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JAMAICA | Jamaica must transform approach to technology to compete in the Industrial revolution

KINGSTON, July 27, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica must fundamentally transform its approach to technology…

July 27, 2020
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PNP spokesman on technology, Julian Robinson

JAMAICA | PNP wants gov't to remove taxes on tablets, computer devices

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June 24, 2020: Shadow Minister of Technology, Mr. Julian Robinson, M.P., is calling on the Andrew…

July 26, 2020
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Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell.

CARICOM | Short-Term Digital Transformation Plan to be Ready by July Month-End

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – June 30, 2020 - A short-term plan to fast-track responses to…

June 30, 2020
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COVID-19 | Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a Good Idea?

THE WIRE - In 2011, two scientists at Cambridge University in the UK devised a clever way to…

March 16, 2020
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Huawei and 5G: UK had little choice but say yes to Chinese – here’s why

The UK’s decision not to ban China’s Huawei from being a supplier for its next-generation mobile network has…

January 31, 2020
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CEO of Digicel Guyana, Gregory Dean says Guyanese are sick of being left behind and missing out on the opportunities that come with a digital economy.

GUYANA | Digicel slams gov’t for “dark ages” telecoms sector, as GTT celebrates 29 years

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2020 - A day after the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, boasted of…

January 31, 2020
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Converting aging paper documents to digital archives can be a painstaking effort.

Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, preserving centuries of records about enslaved people

Paper documents are still priceless records of the past, even in a digital world. Primary sources stored in…

January 9, 2020
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Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter (right), converses with (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Yvette Gilbert-Roberts; Commercial Manager, DHL Express, Michelle Andrew; Senior Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Scotiabank, Perrin Gayle; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh, at the official launch of the agency’s online adult passport renewal application system, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on December 11 | Andrew Wynter photo

JAMAICA | Adult Citizens Can Now Renew Passports Online

KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - Jamaica's Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says its online passport renewal application…

December 13, 2019
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), using the new mobile app from the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) on his phone to compare prices of products in John R. Wong Supermarket in New Kingston, at the launch, on Wednesday (December 11). Observing (from left) are Directors of the CAC, Vernon Derby and Daenia Ashpole, and Chief Executive Officer, CAC, Dolsie Allen | Donald De la Haye Photo

JAMAICA | Consumer Affairs Commission Launches Mobile App

KINGSTON, December 12, 2019 - The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has launched a new mobile app, called the…

December 13, 2019
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TikTok has been growing more popular among North American teenagers in paralel to the growing tensions between Washington and Beijing. | Photo: Reuters

US Launches A National Security Investigation Into TikTok

After two years from the $1 billion transaction of Musical.ly to Beijing ByteDance Technology Co, U.S. lawmakers have…

November 2, 2019
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Twitter to ban political advertising as of November

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that starting in November, the United States-based social…

October 31, 2019
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