Want to Sell Electricity Back to JPS?
Posted by ShopinJA in Science & Technology on March 18th, 2011
THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in consultation with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has developed a contract for persons interested in ‘net billing’ – the sale of electricity generated from renewable energy to the national grid.
Members of the public and organisations are now invited to make comments on a standard offer contract created by the OUR, in conjunction with JPS, for the purchase of energy up to 100kWh.
The contract, which is available at the OUR’s website www.our.org.jm, outlines the terms, conditions and pricing regime for small power providers to sell to the grid operated by JPS.
“In order to utilise net billing, the customer’s generation must be interconnected to the utility grid through a meter that can register the amount of electric energy that is used from the grid as well as that produced and sold to the grid,” explained the OUR in a statement this afternoon.
Deaths, Tsunamis Feared as Massive Quake Hits Japan
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News, International News on March 11th, 2011
The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in at least 100 years unleashed walls of water Friday that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats like toys.
Local media reported at least 32 deaths, with more casualties feared. And the 8.9-magnitude quake, which struck at 2:46 p.m. local time, prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue a tsunami warning for at least 50 countries and territories.
The quake’s epicenter was offshore 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said.
But residents there continued to feel aftershocks hours after the quake. More than 30 aftershocks followed, with the strongest measuring 7.1.
“I wasn’t scared when it started … but it just kept going and going,” said Michelle Roberts, who lives in central Tokyo. “I won’t lie, it was quite scary. But we are all OK. We live on the third floor, so most everything shook and shifted.”
“I wasn’t scared when it started … but it just kept going and going,” said Michelle Roberts, who lives in central Tokyo. “I won’t lie, it was quite scary. But we are all OK. We live on the third floor, so most everything shook and shifted.”
A spokesman for the U.S. military bases in Japan said all service members were accounted for and there were no reports of damage to installations or ships.
President Barack Obama, while offering his condolences, said the United States was standing by to help “in this time of great trial.”
SuperWiFi Broadband Network Completed in Jamaica
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post, Science & Technology on March 4th, 2011
The world’s first SuperWiFi broadband network with nationwide coverage was completed on Tuesday in Jamaica by Dekal Wireless with the rollout of phase 2 coverage, bringing the final portion of the island online.
The network will serve over 1 million residents and provide internet to Jamaicans with limited or no internet access. The first phase of the network in nine towns in Jamaica was launched in July 2010.
The SuperWiFi service is now available in over 30 towns and cities in Jamaica and is a fully integrated network providing roaming ability – one account, access anywhere on the network.
David Lee, CEO of Dekal Wireless said, “We are delighted to have partnered with Altai Technologies, whose team effort in completing the network has been fantastic. We have proved that WiFi does not need to be confined to hotspots and can be deployed as a typical cellular wireless service. Altai’s technology is the world’s finest WiFi network system and we are happy to be a part of this.”
Dekal Wireless is an early adopter of Altai’s SuperWiFi wireless technology. Its SuperWiFi network provides broadband speed between 4 Mbs to 10 Mbs for each user using Altai’s Super WiFi equipment.
National ‘Eat Jamaican’ Campaign Launched
Posted by ShopinJA in Fashion & Lifestyle on March 1st, 2011
MINISTER of Agriculture Christopher Tufton today launched the national ‘Eat Jamaican’ Campaign, aimed at increasing local production and encouraging consumers to make healthy choices by eating local produce.
The campaign was launched this morning at Coronation Market in downtown Kingston with Olympic medallists Asafa Powell, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Melaine Walker, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter all in attendance.
“I really love what the Government is doing with this programme and I really do hope they will continue because this is what is needed (to support local production),” said Walker
The three-month campaign valued at $17.2 million, will entail a series of road shows across Jamaica.
J’cans on Canadian Black History Month Poster
Posted by ShopinJA in Featured Post on February 25th, 2011
TORONTO, Canada — Two Jamaicans are among five persons featured on this year’s official Legacy Poster created annually for Black History Month by Canadian artist Robert Small, which highlights the contributions and achievements of African-Canadians.
Michael Lee-Chin (at top) and Delores Lawrence (to his right). (Photo: JIS)
The two are business persons Michael Lee-Chin and Delores Lawrence. Lee-Chin is the founder of Portland Holdings and chairman of National Commercial Bank (NCB). As a philanthropist, he is best known for his C$30-million donation in 2003 to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto.
He has also donated millions of dollars to the University of Toronto, Northern Caribbean University and his alma mater, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Lawrence is president and CEO of NHI Nursing and Homemakers Inc, a company which provides health care services to patients who need home care. She has been ranked in the top 100 women business owners in Canada for the past seven years by Profit Magazine, and is the recipient of the highest honour given out in the province of Ontario, the Order of Ontario.
This year’s Legacy Poster is dedicated to achievement in the field of business, and the other persons featured on the poster are the creator of the SureShot Dispensing system, Michael Duck; President of Vale and Associates Cassandra Dorrington; and President and Chief Executive Officer of GenieKnows, Barbara Manning, all from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Speaking with JIS News, Small, who began creating the posters 17 years ago, said he never believed it would go for this long and evolved into what it is today.
Jamaican Student Posts Perfect SAT Score
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on February 22nd, 2011
SIXTEEN-year-old student Damien Chang has created local history by becoming the first Jamaican student to earn a perfect 2,400 score in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for college admittance in the United States.
Damien Chang - File Photo
News of Chang’s achievement was posted on the website of his school, Woodberry Forest, yesterday. However, the teen received the news on February 10, the Observer was told.
“Upon learning the news from the College Board, the soft-spoken fifth former was so eager to tell his parents that he ran outside in the snow without bothering to grab shoes or a jacket so he could get reception and make a cell-phone call,” the story posted on the Woodberry Forest School website said.
It added that Chang “has accomplished something that fewer than 400 of the 1.5 million students who took the SAT last year managed to do”.
“My parents were really, really proud of me,” the excited teen said of his first SAT experience, explaining that he studied by taking six practice tests from the College Board’s official test prep book.
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