Category: Science + Technology
The UK-based Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network will launch the first ever CaribbWIIN (Caribbean Women Inventors and Innovators Network) Conference and Awards Ceremony in Antigua and Barbuda this spring. On May 18 and 19, CaribbWIIN will ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – The chief executives of major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis in less than 36 hours, when AT&T (T.N) and Verizon (VZ.N) are set to deploy ...
Most schools that will be offering online classes come October 5 already existed prior to the pandemic, but this is not the case for El Shaddai Home Schools, which is strictly virtual and intends to ...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams, has assured representatives of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) that the Ministry is committed to working collaboratively with them as the country moves into utilising ...
A NEW United States regulation prohibits its embassy in Nassau from doing business with local companies that utilise equipment manufactured by certain Chinese manufacturers. On June 30, the US designated two Chinese telecommunications firms as ...
ACTING chief education officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Dr Kasan Troupe says 569 schools will resume full operations when the 2020/21 academic year commences in September. All schools have been closed ...
THE Government is in the process of procuring 100,000 laptops and tablets for the country’s most vulnerable students for use in the upcoming academic year. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information ...
(PRESS RELEASE) — On July 2, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Department of Finance, Esther Rigobert, signed a five-year contract with a British firm, In-Tend Ltd. (www.in-tend.co.uk/) in the amount of USD$110,000 for the provision ...
THE United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade (DIT) is reporting a noticeable increase in Jamaican businesses investing in British cyber security services, with one company providing services to the value of £1.5 million in recent ...
St George’s – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has disclosed that Grenada will soon be reducing taxes on airline tickets as part of measures aimed at encouraging intra-regional travel within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He ...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROPOSAL by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to use School-Based Assessment (SBA) and multiple-choice examination, possibly to be administered online, as its 2020 examination has not found favour with the Jamaica Association ...
The US Virgin Islands Department of Festival’s popular launch of a virtual carnival series is expanding. After the successful debut of the “Home Wuk” virtual carnival series, the USVI is adding more “stay-at-home” opportunities celebrating ...
The Ministry of Education has begun preparing lessons for online delivery, as schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are to remain closed for at least two weeks after the Easter break. Minister of ...
Within days of confirming in early March 2020 that the Cabinet of Grenada has introduced a paperless E-Cabinet system for accessing cabinet documents, members resorted to using virtual technology to conduct the business of government. ...
Cabin fever is setting in for many people as they self-isolate during the covid19 pandemic. In an effort to offset this, the TT Film Festival (TTFF) will be hosting an online screening series called #WatchAMovieOnUs, ...