The Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) is collaborating with the Organization of American States (OAS) to implement an early warning system to assist in protecting Jamaica’s cyber infrastructure. The initiative, which is being undertaken through the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), an arm of the OAS, will entail the installation of a security information and event management (SIEM) network. Science,...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Hospitality and Tourism Management Programme (HTMP), which is established in secondary schools across the island, is purposed to take the industry to new heights of professionalism and world-class service. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking to high-school students and teachers at Royalton Resorts in Trelawny on May 8, outlined that the programme will be...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says since the compulsory acquisition of the 49 per cent shareholding in Petrojam, the Government is moving to reconstitute the Board. “There is closer monitoring of the activities, resulting in Petrojam seeking clearance from the Ministry on many matters,” she noted during her contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says 757 net billing licences have been issued to Jamaicans since the pilot programme in May 2012. Making her contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 14, the Minister noted that in the 13 weeks since she has been appointed in the new post, she...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, is encouraging more female students to get into information technology (IT) and innovation, so that they can be a part of the growing industry. Addressing the opening ceremony for the 2019 Girls Hackathon, held today (May 14) at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew, the Minister noted that a 2018...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has undertaken air-conditioning overhaul at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon at a cost of approximately $73.6 million. The intervention, under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP), is expected to reduce the health facility’s electricity consumption for cooling by 20 per cent, with annual savings of approximately $5.2 million. It involved the installation...

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is urging young people, especially girls, to beware of potential dangers they can be exposed to on social media. “Recognise that a lot of what is happening out there is falsehood… [and can lead to you to getting] in with the wrong crowd,” she cautioned, citing human trafficking as an example. She was speaking at...