Telecommunications
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49th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Jamaica will host the Forty-ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from 6-8 July in Montego Bay, under the chairmanship of Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica. Prime Minister Holness will assume the six-month chairmanship of the Community on 1 July 2025, succeeding the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley,…
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Technological landscape calls for validation, collaboration, ethical considerations
Careful validation, collaboration, and ethical considerations are pivotal to shaping digital development and confronting the challenges of rapid technological change. CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D), Ms. Jennifer Britton, shared this perspective when she delivered remarks at a technical validation workshop for the regional ICT Sector Gap Analysis Project that was conducted with support from…
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CARICOM reviewing regional telecommunications environment
The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, will lead a review of the telecommunications environment in the Region. Prime Minister Mitchell is Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Science and Technology in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet. The Prime Minister and the Hon. David Burt, Premier of Bermuda, will support the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chair of CARICOM,…
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Digicel Chairman joins CARICOM Reparations Movement
Chairman of Digicel Denis O’Brien offered his support to the regional reparations movement during an engagement last week with the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC). Mr. O’Brien presented a proposal entitled “Repair” that he said could assist in advancing CARICOM’s call for Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery. The Plan seeks to persuade the British and European governments and institutions to…
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Caribbean Women on the Agenda at CANTO 2016
San Juan , 04/08/16 – Wednesday August 3rd and there was no letting up of the pace and exuberance or participation as delegates started day three of the CANTO 32nd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition which is currently taking place at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino from July 31st – August 5th. The day started with a…
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CARICOM and Mexico leaders hold third summit
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Agriculture and disaster risk reduction take centre stage as Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico gather in Merida, Mexico for their Third Summit on Tuesday 29th April. The Summit will be preceded earlier in the day by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers. In 1974 Mexico became the first country…
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GREETINGS FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE Joint Meeting of THE 27TH Executive Council, 16TH General Conference of Ministers, And THE 12TH Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION JAMAICA 3 December 2013
I would like to begin by thanking the CTU – under the leadership of Secretary-General Bernadette Lewis – for the invitation to bring greetings to this Opening Ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar, as part of the CTU “ICT Week”. I would have been pleased to be here in person with you, but this week I am…
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