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...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), eGov Jamaica Limited, Maurice Barnes, says preparation by the agency to transition into its role as the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority of Jamaica is in the final phase. Speaking at the second in the series of GovTechTalk information sessions, held on Friday (January 31) at the company’s Old Hope Road address in Kingston, Mr....

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says digital content is being developed to enable members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to train remotely. The Commissioner made the disclosure at the annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, which was held at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre in Montego Bay,...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is improving connectivity among police stations in the fight against crime. Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the microwave communication network has been upgraded, and the system now carries five times the amount of data. “So by the end of 2021, every police station will be connected, so we can send data from...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says strategic investment is needed to advance Electric Mobility (e-mobility) in Jamaica as a path towards sustained economic growth. E-mobility refers to the development of electric-powered vehicles. Minister Williams said that e-mobility is a national priority, as Government seeks to redefine the energy landscape “in order to achieve energy security, energy efficiency, energy...

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology has completed the electric mobility strategic framework, which will inform the electric vehicle policy for the public transportation sector. Principal Director in the Ministry, Fitzroy Vidal, made the disclosure at a roundtable discussion on electric mobility in Jamaica held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on January 24. He noted that Cabinet,...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Data Protection Bill, now before a Joint Select Committee of Parliament, is expected to go before the House shortly. Minister Williams, who was speaking at the eGov Jamaica Limited (eGovJa) ‘Exec Connect’ networking event at Hope Gardens on Thursday (January 23), said the legislation, when enacted, will provide citizens with...