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State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, the Hon. Julian Robinson.
State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, the Hon. Julian Robinson.

Nations Formalize ‘Seoul Framework’ to Combat Cyber Crimes

By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, October 20, 2013
Jamaica is among 87 countries which have endorsed the newly formulated “Seoul Framework’, which seeks to strengthen global collaboration in efforts to combat cyber-crimes. Consensus on the agreement was reached...
Some members of the Jamaican delegation seen here during the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Energy of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) which held on Friday, (October 25) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. Over 100 attendees, including some 70 delegates, were involved in discussions geared towards the strengthening of the regional integration process and cooperation in energy.

Latin American and Caribbean Face High Energy Costs Despite Large Reserves

By: E. Hartman Reckord, October 18, 2013
Government Senator, Noel Sloley, makes his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate today (Oct. 11).

Businesses Urged to Make Use of Alternative Energy

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, October 12, 2013

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State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre), is assisted by Member of Parliament for West Portland, Mr. Daryl Vaz (right), and Deputy Chairman of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Wesley Saulter (left), to turn on electricity in a section of Fruitful Vale, on October 10.
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Residents of Fruitful Vale Get Electricity

Some 26 households in Fruitful Vale, Portland, now have access to electricity, as a result of a partnership between the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), and Member of  Parliament for West...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, October 12, 2013
State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (2nd left), and Chairman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Christopher Cargill (3rd left), look on while winners of the PCJ’s Website Development Competition, show off features of their winning design. The students, who are part of a five-member team from the University College of the Caribbean are Orane Campbell (right); and Jermaine McDonald (2nd right). Christopher Gayle (left) of the University of the West Indies, who placed second, also looks on.
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UCC Team Wins PCJ Web Design Competition

A five-member team from the University College of the Caribbean (UCC) has copped the top prize of $250,000 in the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s (PCJ) Website Development Competition. The team...
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By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, October 3, 2013