2010 February 15
ALL TOGETHER SMILE: To commemorate a special moment President of the G2K Delano Seiveright (left) and Energy and Mining Minister Honourable James Robertson (centre) share lens time with teacher at the Airy Castle Primary School and Spelling Bee Coach Ms. Sylvia Stanley (2nd left),3rd place winner at the Jamaica Gleaner Spelling Bee Competition and St. Thomas Parish Champion Hanif Brwon Jnr. (2nd right) and Mayor of Morant Bay and Hanif’s father Mr. Hanif Brown Snr. (right). Minister Robertson organized a special celebratory exercise at his offices for Hanif on February 9, 2010 to commemorate his recent success at the Spelling Bee Competition.
2010 January 19
Electricity stakeholders discuss policy to move the sector forward Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mining Mrs. Hillary Alexander (second left) makes a point during the Power Sector Strategy and Policy Workshop on January 19, 2010 at the Ministry’s Trafalgar Road office. Participating in the discussion are (left to right): Chief Engineer at the Rural Electrification Programmme (REP) Mr. Samuel Marshall, Senior Director of Energy within the Ministry Mr. Conroy Watson and Project Manager for Electricity Generation at the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Mr. Peter Johnson. The meeting brought together a number of industry stakeholders including the Jamaica Public Service Company, Rural Electrification Programme (REP), Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and personnel from the Ministry to discuss plans, ideas and strategies that are geared towards moving the sector forward.
2009 December 10
Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Constant Spring Hydroelectric Power Plant located in Long Lane, St. Andrew on December 9. Looking on (from left) are: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), Damian Obligio; Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the National Water Commission, Russell Hadeed; and Chairman of the JPS, Tomofumi Fukuda.
2009 December
7
How It All Works: President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Damian
Obiglio (2nd right) demonstrates the virtual
distribution and transmission of electricity to Energy
and Mining Minister Hon. James Robertson. Looking
on and sharing in the moment are (from left to right):
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of energy and Mining
Mrs. Hillary Alexander, Director of Systems Planning and
Control at JPS Dwight Dacosta and Senior Advisor and
Consultant to the Minister Dr. Audley Darmand. The team
was on a tour of the JPS Washington Boulevard facility
on December 4, 2009.
2009 December 1
Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining,
Hon. Laurence Broderick (left), presents Field
Administrator at West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO),
Kirkvine Works, Carolyn Neil, with the Minister's Cup
for the best safety practice among large
quarrying/mining operations. Ms. Neil accepted the award
on WINDALCO's behalf, during the National Minerals
Industry Safety Awards banquet, held recently at the
Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston.
2009
November 24
Minister State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick (standing left) and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton (standing right), look on as (from left): Chairman, Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners, Mr. Larry Holley; Director, Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Mr. Parris A. Lyew-Ayee; Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Karen Hilliard and Project Manager, USAID Jamaica Farmers Access to Regional Markets project, Mr. Wes Moses sign an agreement for the Greenhouse Technology Incubator Project, in St. Ann, which was launched at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute on November 23, 2009.
2009
November 9
Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson
(centre), is assisted by Senior Geologist at the Mines
and Geology Division, Mrs. Ennika James-Holness, as he
examines an item on display at the Mines and Geology
Division's 150th anniversary Open Day, held at Hope
Gardens, today (November 5). At right is Commissioner of
Mines, Mr. Clinton Thompson, who chaired the event.
2009
November 5
Energy and Mining Minister James Robertson (left) has a
few words of encouragement for Assistant Terminal
Supervisor Howard James (right) as he toured the
Petrojam Terminal in Montego Bay on November 4, 2009.
The toured occurred days after Petrojam’s full roll out
of E10 87 and E10 90 octane gasoline and was designed to
ascertain the state of the terminal and the response to
the introduction and other logistic issues.
During his tour, the Minister commended the Petrojam
team for the extraordinary work they did in preparing
the Montego Bay Terminal for the E10 roll out.
2009 October 27
Energy and Mining Minister Hon. James Robertson (left)
greets Former Commissioner of the Department of
Environmental Conservation of New York State and CEO of
Pataki-Cahill Group John Cahill (right) at the Caribbean
Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel
in Montego Bay on October 15 and 16, 2009.
The objectives of the forum were to explore and
encourage energy conservation strategies in the region,
facilitate long-term local and international investment
in regional sustainable energy projects and assess the
relative viability of natural gas, wind, solar, biomass,
geothermal, waste-to-energy, and hydro across the
region.
2009 October 7
Minister of Energy and Mining Hon. James Robertson
(centre) makes a presentation on the developments in the
Energy and Mining sectors at a recent Town Hall meeting
in May Pen, Clarendon. Listening intently are (from left
to right): Minister of Transport and Works Hon. Michael
Henry, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Bruce Golding,
North Western Clarendon Member of Parliament Hon.
Michael Stern and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton.
The Town Hall meetings are held at strategic locations
within all parishes and allow citizens to interact with
the Prime Minister and other Government Ministers to
discuss issues affecting them.
2009 September 28
Minister of Energy Tours Montego Bay fuel facilities
Energy and Mining Minister Hon. James Robertson (centre)
receives an updatefrom Manager of Roy Adams (right) on
the readiness of Jamaica Petroleum Terminal (JPT) ) for
the island wide roll out of E10. Also in photo are (from
left to right): Logistics and Marketing Manager of
Petrojam Michael Hewitt (partially hidden), Regional
Director of the Office of the Prime Minister (Montego
Bay) Noel Donaldson and General Manager of Petrojam
Limited Winston Watson.
On September 18, 2009 The Minister and his team toured
JPT and the Petrojam Terminal in Montego Bay to
ascertain the readiness of both facilities ahead of the
November 1 islandwide roll out of E10.
2009 September
Minister Robertson meets with NCB to discuss merger of the Yallahs Agency
Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. James Robertson discusses the merger of the Yallahs Agency of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) into its parent branch at Morant Bay. Participating in the discussion with the Minister are from left: National Commercial Bank Morant Bay Branch Manager, Lloyd Ricahrdson and NCB Regional Manager, Loren Edwards.
The merger of the NCB Yallahs Agency with the Morant Bay branch will take effect on October 16, 2009.
2009 September 10
Minister of Energy and Mining James
Robertson (centre) makes a point during a press
conference that was held at the Ministry on September
10, 2009. Listening keenly to Minister Robertson (from
left to right) are: Managing Director of the Jamaica
Bauxite Mining/Bauxite and Alumina Trading Company (JBM/BATCO)
Coy Roach, Executive Director of the Jamaica Institute (JBI)
Parris Lyew-Ayee, Chairman of the Jamaica Bauxite
Mining/Bauxite Alumina Trading Company (JBM/BATCO)
Howard Mitchell and Commissioner of Mines at the Mines
and Geology Division (MGD) Clinton Thompson.
The press conference was held to discuss various issues
in the energy sector and to outline plans for energy
security .
2009 September 7
Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson (Left) discusses the plans for St. Ann Bauxite Limited with President of St. Ann Bauxite Limited, Larry Holley and Chief Operating Officer for Norand Alumina Holding Limited, Kyle Lorentzen
2009 August 21
Ministry hosts work session to explore model for energy analysisSenior Programme Manager from the International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC) Vladimir Urezchenko (centre) makes a point during the Model for the Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED) working session at the offices of the Ministry of Energy and Mining on September 1, 2009. Participants in the work session include: Acting Director of Energy Economics in the Ministry Douet Stennett (left) and Senior Economist Omar Alcock (right). This session was held to determine how well the MAED model will work when data from the Jamaican energy context including our consumption patterns is applied. The MAED work session runs until Friday, September 4, 2009 and is a follow up of the Model for the Analysis of Energy Demand workshop that was held in May 2009.
2009 July 27
Minister of Energy and Mining James Robertson (right) greets Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Dr. Ruth Potopsingh (left) at the PCJ International Energy Seminar held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on July 22, 2009. Looking on is Chairman of the Regional Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARPEL) Milton Costa Filho.The seminar was a collaborative effort between the PCJ and ARPEL and various issues relating to climate change and sustainability, investment challenges, energy efficiency programmes and biofuels programmes were discussed.
2009 July
17
Minister of Energy and Mining James Robertson (2nd left) signs a contract to carry out a feasibility study on the introduction of solar energy in 34 public schools across the island. Also participating in the signing are (from left to right): Operations Manager, CALA Telecom Limited David Rodriguez, Education Minister Andrew Holiness and Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica Jesus Silva.
2009 July 10
The ceremony was held recently at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston and showcased various projects and inventions created by students in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, protection of wildlife and endangered species and environmental preservation.
2009 June 12
Minister of Energy and Mining James Robertson (right) shares a light moment with (from right to left) Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonzalves and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer at the 6th PetroCaribe Summit in St. Kitts and Nevis on June 12, 2009.
2009 June 10
Minister of Energy and Mining James Robertson (left) presents a bag of Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee as a token of appreciation to Colonel William Walker (right) of the United States Army while Principal of the Bull Bay All Age School Mrs. Gloria Malcolm-Foster (centre) looks on.Colonel Walker and a team of United States Army Officers recently completed renovations to the Bull Bay All Age School in Western St. Thomas, the Constituency of Minister Robertson. The project lasted for two weeks and was a part of the US Army South Mission in the Caribbean.
2009 May 26
MINISTER MEETS CHINESE AMBASSADORMinister of Energy and Mining James Robertson (right) listens attentively to Chinese Ambassador Chen Jing Hua (left) who paid a courtesy call on the Minister on May 15, 2009. This was the first meeting between the Chinese Ambassador and Minister Robertson in his capacity as Minister of Energy and Mining.
2009 May 12
Senior Director of Energy in the Ministry of Energy and
Mining Conroy Watson (2nd left) is engaged in an
animated discussion at the end of a segment of the Model
for the Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED) Workshop held
at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston on May 11, 2009.
Sharing in the moment are (from left to right) Energy
Planner/Economist from the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Anjana Das, National Energy Information
System (SIEN)Professional from the Latin American Energy
Organization (OLADE) Paola Carrera and Senior Programme
Manager from the International Science and Technology
Centre (ISTC) Vladimir Urezchenko.
The workshop signaled the start of a two week training
programme for professionals in the energy and research
sectors on the MAED.
The workshop also showcased various IAEA analytical
tools for energy development that can be used to
ascertain energy consumption patterns over a given
timeframe and make projections for the future energy
situation.