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Prime Minister,. the Most. Hon Andrew Holness (centre), delivers remarks prior to handing over tablet computers and a printer to the Cedar Grove Academy in St. Catherine. Others (from left) are: Principal for the Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine Richard Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and East Central St. Catherine Member of Parliament, Hon. Alando Terrelonge; Cedar Grove Academy student, Ajani Williams, and Acting Principal, Jonelle Prince. The presentation was made on Friday (October 8) during the Prime Minister’s Vaccine Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign tour in the parish.
Prime Minister,. the Most. Hon Andrew Holness (centre), delivers remarks prior to handing over tablet computers and a printer to the Cedar Grove Academy in St. Catherine. Others (from left) are: Principal for the Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine Richard Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and East Central St. Catherine Member of Parliament, Hon. Alando Terrelonge; Cedar Grove Academy student, Ajani Williams, and Acting Principal, Jonelle Prince. The presentation was made on Friday (October 8) during the Prime Minister’s Vaccine Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign tour in the parish.

Prime Minister Holness Hands Over Tablets and Printers for Schools and Students In St. Catherine

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon Andrew Holness, on Friday (October 8), handed over several tablet computers and two printers for students and schools in East Central, Southeast, and South St. Catherine. The beneficiary institutions are Cumberland High School, Cedar Grove...
Chairman of the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee, Dr. Yvonne Smith.
Chairman of the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee, Dr. Yvonne Smith.

Schools Receive Tablets and Laptops
Director of the Business Development Division at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Deniese Badroe.
Director of the Business Development Division at the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Deniese Badroe.

JAD Looking To Acquire Technology Devices For Deaf Students
President of the National Council of Taxi Associations (NCOTA), Allan Blair, addresses the launch of the Transport Operators COVID-19 Initiative, at the Ministry of Transport and Mining, on Tuesday, October 5.
President of the National Council of Taxi Associations (NCOTA), Allan Blair, addresses the launch of the Transport Operators COVID-19 Initiative, at the Ministry of Transport and Mining, on Tuesday, October 5.

NCOTA Endorses Transport Operators COVID-19 Initiative
Students from schools in Hanover and Westmoreland display their new tablets at a handing over ceremony at Travellers Beach Resort in Negril on September 25. More than 400 tablets valued at US$40,000 were issued to students under the Cornerstone Connex Programme to facilitate online learning.
Students from schools in Hanover and Westmoreland display their new tablets at a handing over ceremony at Travellers Beach Resort in Negril on September 25. More than 400 tablets valued at US$40,000 were issued to students under the Cornerstone Connex Programme to facilitate online learning.

Students In Hanover And Westmoreland Receive Tablets

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Clinic Attendant at the Black River Health Centre, Anthony Buddle, displays his WiPay QR code that can be redeemed for wireless payment.
Health & WellnessTechnology

Special Grant for Front-Line Healthcare Workers In St. Elizbeth South Western

More than 100 front-line healthcare workers in St. Elizabeth South Western are to benefit from a special $750,000 COVID-19 Relief Grant. The grant has been facilitated by fintech company, WiPay, in partnership with Member of Parliament, Floyd Green, and other collaborators to reward the healthcare workers who have been hard at work during the pandemic. At a demonstration ceremony on...
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Human Resources Manager of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Shanique Cornwall (left), presents a laptop to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), prior to the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (October 1). Also participating is Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Daniel Dawes.
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PHOTOS: Laptops Handed Over to Senators

Human Resources Manager of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Shanique Cornwall (left), presents a laptop to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), prior to the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (October 1). Also participating is Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Daniel...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addressing the House of Representatives on September 28.
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Strategy Being Developed to Support National Broadband Network

The Government is working on a comprehensive National Broadband Strategy that will support the islandwide broadband network being developed. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that the strategy “will look at all the factors that will support the viability of the network, once implemented, and the use of same by all segments of the population”. He...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addressing the House of Representatives on September 28.
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More Public Wi-Fi Hotspots

Seven additional Wi-Fi-hotspots will be established in major towns by the end of this financial year, as the Government continues to increase public access to free Internet service. The locations are Falmouth, Trelawny; Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland; Morant Bay, St. Thomas; Lucea, Hanover; Spanish Town, St. Catherine; Port Maria, St. Mary; and Black River, St. Elizabeth. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology,...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz addressing the House of Representatives on September 28.
Technology

Minister Vaz Outlines Plan To Connect Schools To Internet

The Government has developed a three-tier connectivity plan for schools to meet the demand for internet service. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Sept. 28). Forty-eight places of safety are also included in the plan. Minster Vaz said that of the 980 public...
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Technology

Minister Daryl Vaz to update Parliament on Broadband Initiative, distribute laptops to Parliamentarians

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz will provide an update on the National Broadband Initiative in the Parliament, today, September 28, 2021. Minister Vaz is expected to provide information on the 100 Day ICT Plan, the expansion of public Wi-Fi hotspots connectivity and the provision of devices to schools. Additionally, Minister Vaz will use the occasion to...
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