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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly (left) and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, display copies of the social media manuals that will provide internet safety guidelines for children and other stakeholders, at the launch held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on Monday (November 20).
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly (left) and Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, display copies of the social media manuals that will provide internet safety guidelines for children and other stakeholders, at the launch held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on Monday (November 20).

OCA Launches Social Media Manuals

The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) has launched three social media manuals that will provide Internet safety guidelines for children and other stakeholders. The manuals, dubbed #BESOCIALBESMART, were launched during a function held at The Knutsford Court Hotel today...
Automatic Weather Station being installed at a site for the Meteorological Service Division.
Automatic Weather Station being installed at a site for the Meteorological Service Division.

Installation of Real Time Automatic Weather Stations Begins Across the Island
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (standing, fifth left), shares a photo opportunity with Councillors of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, after presenting them with tablets during a special sitting of the local authority on November 9.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (standing, fifth left), shares a photo opportunity with Councillors of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, after presenting them with tablets during a special sitting of the local authority on November 9.

Councillors, Poor Relief Officers in Westmoreland Get Tablet Computers
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), examines his new drone which was made in the Dr Andrew Wheatley Centre for Digital Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing and presented to him as a gift on Wednesday, November 15. Occasion was the official opening of the facility. At right is the Chancellor, Caribbean Maritime University, His Royal Majesty Drolor Bosso Adamtey I.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right), examines his new drone which was made in the Dr Andrew Wheatley Centre for Digital Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing and presented to him as a gift on Wednesday, November 15. Occasion was the official opening of the facility. At right is the Chancellor, Caribbean Maritime University, His Royal Majesty Drolor Bosso Adamtey I.

CMU Opens Centre for Digital Innovation
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), listens as Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Allen (left) explains how the newly launched Road Safety Hub will enhance road safety and traffic management. Also listening (from right) are Director of the Mona GeoInformatics Institute, Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee; and General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown. The Prime Minister officially opened the centre at the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (November 15). Constructed at a cost of $8.2 million, the facility will provide real-time road crash and network data by the Mona Geoinformatics Institute.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), listens as Senior Superintendent of Police, Calvin Allen (left) explains how the newly launched Road Safety Hub will enhance road safety and traffic management. Also listening (from right) are Director of the Mona GeoInformatics Institute, Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee; and General Manager, JN Foundation, Saffrey Brown. The Prime Minister officially opened the centre at the Traffic and Highway Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (November 15). Constructed at a cost of $8.2 million, the facility will provide real-time road crash and network data by the Mona Geoinformatics Institute.

Road Safety HUB Launched

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Jamaica, Maura Barry Boyle, display one of the handheld metal detectors that will be handed over to several secondary schools, during a ceremony at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in New Kingston on November 15.
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More Schools to get Metal Detectors

To improve safety and security in the island’s secondary schools, more institutions will soon be equipped with metal detectors. The schools will be provided with handheld metal detectors as well as walk-through metal-detector scanners. The four schools that will receive walk-through metal detectors are Edith Dalton James, Brown’s Town, Anchovy and Norman Manley High schools. This was disclosed by Minister...
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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn (left); Chief Justice, Zaila McCalla (centre), and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, watch a demonstration of the new video-link technology at a handover ceremony of the equipment along with others, at the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston on November 13.
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DPP Emphasises Importance of Digital Audio Recording in the Courts

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, has hailed the provision of digital audio-recording and video-link technology to more than 71 courts and seven hearing rooms across the island. The DPP said the technology represents “part of the evolutionary process of what happens when the appropriate resources are put into the justice system”. “It means that the justice system operating...
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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left), addresses a ceremony for the handover of digital audio-recording and video-link equipment at the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston on November 13. Others (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer; Chief Justice, Zaila McCalla; Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; and Judge in the Court of Appeal, Hilary Phillips.
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Audio-Recording and Video-Link Equipment for Courts

Digital audio-recording and video-link equipment valued at J$232 million (€1.7 million) were handed over to the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston on Monday (November 13). The equipment, provided under the European Union (EU)-funded Justice, Security, Accountability and Transparency (JSAT) project, will be installed in 71 courtrooms and seven hearing rooms across the island. Installation is almost completed at the Supreme...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, assists students in accessing the Internet at the opening of the Mayfield All-Age School Community Resource Centre in St. Elizabeth on November 1.
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Community Access Points Being Retrofitted With Solar Panels

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says Community Access Points (CAP) across the island are being retrofitted with solar panels in order to make them more energy-efficient. He said the objective is to ensure that the overall operation of these sites “is as cost-effective as possible”. Dr. Wheatley informed that he had commissioned an audit...
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Lands around Hope Gardens to be Developed into a Technology Park

Plans by the government are in the offing to convert lands around Hope Gardens in St. Andrew into a technology park. Minister without Portfolio in the Economic Growth and Job Creation Ministry, Hon. Horace Chang confirmed that by the end of 2018, the first 300,000 square foot of space will be established to employ up to 6,000 individuals. “We know...
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(From left) Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley; and Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley, view a section of the bio digester wastewater treatment system at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover. The system, built by the SRC, was officially handed over on Thursday (October 26).
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Dr. Wheatley Hails SRC Bio Digester Technology

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says the new bio digester system at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, which was built by the Scientific Research Council (SRC), proves that Jamaica can be a producer of technology rather than a mere consumer. “As a Government we are pleased to see we are able to harness...
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Coordinator for Science and Technology Education at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Amanda McKenzie.
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Entries for SRC Performing Arts and Poster Competitions Close November 30

Entry for the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Science and Technology Month Performing Arts and Poster competitions is now open and will close on November 30. Coordinator for the Science and Technology Education Unit at the SRC, Amanda McKenzie, told JIS News that the competitions, which are part of the Science and Technology Month of activities being undertaken by the Council,...
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