The Universal Service Fund (USF) is encouraging government entities with information and communications technology (ICT) needs to make contact with the Fund to be a part of the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP). The programme, which aims to train and place young people in organisations to conduct digitisation or to collect data in relation to the organisation’s specific field, began with...

Aviation personnel from 14 countries across the Caribbean and Latin American region will take part in a Cybersecurity in Aviation Workshop from March 20 to 23 at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James. The workshop is being hosted by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) in association with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Organization of...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, is encouraging farmers and small entrepreneurs to utilize Community Access Points (CAPs), to market their products Dr. Wheatley, who was speaking at Friday’s (March 16) commissioning of the Thompson Town CAP in Clarendon, said farmers and small entrepreneurs should leverage the free internet access provided at these facilities to drive...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. Andrew Wheatley today outlined the Government of Jamaica’s intention to pursue greater use of Open Source Software as part of its thrust to transform ICT within government while at the same time reducing the attendant costs associated with the use of proprietary software. Guided by recommendations outlined in an Open Source Policy Framework...

Six researchers have been selected as recipients under the Jamaica/Republic of South Africa (RSA) Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, which seeks to promote and support collaboration between the countries in the fields of science and technology. They are Dr. Rupika Delgoda and Dr. Peter Nelson from the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies; and Executive Director...

A national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme, geared at improving public safety and disaster response, was launched by the National Security Ministry on Wednesday (March 14). Dubbed ‘JamaicaEye’, the public-private partnership is designed to network CCTV cameras owned by the Ministry as well as accommodate feed from privately owned CCTV cameras. The feeds will provide useful footage in relation to...

Approximately $450 million has been allocated to undertake the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP) training currently being conducted across the island. The programme, which is being executed by the Universal Service Fund (USF), has among its three main objectives getting unattached youth marketable skills that will ensure that they can be employed in the ICT sector, or create jobs within the...