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ICT sector fundamental to CARICOM’s growth, development – SG tells CTU conference
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday underscored the critical role that the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has to play in the integration architecture. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the CTU’s 25th anniversary conference and ICT week at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary-General pointed out that ICT was a “crucial element…
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St Vincent PM wants new legislation to strengthen ICT sector
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – A three-day workshop examining technology and telecommunications issues in the Eastern Caribbean began in St Vincent on Monday with Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves underscoring the need to enact legislation to develop the sector in the sub-region. Gonsalves told delegates from Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and the host country, St Vincent…
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Paulwell Reaffirms Number Portability By May 31, 2015
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, has reiterated Government’s commitment to implement number portability in Jamaica by May 31, next year. “We have now gazetted all the rules dealing with number portability and I have mandated the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and all the providers that come May 31, 2015, we will have full portability,” Minister…
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New focus on open-source software for SMEs
Free and open software services has the potential to radically alter the use of proprietary software such as Microsoft products into which regional governments are locked into partnership agreements and which cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually. This, according to Gary Campbell, the director of technology in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and doctoral student at the…
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Jamaica sets up Internet Exchange Point for Freer, Faster Access
KINGSTON, Jamaica November 14, 2014 – The Jamaican Government has established an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) which will reduce the cost of internet use to Jamaicans while having faster access. Minister of Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell told the National Medal for Science, Technology and Innovation Awards ceremony on Wednesday, that the IXP, hosted at eGOV Jamaica Limited, will further…
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CARICOM Governments to increase quality information on the Single Market to CARICOM nationals
CARICOM nationals in six Members States are to benefit from a greater flow of tailored information on the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). This is under a new project that aims to connect nationals with the information they need to work, travel and do business in participating CARICOM countries. Over the next five months, the groundwork for greater information flows and…
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Remarks By Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign And Community Relations at The Opening Of The Thirty-Ninth Meeting Of The Standing Committee Of Caribbean Statisticians (27 -29 October 2014)
It is an honour for me to welcome you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to this week of meetings devoted to Statistics. Today’s Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) and Thursday’s Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) will no doubt be the high points of your annual gathering.…
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CARICOM, Turkey to strengthen trade links
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Turkey will continue to strengthen their relations with the accreditation of Ambassador Sulé Oztunç, as new Plenipotentiary Representative of Turkey to the Community. In accepting her credentials on Tuesday, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said the occasion signaled Turkey’s growing commitment to ensure “the immense potential” of its relationship…
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Young Jamaican team wins AgriHack Talent Caribbean contest at 13th Caribbean Week of Agriculture
And the winner is… Node420, from Jamaica. The team’s ICT application, also called Node420, offers real-time weather analysis and automatic yield forecasts for farmers. The AgriHack Talent Caribbean contest, organised by CTA and partners, came to a close during the 13th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, held this week in Paramaribo, Suriname. The winning teams designed agricultural apps that can forecast…
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PAHO to launch mobile app to measure cardiovascular risk
WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will on Monday launch a new app for mobile devices and computers that calculates the risk of cardiovascular disease among Caribbean nationals. The launch will take place in recognition of World Heart Day, celebrated yearly on September 29. The app is based on a World Health Organization (WHO)…
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