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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, speaking in the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, yesterday (April 18). Seated (at left) is Member of Parliament for St. James Central, Heroy Clarke.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, speaking in the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, yesterday (April 18). Seated (at left) is Member of Parliament for St. James Central, Heroy Clarke.

Action Must be Taken with Medical Marijuana Industry – Dr. Wheatley

By: Chris Patterson, April 20, 2017
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says decisive action needs to be taken as it relates to the medical marijuana industry, so that the country...
Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (right), listens to a point being made by Senior Lecturer and Science Centre Coordinator at Church Teachers’ College, Tillack Hardeen (left), at the opening of a two-day Caribbean Science Education and Technology Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on April 10. At centre is Project Manager of the Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean (INVOCAB) Project, Tamika Drummond.

SRC Head Says More Practical Approaches Needed to Teach the Sciences

By: Chad Bryan , April 12, 2017
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

Health Ministry Partners With UWI to Establish Mosquito Unit

By: Douglas McIntosh, April 1, 2017

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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (third left), participates in the planting of the Turnera Campaniflora in the Chinese Gardens at the Hope Botanical Gardens, St. Andrew, during the recently held Science in the Gardens event. Others (from left) are Director General at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor the Hon. Errol Morrison; Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley; Superintendent of the Public Gardens Division Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Demoy Nash; Saints Peter and Paul Preparatory School student, Sahai Lewis-Mayne; and Hope Valley Experimental student, Jabilo Needham.
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SRC to Test Plant for Medicinal Properties

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) will be undertaking research on the Turnera Campaniflora plant, which is believed to have medicinal properties. Executive Director of the SRC, Dr. Cliff Riley, told...
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By: Tomeica Gunn, March 10, 2017
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (left), listens as Conrad Brown (right), explains the features of his innovation, at the Science in the Gardens event held at the Hope Botanical Gardens, St. Andrew recently. Mr. Brown was the winner in the Energy category at the 2016 National Innovation Awards. Also looking on are students from St. Jago High School in St. Catherine as well as students from Saints Peter and Paul Preparatory, St. Andrew.
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Science in the Gardens 2017 a Success

More than 2,000 students and teachers from over 70 schools participated in the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Science in the Gardens event held earlier this month at the Hope Botanical...
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By: Tomeica Gunn, February 25, 2017
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SRC Competitions Close November 4

The deadline for the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Science and Technology Month competitions has been extended to November 4, 2016. Coordinator for the Science and Technology Unit at the SRC,...
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By: Tomeica Gunn, November 2, 2016