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Antigua & Barbuda’s Prime Minister declares September as Technology Month in Antigua & Barbuda ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - Antigua and Barbuda is continuing to make significant strides in the development of the Information Communications Technology Sector. With the rapid expansion of the use of computerized and wireless technologies in the twin-island nation, Prime Minister, Hon. Baldwin Spencer has declared September as TECHNOLOGY...Read More... 2nd Caribbean Media Conference & Exposition secures major US Telecom sponsor - INOG KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Telecommunications sector and the Mobile/cell phone will play a major role in the upcoming Caribbean Media Conference and Exposition (CMCE) set for October 10-11th in Kingston Jamaica, under the theme – consumer engagement – the key to media success. Positioned as the Caribbean’s premier media conference...Read More... Golden Krust Foundation honors Jamaicans in New York NEW YORK (JIS) - Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Gordon Shirley and Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan, are among a distinguished group of professionals, who were recently honoured by the New York-based Mavis & Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Foundation, for their work in the fields of education,...Read More... Myth that Bahamian products are not good enough, must be dispelled FREEPORT, Bahamas – The myth that Bahamian products are not good enough must be dispelled for good says Mr. Kerry Fountain, Executive Director for the Ministry of Tourism’s Grand Bahama Island Tourism Office. Mr. Fountain’s comment came as he officially opened a two day Authentic Bahamian Workshop at the Our Lucaya Resort on...Read More... Greater Inter-Agency collaboration benefits agriculture in Caribbean BARBADOS - Regional agricultural sectors stand to benefit from greater inter-agency and inter-island collaboration. This was the overwhelming assertion of Agricultural practitioners attending a recent workshop on the Identification of Mealybug and Scale Insects of Economic Importance to the Eastern Caribbean at the Cave Hill...Read More... Marley family to file suit over Verizon/UMG Deal By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. NEW YORK - Bob Marley's estate is planning to file a lawsuit against the Universal Music Group and Verizon Wireless over a deal announced earlier this week for access to the reggae legend's body of work. According to Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited, the agreement was signed "without the permission...Read More... Ft. Lauderdale shipping company launches new Nassau service from Port Everglades FT. LAUDERDALE - Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is introducing a new service from Broward County’s Port Everglades to Nassau, Bahamas, planned for three weekly sailings. The new MSC Nassau, Bahamas service is targeting increased business from South Florida to the Bahamas with an eye on future trans-shipments through Port Everglades...Read More... How to play the Technology Game in Business MIAMI - The Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce Business Empowerment Networking Series (BENS), will be presenting, Technology: The Game on Tuesday, September 18 from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Jungle Island 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail in Miami. The IBM sponsored luncheon will feature Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League....Read More... National airline essential for Jamaica - Conway KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) - President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Jamaica, Michael Conway, noting the invaluable service being provided by the national airline, said that "if Jamaica did not have a national airline, the situation after Hurricane Dean would have been a lot worse." "We flew more extra sections...Read More... Guyana signs $6.7 Million Millennium Challenge Corporation Grant to support fiscal reforms GUYANA - Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy CEO Rodney Bent and Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday, August 23 officiated at the signing of an MCC Threshold Program agreement between the United States and Guyana. The two-year $6.7 million program focuses on reducing Guyana’s fiscal deficit by improving its ability...Read More...   First Previous

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