An additional 300 closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) will be installed in public spaces in Montego Bay by year end under the National Security Ministry’s JamaicaEye Initiative. Project Coordinator, Emil Holgate, who made the disclosure at a meeting of the city’s chamber of commerce and industry at the group’s Union Street offices on Wednesday (September 19), said the measure will serve...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has highlighted that the alignment of political perspectives can bring about greater and faster success for the economy. The Prime Minister’s comments came today (Wednesday, September19) as he launched the FESTO FACT Training Centre at Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). Prime Minister Holness said the new facility is an example of what can be achieved through collaboration...

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) will officially open its Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre for Mechatronics and Automation, at its Palisadoes Park Campus, on Wednesday, September 19. The facility, which is the largest FACT Centre in the world, will offer a multi-layered approach to training through the offering of a wide range of courses. It was built at...

A total of 130 schools have been equipped with hand-held metal detectors and walk-through devices installed in five institutions under the US$4 million Improved Safety and Security in Schools Project. The initiative, launched in June 2017, involves partnership between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and is being coordinated by...

Seaview Gardens Primary School in Kingston has rapidly gained the enviable reputation of being a cradle for budding young scientists and innovators. Since 2014/15, this beacon of knowledge and education, which sits majestically in the community for which it is named, has copped the primary school category of the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) annual National Science and Technology Fair and...

Communities previously served by the Gayle Post Office in St. Mary will be able to access their mail and any other postal services at the Port Maria Post Office, and their pension at the Lucky Hill Post Office in the parish. The new arrangements, which are temporary, have been implemented due to the destruction of the Gayle Post by fire...

Within the next three years, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) personnel will be using more technological solutions in their daily operations in a bid to reduce incidents of crime and their likely occurrence. Some of the technology-based software tools being developed, which should become fully operational by 2021, include: Jampol Stats; JCF Docs application; the QR Code; and Station Records Management...