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Project Manager for the Improved Safety and Security in Schools Project, Yvonne Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank on August 14.

Schools Equipped with Metal Detectors

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...

Young Innovators/Inventors Science Club Coordinator, Seaview Gardens Primary School, Racquel Rose Taylor (third left), outlines features of the ‘Emergency Respirator (ER)’ project, which won the school first place in the primary school category of the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) National Science and Technology Fair and Competition in 2016/17. Club members Jadon Willis (left), Rihanna Hinds (third right), and Akail Black (second right), demonstrate how the respirator works. Looking on are School Principal, Sangieanna Reid Prince (second left); and club member, Sue Ann Jones (right).

Seaview Gardens Primary Nurturing Young Scientists

Public Relations Officer at the Post and Telecommunications Department, Kathy-Ann Yetman.

Customers of Gayle Post Office to Collect Mail in Port Maria

Senior Director, Modernization Initiatives and Strategic Projects, Ministry of National Security, Arvel Grant, making a recent presentation on the ‘JamaicaEye’ initiative at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in Kingston.

Police Increasing Use of Technology to Arrest Crime

Senior Technical Specialist, e-Gov Jamaica, Walt Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (July 25).

eGov Jamaica Testing Electronic Verification System for NIDS

Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), is being shown a tablet by Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Elect, Dr. Garth Anderson (right), at the opening ceremony of a one-week Excellence in STEM Experimental Education (EXSEED) Jamaica 2018 workshop, at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston on July 17. Looking on (from left) are Principal of the Excelsior Community College, Philmore McCarthy; and Director of EXSEED at Loma Linda University, Douglas Havens.

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TAP to Reach 2,000 Young People Next Year

The number of beneficiaries under the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP) is set to double next year to reach 2,000 unattached youth. Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, made the disclosure while addressing the opening ceremony of the Excellence in STEM Experimental Education (EXSEED) workshop at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston on July 17. Spearheaded by the...

Jamaica Eye Project Coordinator, Emil Holgate, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (July 18), at the agency’s Head Office.

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JamaicaEye Now Has Over 100 Private Partners

More than 100 private partners have joined the network of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras being used for the JamaicaEye initiative since its inception in March 2018. The programme, which was implemented in an effort to utilise both private and government cameras to monitor public spaces, is being used to monitor crime, accidents, natural disasters or other emergencies, to make response...

8 years ago Technology

Gov’t to Spend Over $5.2 Million to Equip Teachers with Tablets

The Government will be spending $5,234,800 (US$40,000) to provide additional tablets to equip teachers involved in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme. Science and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, made the announcement while addressing the opening ceremony of the Excellence in STEM Experimental Education (EXSEED) workshop at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston on Tuesday (July...

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Free Summer Digital Storytelling at UTech July 25-27

The Animation Production and Development Department of the University of Technology (UTech) will host a free Summer Digital storytelling and viewing session from July 25 to 27 at its campus, 237 Old Hope Road in Kingston. This event is open to high-school students, aged 14 to 17, and will take place in UTech’s School of Computing and Information Technology, under...

Head of the Data Management Department at eGov Jamaica, Walt Brown (at podium), makes a point during his keynote address at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal held yesterday (July 9) at the Eden Gardens Wellness Centre in St. Andrew. Others pictured (from left) are President of the Club, Carey Crooks, and President-Elect of the organisation, Atasha Bernard.

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NIDS Will Improve Governance – eGov Official

Head of the Data Management Department at eGov Jamaica, Walt Brown, says the National Identification System (NIDS) will improve governance and the administration of all public affairs. Addressing a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal, held yesterday (July 9), at the Eden Gardens Wellness Centre in St. Andrew, Mr. Brown explained that the NIDS is...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, speaks in the House of Representatives on July 3 at Gordon House. At left is Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

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Chinese Firm Recommended for Upgrade of VDU at Petrojam

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says Chinese firm, Sinohydro, has been recommended as the contractor to undertake the first phase of the refinery upgrade project, which is the improvement of the Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU) at Petrojam. Addressing the House of Representatives on July 3 at Gordon House, the Minister noted that in February...

Director, Institute for Sustainable Development, University of the West Indies, Dr. David Smith (left), speaks with Acting Director, Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), Dr. Livingston White, at a function to announce a new course to be developed by CARIMAC, called ‘Communication Planning and Media Relations for Disaster Risk Reduction’. The ceremony was at CARIMAC, University of the West Indies, Mona, on Monday (July 2).

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CARIMAC Contracted to Develop New Online Course on Preparing for Natural Disasters

The Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) has been contracted to develop a new online course aimed at training persons in the Caribbean region on how to prepare for natural disasters and to manage communication in the aftermath. Offered by the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of the Institute for Sustainable Development at the University of the West Indies (UWI),...