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Walt Disney Veteran, Jeff Brustrom, speaks on "Creating Culturally-Specific Content with Global Appeal" at KingstOOn 2019.

Animators Gear Up For KingstoonFest 2021

The KingstOOn Animation and Film Festival is gearing up to be the centre of the conversation on Diversity in Animation. Now in its fourth staging, KingstOOn has already cemented its place as a hub for Afrocentric content and in 2021...

Managing Director, Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), Dr. Maria Myers-Hamilton (second left) is part of Jamaica's delegation at the 2019 World Radio Communications Conference in Egypt. The other team members (from left) are Director of Post and Telecommunications, Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Cecil McCain; Manager of Band Planning, SMA, Mahlangu Lawson; and Telecommunications Engineer, SMA, Tai-Shan Tracey.

Global Interest In 700 MHz Band Licence

Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, speaks at the commissioning of a new computer lab at the Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club, in St. James, on February 15.

Deputy Mayor Wants More CAPs In St. James

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, inspects the Guard of Honour mounted by members of the Jamaica Defence Force, at the 2021/22 ceremonial opening of Parliament, on Thursday (February 18).

Legislation To Protect Personal Information Being Prioritised

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left); Principal of Goodwill Primary and Infant School, Camille Hoarde; and Councillor for the Somerton Division, Mark McGann, observe as grade-five student, Miekayla Harris, utilises a desktop computer in the new computer lab donated to the school by USF, under its Community Access Point initiative, in Goodwill, St. James, on Monday, February 15.

USF Commissions Computer Labs In St. James

5 years ago Technology

80 Animators To Be Trained Under Apprenticeship Programme

The Government will be executing an Apprenticeship (Scholarship) Programme in the upcoming fiscal year, which will see 80 animators being trained in intensive 2D and 3D animation. This is to be facilitated under the Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries project, for which $207.5 million has been allotted in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of...

5 years ago Budget 2021/2022Technology

$39.7 Million Earmarked For Technical Cooperation Facility

A $39.7-million provision has been earmarked to continue the Technical Cooperation Facility VI (TCF VI) Project’s implementation during the new fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 18. The project, which is spearheaded by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), aims to identify and implement...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), and Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), cut the ribbon to officially open the $5.1-million Rocky Valley Resource Centre in Stony Hill, Wednesday (February 3). Sharing the moment (from third left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, and student at the Stony Hill Primary School, Shanique Phipps.

5 years ago CommunityEducationTechnology

Residents In Stony Hill Get Resource Centre

Residents in and around Stony Hill in St. Andrew now have a resource centre, financed by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) at a cost of $5.1 million. Speaking at the official opening of the Rocky Valley Resource Room, Wednesday (February 3), Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said he is joyful with the establishment of the centre, because children...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams. (File Photo)

5 years ago InformationTechnology

Phased Rollout Of Digital Switchover

Jamaica will be embarking on a phased rollout of digital broadcasting technology, with initial focus on the main urban centres, beginning in January 2022. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 26), where she provided details about the Digital Switchover (DSO) transition. She said that broadcasters will...

Country Manager at Inova Solutions Jamaica, Jermaine McDonald

5 years ago Technology

MSMEs Encouraged To Adopt A Digital-First Mindset

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being encouraged to adopt a digital-first mindset. Speaking at a recent ‘Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Virtual Biz Zone’ session, Country Manager at Inova Solutions Jamaica, Jermaine McDonald, said a digital-first mindset means there is full integration, adaptation and use of technology, processes and people. “A digital-first mindset transforms and drives value for...

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)

5 years ago CybersecurityTechnology

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 on the streets, everyone is going online; therefore, the potential number of cybercrime victims has increased exponentially since the early...

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.

5 years ago TechnologyYouth

UNICEF Donates Technological Equipment To Juvenile Facilities

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica has donated technological equipment valued at approximately $1.9 million to the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) Juvenile Services Unit, which will enable the wards to continue to access critical services virtually. The items provided include four laptops, five tablets, six desktop computers, six Wi-Fi modems, 36 USB headsets and 35 webcams. The donation was...