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Head of the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (Ja-CIRT) in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Lieutenant Colonel Godphey Sterling. (Photo: Adrian Walker)

Citizens Urged To Be Extra Vigilant Online

With the increase in online activity due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (Ja-CIRT) is urging persons to be extra vigilant in order to guard against cyberthreat. “From schools to businesses and even the hustlers...

Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second left), looks at the assortment of technological items donated by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to benefit children in juvenile facilities. The handover ceremony was held at the Ministry’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston on Wednesday (January 20). Others (from left) are: Country Representative, UNICEF Jamaica, Mariko Kagoshima; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Courtney Williams; and Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel (retired), Gary Rowe.

UNICEF Donates Technological Equipment To Juvenile Facilities

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses Wednesday's (Jan. 20) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

$104.2 Million Contract Awarded For Delivery Of ICT Equipment Under Alternative Pathway Programme

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NWC’s Loyal Customers Reap Big ‘Hi-Tech’ Rewards

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (2nd right ) examine new laptops during a ceremony held on Friday (January 15) at the Post and Telecommunications Department, South Camp Road in Kingston. Others from (second left) are: Acting Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Andrew Lee; Operations Manager, Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Marcia Higgins and Deputy Post Master General, Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Sophia Hamilton Brown.

5000 Laptops For Secondary Students On PATH Arrive In The Island

Director of Projects at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Kwan Wilson.

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USF To Establish Internet Wi-Fi Hotspot In Black River

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has started work to identify potential sites, to install free, secured Wi-Fi access to the public in Black River, St. Elizabeth. Following the monthly meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River on January 14, USF’s Director of Projects, Kwan Wilson and a team went on a tour of the town centre, where...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), accepts a tablet from Regional Executive of Huawei Technologies, Bo Zhou, during a ceremony for the handover of 500 devices on Thursday (December 7) at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle location in Kingston. The donation is in support of the Ministry

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Huawei Donates 500 Tablets to Education Sector

Global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei Technologies Company Limited, has donated 500 tablets in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, in her remarks at the handover ceremony held on Thursday (December 7) at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle...

Operations Manager, Traffic Management Unit at the National Works Agency, Michael Saunderson, speaking at a press conference on national broadband connectivity, hosted by Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology on December 15, at the Ministry’s Kingston Office.

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Government Receives 650 Kilometres Of Fibre-Optic Cable

Government has received a donation of 650 kilometres of fibre-optic cable from local cable television providers and the island’s two major toll road operators, to help improve the nation’s broadband connectivity. The cable television operators include the island’s two largest cable providers and 34 smaller rural cable providers. “The fibre-optic cables will form part of the National Fibre Optic Communication...

Public Education Specialist at the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Elizabeth Bennett Marsh.

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OUR Rolls Out Phase Two Of Directives For Telecoms Providers Today

Today (December 18), Flow and Digicel will be required to provide their customers with full information about charges applicable for service as the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) commences phase two of the execution of directives to the telecommunications providers. The information provided by the companies must include full contract details such as exclusions, limitations and duration of any fixed...

Councillor for the Spring Garden Division in St James, Dwight Crawford (left), presents a tablet computer to student of the Montego Bay Community College, Marlon Rowe, during a handover exercise at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Wednesday (December 16).

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St. James Municipal Corporation Hands Over 170 Tablets To Needy Students

One hundred and seventy students across St. James have received tablet computers from the St. James Municipal Corporation, which represents the local authority’s contribution to the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme. The tablets, valued at more than $4 million, were presented to the beneficiaries on December 16 at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre, Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay. Ten...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz. (JIS File Photo)

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Members Of The Legal Fraternity Encouraged To Embrace ICT

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is encouraging members of the legal fraternity to embrace information and communications technology (ICT), in order to serve the citizens. The Minister was speaking at the third in the series of Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited (JAIAC) ‘Coffee Time’ webinars, on December 17, under the theme ‘Technology, Innovation and the Changing...

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Government Intends To Grant Third Cellular Licence

By early next year, the Government intends to grant a third cellular licence to a new entity to provide additional mobile telecommunication services for the country. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who noted that “we are going to have a Request for Proposal for spectrum in January 2021. This is approved by...