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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre), is greeted by BMR's Project Manager, Daniel Brown (left), during the Minister’s visit to the wind farm project site in Malvern, St. Elizabeth on Friday (November 6). Others (from left) are: Member of Parliament for South East St. Elizabeth, Richard Parchment; BMR's Regional Director, Jamaica, Ava Tomlin; and Mayor of Black River, Everton Fisher.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre), is greeted by BMR's Project Manager, Daniel Brown (left), during the Minister’s visit to the wind farm project site in Malvern, St. Elizabeth on Friday (November 6). Others (from left) are: Member of Parliament for South East St. Elizabeth, Richard Parchment; BMR's Regional Director, Jamaica, Ava Tomlin; and Mayor of Black River, Everton Fisher.

$20 Billion Invested in Renewable Energy Sector

By: Garwin Davis, November 10, 2015
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said Jamaica has attracted an investment of over $20 billion in renewable energy projects, which is creating jobs for thousands...
Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (2nd right, standing), observes as vocational student at the Mandeville Craft Institute (MCI) in Manchester, Natoya Thompson (seated), demonstrates her skills on one of the 14 state-of-the-art computers in the Community Access Point (CAP) located at the MCI, which was established by the Universal Service Fund (USF) at cost of just under $4 million. The facility was officially opened on Friday, November 6. Others looking on (from left) are: MCI Chairman, Orville Tomlin; MCI Data and Administration Instructor, Daneaqua Boothe; Past President, Mandeville Rotary Club, Elroy Ricketts; and Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) executive, Vivien Morris-Brown.

Country’s 235th Computer Access Point Opens in Mandeville

By: Douglas McIntosh, November 10, 2015
Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing Friday’s (November 6) street lighting ceremony for the commissioning of electricity service which has been provided for residents of Lowe Street, Mountain Pass (Banana Ground), Central Manchester, by National Energy Solutions Limited (NESol), an agency of the Ministry, at a cost of $4 million.

Residents of Central Manchester Receive Electricity

By: Douglas McIntosh, November 9, 2015

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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (centre), presents a $300,000 cheque to Sashell McKenzie, while attorney-at-law, Hugh C. Hart, looks on. Scholarships and bursaries valued at $1.3 million were awarded to six tertiary-level students under the Glencore Scholarship Fund for the 2015/16 academic year, at a ceremony held recently at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium in Kingston.
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