Mapping Services Branch in the Survey and Mapping Division of the National Land Agency (NLA), Milton Saunders.

Progress in Development of National Digital Cadastral Map

A section of May Pen in Clarendon, taken with the National Land Agency’s WingtraOne Generation II drone.

4 years ago HousingTechnology

NLA Uses Drone Technology to Improve Services

The National Land Agency (NLA) is utilising drone technology to enhance the services it offers to the public. In 2018, the NLA commenced acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to aid in its photogrammetry activities. Since then, the agency has explored the possibility of expanding the technology’s utilisation in other areas of its operations. The use of UAVs has...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart (right) look on students (from left) Githaniel Byfield and Janella Burton show them the coding programme used to control the robot they made. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the five-day Junior Creators Robotics Camp held at Ardenne High School in Kingston on August 19. The camp was spearheaded by the Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning.

4 years ago TechnologyYouth

Students Gain Robotics Skills at Five-Day Camp

Over 80 primary and secondary level students were exposed to skills in robotics, engineering, and coding at a free five-day camp, which ended on Friday, August 19. The Junior Creators Robotics Camp, organised by Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning, was being staged for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating students, including...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), presents a back-to-school package to young Asier Bryan, who is being held by his mother Treviece Gayle. The occasion was a back-to-school fair hosted by staff of the Ministry on August 18 at the PCJ Building, Kingston. It catered to children of members of employees of the Ministry and their relatives.

4 years ago EducationEnergyTechnologyYouth

Students Get Back-to-School Items

Scores of students were assisted in their preparations for the reopening of schools in September at a back-to-school fair staged by staff of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology on Thursday (August 18). The event catered to children of employees and their relatives, who were provided with packages containing notebooks, pens, pencils and masks. They also received snack items....

Minister of Finance and Public Service and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, pauses for a photo with children of the Ackee Walk community, during the launch of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot in the area on Monday (August 15).

4 years ago CommunityFinance & Public ServiceTechnology

PHOTOS: Ackee Walk Community Gets Free Wi-Fi

Minister of Finance and Public Service and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, pauses for a photo with children of the Ackee Walk community, during the launch of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot in the area on Monday (August 15).

Chief Executive Officer of Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (third right), and Member of Parliament for St. Ann North Western, Krystal Lee (fifth left), are joined by stakeholders of Brown’s Town in the unveiling of the sign for the Brown’s Town free community Wi-Fi hotspot in St. Ann, on Friday (August 12).

4 years ago DevelopmentTechnology

Two St. Ann Communities Benefit from Free Wi-Fi

Brown’s Town and Windsor, St. Ann, had the launch of free public Wi-Fi under the Universal Service Fund (USF) Community Wi-Fi Initiative on Friday (August 12). The secure Internet connectivity has a range of 800-feet and can allow up to 200 residents to simultaneously log on with their smartphones or tablet devices. The installation of the community Wi-Fi is part...

Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (third right), celebrates the launch of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot in Whithorn, Westmoreland, on August 11. Also celebrating (from left) are Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Officer, Westmoreland Central, Dwayne Salmon; Principal, Whithorn Early Childhood Institution, Tracey-Ann Forbes; Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Central, George Wright; Councillor, Cornwall Mountain Division, Dawnette Foster-Allen; Principal, Ferris Primary School, Tracie Campbell; and Dean of Discipline, Petersfield High School, Junior Clarke.

4 years ago DevelopmentTechnology

Free Wi-Fi for Residents of Whithorn in Westmoreland

Residents of Whithorn in Westmoreland Central now have access to a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot that was installed by the Universal Service Fund (USF) under its Community Wi-Fi Programme. The system, which was officially launched in the community on Thursday (August 11), can provide internet access for up to 200 concurrent users. It is the second Wi-Fi hotspot to be...

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

4 years ago CommunityTechnology

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 (August 10). The USF’s Community Wi-Fi Programme is designed to provide Internet access to 189 underserved and unserved areas across Jamaica....