Residents of Jacklow Village in the Lower Pomeroon will have Internet access in and around their community before the end of September 2019, a release from the Ministry of Public Telecommunications said yesterday.
The primary school will be connected and residents will be able to access e-Government services for the first time via satellite, the release added.
This was promised to them by of Public Telecommunications Minister, Catherine Hughes, during a community meeting at the Jacklow Primary School on July 28. According to the schedule compiled by the National Data Management Authority’s eGovernment Unit, the satellite dish that was installed recently in Jacklow will go live in August. Hughes gave a commitment that soon thereafter, she would return to deliver computer tablets for students to use, the release said.
