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...

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...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is encouraging persons to participate in its pre-Valentine’s Day blood drive, scheduled to take place on Friday (February 7), at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium in New Kingston. The event, which involves collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Refreshment will be available...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, is encouraging government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to cooperate with the data-gathering activities being undertaken by eGov Jamaica Limited in preparation for the entity’s transition to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority of Jamaica. Minister Williams, who was speaking at eGov Jamaica’s networking event, dubbed ‘Exec Connect’, at Hope Gardens,...

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,...