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Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Daniel Dawes (left), and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine East Central Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), welcome the launch of a free wi-fi hotspot for the community of Newlands, in Portmore, St. Catherine, recently. Others pictured from left are residents of the area, Lennox Hinds and Delroy Dobey. Photo: contributed
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Daniel Dawes (left), and Member of Parliament for St. Catherine East Central Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), welcome the launch of a free wi-fi hotspot for the community of Newlands, in Portmore, St. Catherine, recently. Others pictured from left are residents of the area, Lennox Hinds and Delroy Dobey. Photo: contributed

Portmore Community Welcomes Free Wi-Fi

The community of Newlands in Portmore, St. Catherine, has become the first in the area to get free wi-fi under the Universal Service Fund (USF) initiative to increase internet service in various communities. Speaking at the launch, Member of Parliament...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a recent handover ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the procurement of cutting edge equipment to establish a dedicated 24-hour television education channel. The presentation took place at the PBCJ in Kingston.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a recent handover ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the procurement of cutting edge equipment to establish a dedicated 24-hour television education channel. The presentation took place at the PBCJ in Kingston.

PM Praises PBCJ And USF
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Increasing Tertiary STEAM Enrolment A National Priority – Minister Williams
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addressing a ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the establishment of a dedicated 24-hour television education channel. The presentation took place at the PBCJ in Kingston on December 17.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addressing a ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the establishment of a dedicated 24-hour television education channel. The presentation took place at the PBCJ in Kingston on December 17.

USF On Track To Establish 189 Wi-Fi Hotspots By March 2022
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), communicates by sign language with student of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit, Dillanno Lawrence. Occasion was the presentation of eight tablets, donated by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union to students of the school, at the credit union’s May Pen Branch office in Clarendon on Monday (December 13).
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), communicates by sign language with student of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit, Dillanno Lawrence. Occasion was the presentation of eight tablets, donated by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union to students of the school, at the credit union’s May Pen Branch office in Clarendon on Monday (December 13).

PHOTOS: Tablets handed over to students of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit

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Spectrum Management Authority Managing Director, Dr. Maria Myers Hamilton.
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Importers Urged To Ensure Wireless Devices Are Approved For Jamaica

The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) is reminding importers of wireless devices using a signal, to verify that they are type-approved to function in the country. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, Managing Director of the SMA, Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton, said that a Type-approval Certificate is issued for products meeting a minimum set of regulatory, technical and safety requirements....
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Judith Slater (centre), exchange greetings on arrival at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (Dec. 9) to particiapte in the National Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Fourm. Looking on is Director, Donor and Partnership Management, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris. The forum was staged by the NET under the theme: ‘Setting the stage for a national vision on STEAM Education in Jamaica.’
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PHOTOS: Minister Williams address STEAM forum

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Judith Slater (centre), exchange greetings on arrival at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (Dec. 9) to particiapte in the National Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Fourm. Looking on is Director, Donor and Partnership Management, National Education...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right), looks at tablets donated to students of the Kingston High School by First Heritage Cooperative (FHC) Credit Union under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child Initiative.’ FHC’s Kingston Gardens Branch Manager, Trudian Stewart (left), handed over the devices recently, at the branch located at 10 East Avenue, Kingston 4. FHC Credit Union has donated 100 tablets, with 40 of the devices reserved for special needs students, and the remainder for primary and secondary students island-wide.
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PHOTOS: First Heritage Donates Tablets to Kingston High School Students

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (2nd right), looks at tablets donated to students of the Kingston High School by First Heritage Cooperative (FHC) Credit Union under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child Initiative.’ FHC’s Kingston Gardens Branch Manager, Trudian Stewart (left), handed over the devices recently, at the branch located at 10 East Avenue,...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (December 1).
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Ministry Of Science, Energy And Technology Laws To Be Amended For Stiffer Penalties

Pieces of legislation under the portfolio of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology are to be amended to provide for increases in monetary penalties and custodial sentences. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the increases that were recommended by the Science, Energy and Technology Ministry. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure at a virtual...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), is in discussion with Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, during the ceremony for the handing over of laptops to top performing Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students by the USF, at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston on November 30.
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Gov’t Presses Ahead With National Broadband Plan

The Government is pressing ahead with the National Broadband Initiative, which aims to have every household and every community connected to the Internet. The initiative forms part of the Government’s goal of having a truly digital society by 2030. “We are aiming to provide last-mile connectivity to all Jamaicans by 2025,” said  Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl...
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Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (standing centre); People’s Republic of China, Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Ambassador Tian Qi (standing left); and Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin (standing right), observe the signing of an agreement for the Jamaica Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Talent Hub Initiative, during the launch held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (November 26). The signatories are Huawei Technologies Jamaica Company Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, Bo Zhou (seated left) and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Dale Webber.
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PHOTOS: Launch Of ICT Talent Hub Initiative

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (standing centre); People’s Republic of China, Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Ambassador Tian Qi (standing left); and Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin (standing right), observe the signing of an agreement for the Jamaica Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Talent...
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