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Jamaican cell phone users to get number portability – Technology Minister
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year. Number portability will allow cellular phone users to carry their numbers across ports when they switch their service providers. Speaking at the official opening of the Farm…
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Premier Romeo briefs EU-OCT meeting on potential of geothermal energy
The Hon. Premier of Montserrat, Donaldson Romeo made a presentation this morning (Friday 27th February 2015) on geothermal energy at the conference of the European Commission and EU Overseas Countries and Territories being held in Tortola British Virgin Islands. Mr Romeo was at the time taking part in a round table event captioned ” Regional Cooperation: Unlocking the Potential of…
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Economic growth of CARICOM region set to improve as harmonised customs bill nears finalisation
A momentous 12 year effort to bring to pass a much-coveted harmonised customs bill for the Caribbean is now in its final stages. The bill is intended to foster economic growth in the region, which will ultimately contribute to the improvement of CARICOM nation economies. CARICOM policy makers are due to finalise the harmonisation of customs laws in two meetings…
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Belize Court of Appeal President visits CCJ
The Honourable Sir Manuel Sosa, President of the Court of Appeal of Belize and former Chief Justice of Belize, visited Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 23-26 February 2015, as a guest of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The visit was as a result of an invitation extended by the President of the CCJ, the Right Honourable Sir Dennis Byron, in order to facilitate…
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CARICOM Agriculture Ministers tour cutting-edge Bahamian agri-project
Llonella Gilbert Bahamas Information Services NORTH ANDROS, The Bahamas — Ministers of Agriculture of the Caribbean Community toured the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute just prior to CARICOM’s opening of the 26th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean in Nassau, February 26-27. The Bahamas Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Government the…
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CARICOM places emphasis on sports tourism, cultural industries
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have decided to place emphasis on developing their cultural and creative industries and sports sectors to boost their economies. The announcement was made at the closing press conference of the two-day 26th Intersessional Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government on Friday afternoon by Chairman of the Community and Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Rt. Hon. Perry Christie. We…
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Developing the Region’s Human and Cultural assets takes spotlight as CARICOM Heads Meet in The Bahamas
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States gather in The Bahamas for their 26th Inter-sessional Meeting, 26-27 February 2015. A major focus of this Meeting will be leveraging the Region’s human, cultural and natural assets to enhance the development of the Community. Key discussion areas also include issues related to Reparations for…
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Address economic challenges to the Region – CARICOM Outgoing Chair
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to jointly and aggressively address the EU policy to end the existing cap on European sugar beet production from the end of next year. He also called for action to avert the potential threat to the Region’s banking sector,…
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Broadband the key to bringing ‘education to all’, says UN Broadband Commission
Paris, 27 February 2015 – Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove the long-sought panacea in the global effort to bring quality, ubiquitous multidisciplinary educational opportunities to people everywhere, especially the world’s poorest or most isolated communities, according to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which held its 11th meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris today. A report…
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