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Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White.
Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White.

Plans Advanced to Create Digital Tourism Experience

Plans are advanced to create a digital experience for Jamaica’s tourism product. This was revealed by Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White, during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in...
Students from 13 primary and high schools in St. James display tablet and laptop computers that were donated to their institutions by the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee and the Victoria House Foundation, during a presentation ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in the parish on Friday (October 8). Sharing the moment are Committee Chair, Dr. Yvonne Smith (left), and Foundation President, MacFarlane Okonta (right).
Students from 13 primary and high schools in St. James display tablet and laptop computers that were donated to their institutions by the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee and the Victoria House Foundation, during a presentation ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in the parish on Friday (October 8). Sharing the moment are Committee Chair, Dr. Yvonne Smith (left), and Foundation President, MacFarlane Okonta (right).

Over 160 Computers Donated to Schools in St. James
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
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

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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.
CoronavirusTechnology

NCOTA Endorses Transport Operators COVID-19 Initiative

The National Council of Taxi Associations (NCOTA) has endorsed the Transport Operators COVID-19 initiative, which was launched on October 5 at the Ministry of Transport and Mining. The initiative is aimed at encouraging more transport operators to get vaccinated by providing them with gas vouchers. Speaking at the virtual event, NCOTA President, Allan Blair, said that the group welcomed the...
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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.
TechnologyYouth

Students In Hanover And Westmoreland Receive Tablets

More than four hundred tablets valued at US$40,000 were recently issued to students in Hanover and Westmoreland to facilitate ease of access to online learning, amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The tablets were distributed under the Cornerstone Connex Programme, which is being spearheaded by the nonprofit Cornerstone Jamaica, in partnership with Gupta Family Foundation. During a handover ceremony at Travellers...
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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.
Technology

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.
ScienceTechnology

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.
Technology

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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