Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology        Your browser does not support script     powered by FreeFind                                           ~~ Weekly Oil Prices ~~ ~~Extension of Deadline for Bids for 4th Cellular Licence~~ ENERGY BOOST COMING FROM RENEWABLES According to Minister of Commerce, Science & Technology, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, some 10 per cent of the Jamaica’s energy needs could come from renewable sources by the year 2010. Minister Paulwell, who was addressing the launch of the publication “Renewable Energies Potential in Jamaica” at the Pegasus Hotel recently, said that the government is committed to more extensive use of renewable energies and has been developing mechanisms toward this goal. He pointed out that to date,...[ more ]        GOODYEAR FACTORY IN ST. THOMAS TO BE CONVERTED INTO CALL CENTRE The old Goodyear tyre factory in White Horses, St. Thomas, is to be converted into a call centre operation, through funding from the charity group, Upliftment Jamaica. Speaking at the organization's annual awards function recently, Commerce, Science & Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, said that a call centre will be established and over time, hundreds of residents of the parish employed, after being trained. He noted...[ more ]        Firestream Media Distribution System Wins top Innovator Award Firestream Media Distribution System (FSMDS) is the recipient of the prestigious Commerce, Science and Technology Minister's award for Innovation in Science and Technology.The system emerged the grand pri