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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) and President of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Everett Brown (centre), listen keenly to Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Damion Mitchell (right), as he gives details on how to interact with ‘Bob’ the robot (on table), which was programmed by the institution. Occasion was the opening ceremony of the Global Adventist Internet Network (GAIN) Conference, which was held at the Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (July 4).
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) and President of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Everett Brown (centre), listen keenly to Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Damion Mitchell (right), as he gives details on how to interact with ‘Bob’ the robot (on table), which was programmed by the institution. Occasion was the opening ceremony of the Global Adventist Internet Network (GAIN) Conference, which was held at the Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (July 4).

Data Protection Bill to be Reviewed This Month

By: Serena Grant, July 5, 2019
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, has informed that the Data Protection Bill, which seeks to safeguard the nation’s digital footprint, will be reviewed this month. She...
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams addressing the launch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) Women in Engineering Affinity Group, at the University of Technology’s (UTech) Papine Campus in St. Andrew on July 3.

More Women Encouraged to Pursue STEM Careers

By: Chris Patterson, July 5, 2019
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), uses her WiPay armband to access the platform at the launch of the product at the AC Marriott Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (June 27). Looking on are media personality Terri-Karelle Reid; and Chief Executive Officer, WiPay, Aldwyn Wayne.

Gov’t Moving to Complete Data Protection Bill

By: Ainsworth Morris, July 1, 2019

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Chief Executive Officer of tTech, Christopher Reckord.
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Chief Executive Officer of tTech, Christopher Reckord, has cited e-sport as a lucrative global industry that offers opportunity for investment locally. He noted that the $30-billion industry have seen persons,...
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By: Kadian Brown, June 24, 2019
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), shares in conversation with (from left) Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Professor Hilary Beckles; Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds; and Director of Development, Office of the Vice Chancellor, UWI, St. Augustine, Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy during the DBJ’s 2019 Private Equity and Infrastructure Development Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 12.
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Gov’t Developing Apps to Improve Services

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By: Chris Patterson, June 13, 2019
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 11).
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House Passes ICT Authority Bill

The Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, which seeks to improve the use of technology across Government, was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 11). The Bill,...
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By: Latonya Linton, June 12, 2019