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Minister Vaz Commissions First Public Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, on Friday (May 7), officially commissioned into service, Jamaica’s first public electric vehicle charging facility at the Boot Service Station in Drax Hall, St. Ann. The charging station was installed by the...
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Jamaica Energy Partners Group Provides More Tablets For Teachers, Students
The island’s largest Independent Power Provider (IPP), Jamaica Energy Partners Group, is proud to announce that fifty-nine more students/teachers residing in St Catherine, Western and Eastern Kingston are the Company’s newest recipients of tablets under its tablet distribution programme. Last week, members of the Group’s Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team granted the Ministry of Education, Youth and...
Stakeholder Participants Thankful for E-Commerce National Delivery System
Entrepreneurs who are now a part of the pilot phase of the E-Commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) programme, which kicked off in Portmore, St. Catherine over a week ago, are thanking the Government for rolling out the new initiative. ENDS is a partnership between the Government and the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ). The web-based ENDS system enables quick-service...
Positive Stakeholder Response to E-Commerce National Delivery System
Chairman of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) Innovation and Digital Transformation Committee, Christopher Reckord, says close to 500 persons registered for the first weekend of activities under the E-Commerce National Delivery System (ENDS), from March 26-28. The initiative, a partnership between the Government and PSOJ, got underway as a pilot in Portmore, St. Catherine, and was expanded to...
Hundreds Benefited From ENDS Pilot Project in Portmore
Chairman, Innovation and Digital Transformation Committee, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Christopher Reckord, says the E-Commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) had close to 500 persons being involved to earn during the first weekend of its operation. The first weekend of the pilot took place from March 26 to 28 in Portmore, St. Catherine. For the second weekend, the pilot...
Data Collection To Drive Citizen Security Plan
Executive Director of the Citizen Security Secretariat (CSS), Dianne McIntosh, says the Citizen Security Plan (CSP) will be supported by robust data collection. “Data collection is very important. What we’ve had over the years is a silo approach to data collection. A more collaborative, standardised data-collection system will enable various ministries to pull information on specific communities,” she said in...
SMA Request for Proposal Extended Until March 23
The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has extended the deadline for submission of the Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for licence in the 700 MHz Spectrum (Band 13) to March 23, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Managing Director of the SMA, Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton, told JIS News that the extension was appropriate to allow more interested parties to submit their proposals. “Once the...
