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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th left), switches on a streetlight to officially commission electricity in the community of Barry, in St. Catherine, on September 17. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Dr. the Rev. Garnet Roper; Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. Kenneth Baugh; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Councillor Keith McCook. The project was carried out by the (REP), at a cost of $14 million.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th left), switches on a streetlight to officially commission electricity in the community of Barry, in St. Catherine, on September 17. Others (from left) are: Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Dr. the Rev. Garnet Roper; Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. Kenneth Baugh; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Councillor Keith McCook. The project was carried out by the (REP), at a cost of $14 million.

Residents of Barry Get Electricity

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 18, 2014
The community of Barry, in St. Catherine, is now benefitting from electricity, following the commissioning of light for the area by Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), and Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), observe as a student of the Haile Selassie High School, unlocks the door of the Caribbean Palm Estate IT resource and skills training centre, in South West St. Andrew, during the official opening on September 17.

IT Resource Centre Opens in Caribbean Palm Estate

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, September 18, 2014
Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), presents 10-year old Grade Six student at Cavaliers All Age School in West Rural St. Andrew, Tianah Polo (2nd right), with a tablet, during Wednesday’s (September 17) formal roll-out of the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools Pilot Project, at the institution. Sharing the occasion is Tianah’s mother, Simone James (right); and West Rural St. Andrew Member of Parliament, Paul Buchanan.

Students of Cavaliers All-Age Receive Tablet Computers

By: Douglas McIntosh, September 18, 2014

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Brittannie Lee (right), who successfully sat the 2014 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), receives her $10,000 award from Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, at a ceremony held today (August 27), at the Ministry in Kingston. Bursaries worth $10,000 each were presented to 12 children of Ministry staff, who gained significant achievements in this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), and CAPE. Permanent Secretary, Hillary Alexander (centre) also participated in the ceremony.
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Outstanding Students Awarded By Science Ministry

Twelve students who successfully sat the 2014 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), were on August 27, rewarded...
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By: Alphea Saunders, August 27, 2014