The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is reminding business operators that significant planning will be required in adopting the new 10-digit dialling to be introduced at the end of May 2018. The new 10-digit dialling will be implemented as part of the addition of a new Jamaican area code – 658. Consultant, Numbering Administration and ICT Network at the OUR,...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Fi Wi Jamaica Project, being executed through the University of Technology (UTech), recently hosted the second in a series of conversations called ‘Big ‘Ooman Chat’. Several successful professional and entrepreneurial women were invited to hear of the success of one major output of the project, ‘Girls using Ubuntu, Respect and Love for...

The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) will host approximately 40 girls from 14 high schools at their ‘Girls in ICT Day’ event, to be held at the Sagicor Auditorium in Kingston on April 26. The event, which is a part of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) observation of the day, will be held under the theme ‘Expanding horizons, changing attitudes’. Manager,...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is inviting budding entrepreneurs to purchase formulations for products that could create viable businesses. Executive Director at the SRC, Dr. Cliff Riley, told a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ that each year the SRC produces quite a large number of food and natural product formulations. He said the Council currently has formulations for sauces, seasonings and...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says a special component of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which will be completed in a few weeks, will include hydropower as an alternate source of renewable energy Dr. Wheatley acknowledged that wind and solar power have already gathered significant interest as sources of renewable energy, but more emphasis is...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague says the government is to aggressively pursue the development of Jamaica’s bunkering industry. This, he said, will be done through the facilitation of investment and ensuring that the necessary administrative and regulatory framework are in place. Minister Montague was addressing the gala dinner of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Caribbean Conference...

General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says more economic growth can be achieved if members of the private sector invest more in robotics technology for their operations. Speaking at a forum on the ‘Findings of an Assessment of the Implementation and Impact of Key Initiatives under the National Economic Growth Inducement Strategy’,  Mrs. Turner-Jones said...