The Ministry of Justice, in partnership with the Court Administration Division (CAD), is hosting Jamaica’s first National Conference on Technology in the Justice Sector, from February 27 to 29, in Kingston. Themed ‘Roadmap to e-Justice: Enhancing Transparency, Effectiveness and Access to Justice’, the Conference is exploring current international trends in e-justice service delivery and how technology facilitates a more effective...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is providing the Cornwall Regional Hospital with Information Communication Technology (ICT) devices and tools to improve the management of health information at that facility. The entity’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Daniel Dawes, made the disclosure at the official ceremony to announce the increase in bandwidth at the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) and the...

Electric mobility (e-mobility) will be one of the topics explored at the Fourth Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial meeting from February 27 to 28 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James. E-mobility refers to vehicles that are powered by an electric motor and primarily get their energy from the power grid, meaning that they can...

Thousands of young people are to be trained for jobs in digitisation and animation in the new fiscal year. The Government has allocated $986.6 million in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the training of 2,500 youth in the digitisation of records, with 1,250 to be placed in internship programmes. A further 80 are...

Students from approximately 30 secondary schools across the island will show off their innovations in robotics and vie for attractive prizes in the second staging of the ‘For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Tech Challenge’. The competition, organised by United States (US)-based, not-for-profit entity, FIRST, was launched on Thursday (February 13) at the National Commercial Bank (NCB)...

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, is encouraging the public to utilize the Ministry’s recently launched ‘Drive Safe’ mobile application (app) to report motorists who continue to commit road traffic violations, particularly public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators. The app, which launched in December 2019, allows users to upload videos and photos of offences. Uploads include date, time and location...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC), as part of its 60th anniversary commemoration, will be staging its ‘Conversations in Science’ series, and is inviting secondary and tertiary institutions to participate in the first session, slated for February 11. “This session will be held at The Mico University gymnasium (Marescaux Road, Kingston) and will focus on females, in keeping with ‘International Day...