The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) is supporting the National Broadband Initiative by offering the use of its utility poles for the running of aerial fibre. “This permission was...

Pieces of legislation under the portfolio of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology are to be amended to provide for increases in monetary penalties and custodial sentences. This follows...

The Ministry of Transport and Mining, through the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), is partnering with small farmers across the country to boost cultivation of the castor oil plant to produce...

Chief Regulator, Government Electrical Regulator (GER), Horace Buckley (second left), addresses a virtual GER public consultation, held recently. Others (from left) are Chair of the Steering Committee, GER Secretariat, Sandra...

A state-of-the-art solar system has been installed at the Malvern Branch Library in St. Elizabeth, which is expected to significantly reduce the library’s monthly electricity bill. Renewable energy investor, BMR...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), displays a cheque valued at $100,000, representing a donation from the Universal Service Fund (USF), to Jamaica Reach to Recovery,...

Come November 1, the Government Electrical Regulator (GER) will be fully established as a department within the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology. The GER, which replaces the Board of...

In a bid to increase the number of qualified professionals, applications for the new Government Electrical Regulator (GER), which will govern the local electrical works industry, will open throughout the...