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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) greets former Police Commissioner and Acting Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Owen Ellington (right) and Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (second right) at the launch of the second staging of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Transformations People Quality Technology Expo (Expo 2.0) and Mensa Distinguished Lecture at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Friday (June 6). Expo 2.0 will be held at the National Arena in Kingston and Montego Bay Community College in St. James on June 19-22.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left) greets former Police Commissioner and Acting Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Owen Ellington (right) and Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake (second right) at the launch of the second staging of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Transformations People Quality Technology Expo (Expo 2.0) and Mensa Distinguished Lecture at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Friday (June 6). Expo 2.0 will be held at the National Arena in Kingston and Montego Bay Community College in St. James on June 19-22.

Dr. Chang Lauds JCF’s Evolution at Transformations Expo 2.0 Launch

By: Vanessa James, June 7, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang on Friday (June 6) lauded the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for its ongoing evolution towards a modern, intellectually...
University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech Ja) President, Dr. Kevin Brown (seated left), Chief Executive Officer of the Amber Group and Special Investment Envoy for Technology, Ambassador Dushyant Savadia (seated centre), and HEART/NSTA Trust Managing Director, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (seated right), affix their signatures to a Memorandum of Understanding, during the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab Signing Ceremony, held at AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston on Friday (June 6). Observing the signing (from left) are Chair of Jamaica’s AI Taskforce, Christopher Reckord; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks; Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon; Dean Faculty of Engineering and Computing at UTech Ja, Professor Sean Thorpe; and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ScoreExl AI, Ashish Pandya. Jamaica’s first AI Lab will be established at UTech Ja by September 1.

First AI Lab to Be Established at UTECH

By: Judana Murphy, June 7, 2025
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks, delivers remarks at the opening of the first European Union (EU), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Digital Alliance High Level Policy Dialogue, on Thursday (June 5). The event will be held at the S Hotel in Kingston from June 5 to 6.

EU and Caribbean Partners Discuss Digital Cooperation

By: Donique Weston, June 5, 2025

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Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Universal Service Fund (USF), Dana DeCordova-Denton, addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank in Kingston.
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