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Universal Service Fund (USF) Chief Executive Officer, Suzette Buchanan, interacting with the students participating in the USF’s Technology Advancement Programme training session at the Young Women’s Christian Association in Kingston in April.
Universal Service Fund (USF) Chief Executive Officer, Suzette Buchanan, interacting with the students participating in the USF’s Technology Advancement Programme training session at the Young Women’s Christian Association in Kingston in April.

First Student Cohort Trained under USF’s Technology Advancement Programme

The first cohort of student to be trained under the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) Technology Advancement Programme (TAP) 1000 initiative, will graduate and be placed in jobs within the next four weeks. TAP 1000 is a training and job placement...
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry.

JIS Acquiring Cutting-Edge ICT Equipment
Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.

EU Plans to Make Film Festival an Annual Event
The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, addressed the 9th Annual Mona School of Business Management (MSBM) Roundtable CEO Breakfast Forum on Thursday (June 21)
The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, addressed the 9th Annual Mona School of Business Management (MSBM) Roundtable CEO Breakfast Forum on Thursday (June 21)

Jamaica Moves Toward Becoming a Digital Economy – PM Holness
Senior Director, Modernization Initiatives and Strategic Projects, Ministry of National Security, Arvel Grant, makes a presentation on the Jamaica Eye initiative at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Old Hope Road, in St. Andrew, on June 18.
Senior Director, Modernization Initiatives and Strategic Projects, Ministry of National Security, Arvel Grant, makes a presentation on the Jamaica Eye initiative at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Old Hope Road, in St. Andrew, on June 18.

One Thousand CCTVs to be Installed Islandwide

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ICT/Knowledge Services Accounts for 58 per Cent of Jobs Created in 2017/18

The Information Communication Technology (ICT)/Knowledge Services sector accounted for approximately 58 per cent of  jobs created during the last financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure as he addressed a plenary session at the just concluded Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), held from June 12 to 14 at...
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Initiatives Being Implemented for Digital Society

Chief Executive Officer at eGov Jamaica Limited, Maurice Barnes, has highlighted various initiatives being implemented towards Jamaica’s thrust of becoming a digital society. He informed that a major development to be undertaken is the merger of eGov Jamaica Limited and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jamaica to form the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority, with primary...
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Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (left), is in light conversation with Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Chairman, Russell Hadeed (right); and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP) Project Manager, Jody Grizzle, at the launch of the PCJ/Government of Jamaica Energy Champion Competition, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 13.
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$230 Million Saved Under Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects

The Government has saved $230 million, to date, and reduced environmental emissions from the implementation of major programmes in energy efficiency, conservation and management. The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ)-implemented initiatives are the Deployment of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector Project, launched in 2016, to provide renewable energy and energy-efficiency systems in six hospitals; and the...
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Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries Project Manager, Margery Newland (centre), shares a good laugh with Scientific Research Council (SRC) Executive Director, Dr. Cliff Riley (left), and 2012 young scientist of the year, Dr. Charah Watson, during the SRC’s 2018 National Science and Technology Fair awards ceremony, held at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (June 12).
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YEDAI Project Manager Highlights Importance of Youth Creativity

Manager for the Government’s Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries (YEDAI) Project, Margery Newland, says Jamaica’s economic growth and development are, to some extent, grounded in the creativity of the nation’s youth, particularly as it relates to job creation. Noting that the society has, in the past, been hamstrung by the belief that young people were obliged to pursue...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, delivers the keynote address at the Jamaica College Old Boys’ Association of New York
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Dr. Wheatley Looking to Increase Engagement with Diaspora in STI

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the Ministry is looking to increase engagement with the diaspora in the areas of science, technology and innovation (STI). “I don’t think we have actively engaged this resource pool. I want to see this change, and I want our talented and experienced scientists, engineers, mathematicians and technologists to...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (fifth left), displays his Science and Technology Leadership Award at the Jamaica College Old Boys’ Association of New York (JCOBA-NY) 3rd annual Griffin Award and Fundraise, at the SVA Theatre in New York on Saturday, June 9. Other awardees (from left) are Dr. Robynne Chupkan, Dr. Dwight Williams, Dr. Paul Lindo, Wenford Patrick Simpson, Vanessa Nole, Dr. William Foster and Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson.
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Technology Minister Lauds JC Old Boys’ Association in New York

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon Andrew Wheatley, has lauded the Jamaica College Old Boys ‘Association of New York (JCOBA-NY) for its significant contribution to the advancement of science and technology in the diaspora and Jamaica. “I welcome the focus of your organisation on implementing a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programme for national development....
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Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), converses with (from left): Chief Executive Officer, eGov Jamaica Limited, Maurice Barnes; Managing Director, Caribbean Technology Solutions, Glenford McFarlane; and Solutions Engineer, Caribbean Technology Solutions, Steven Chang, during the launch of the Government’s telecommunications platform, GovNet, at Jamaica House on Wednesday (June 6).
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GovNet Officially Launched

The Government’s communications network, GovNet, which is expected to result in greater public-sector interconnectivity and efficiency, was officially launched today (June 6). GovNet is a secure, wide area network infrastructure that will link government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to facilitate shared services. These include data centre computing services (Gov-Cloud); a consolidated voice communication system (Gov-Talk), a consolidated email system...
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