Year: 2016
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Belize’s internet providers make history
All Internet providers in Belize have come together to form a non-profit company called the Belize Internet Exchange Point (BIXP) in order to vastly improve internet based services in the country. BIXP was launched on Wednesday, April 16, making Belize the only country in the Caribbean in which all Internet providers are connecting at the same exchange point. An Internet…
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Caribbean Energy Security Summit Joint Statement
The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, together with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Caribbean Development Bank, European Union, Inter-American Development Bank…
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Caribbean energy sector to get transformation support
The just ended Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington gave a commitment to support the Caribbean’s transformation of the energy systems. The Caribbean Energy Security Summit in session: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley at the Head Table for CARICOM. CARICOM SG Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, across the table from US Vice President Joe Biden, makes a point.…
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Hammond expresses continued support from United Kingdom to Caribbean region
While on island last week to participate in the Ninth United Kingdom (UK) – Caribbean Forum held at the Grand Lucayan Resort, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK, the Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond expressed the UK’s continued commitment to the development of the Caribbean region. During the opening ceremony of the biennial forum…
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Suriname school library workers, daughters celebrate Girls in ICT Day
Suriname school library workers and their daughters engaged in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) activities last Thursday to mark Girls in ICT Day. The programme at the Telesur Training Centre included presentations, interactive sessions and ICT-related games under the national theme ‘Expanding Horizons for Mom and Me’. Girls in ICT Day is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union, of which Suriname…
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US identifies priority areas to help Caribbean economies grow
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, has identified what he regarded as three priority areas in which the Obama administration would like the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean to grow and thrive. Addressing the Council of the Americas’ 46th Annual Washington Conference of the Americas/US-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit Reception Tuesday night, Kerry…
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Ninth UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum “Building a Stronger Partnership for Sustainable Growth and Development”
The Ninth UK Caribbean Ministerial Forum was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas, on 29-30 April 2016. The Governments of the United Kingdom and the Caribbean reaffirmed their commitment to the Forum as an important vehicle for co-operation, reflecting the special relationship that exists between the United Kingdom, the Caribbean states and the British Overseas Territories. Since the Eighth…
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OECS to focus on geothermal energy at St. Kitts and Nevis forum
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)Commission are partnering with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to jointly host a Regional Geothermal Forum under the theme: ‘Opportunities and Synergies for Collaboration’. The three day forum will be held in Basseterre from May 10-12 2016. Geothermal energy through scientific evidence, has emerged as a priority within the…
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‘Become the next big thing’ – Min. Nicolette Henry challenges girls
Girls and women across the Region have been challenged to become the next “big thing” in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The challenge was thrown out last week by Minister in the Ministry of Education, Guyana, the Hon. Nicolette Henry as she addressed a forum on Girls in ICT in Georgetown, Guyana. The event at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre…
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Several CARICOM Heads and Ministers of Government are in Washington for the US-Caribbean-Central American Energy Summit hosted by US Vice-President Joe Biden.
The May 3 and 4 Summit will build on the work of the Caribbean Energy Security Summit that the Vice President hosted in January 2015, and launch the results of the energy task force for the Caribbean and Central America announced by President Obama during his meeting with CARICOM Heads of Government in Jamaica last April. The Summit will also…
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