A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 13 June to Sunday 19 June 2022.
Monday, 13 June 2022
Local website providing vacation rental listings and experiences
Bahamas – Bahamas BNBs, a new online rental marketplace providing vacation rental properties and experiences on all of the islands of The Bahamas, is in its first phase of development and features lower fees than competing sites to rent and for homeowners to list, its owner Iain Rodgers said recently… more
Lively, revealing discussion at JSC on fintech
Trinidad and Tobago – At the 11th meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Finance and Legal Affairs held on May 27, the lines were drawn rather boldly in the sand… more
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Digital court recording system in Grand Bahama
Bahamas – A new digital court recording system has been installed and is now operational in both the Supreme and Magistrate Courts in Grand Bahama… more
Promoting positive change through digital access
Jamaica – The Youth Inspiring Positive Change JA (YIPCJA) organisation recently benefited from the I Believe Initiative, hosted by the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence of which the Flow Foundation is a sponsor… more
376 TSTT workers to get new lay-off letters
Trinidad and Tobago – TELECOMMUNICATIONS Services of T&T (TSTT) is expected to re-issue retrenchment notices to the 376 unionised workers by Friday giving them 45-day notices which will end July 15… more
Imbert says ‘no’ to digital cheques for public use
Trinidad and Tobago – FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert on Monday flatly rejected the idea of letting members of the public issue digital cheques, saying such a process would allow too many possibilities for fraud… more
Nationwide disruption caused by TSTT, Digicel interconnection issues
Trinidad and Tobago – Customers of the mobile networks Bmobile and Digicel on Tuesday experienced delays and connectivity problems because of interconnection issues between the networks… more
TSTT, CWU reach agreement on retrenchment procedure
Trinidad and Tobago – Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT) and its recognised majority union, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have come to an agreement that will see the organisation continue with its restructuring exercise without delay… more
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Digital event series returns to help empower entrepreneurs
Barbados – Leading telecoms provider Flow Business is encouraging Caribbean entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level by participating in its next event series targeted at small businesses, with $15,000 USD in cash and prizes up for grabs… more
Local tech firm partners with Dominica’s Ministry of Health to create National Vaccination Registry
Dominica – Dominican tech firm, Open Solutions for Health (OS4H), has developed and implemented a digitised National Electronic Immunization Registry in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Wellness and New Health Investment to improve data management and increase citizens’ access to immunization records… more
Spending a day in metaverse
Jamaica – Hello, Jamaica. at the JTDA our vision is to enable people and businesses by providing access, influence, and empowerment through technology. We decided to experiment with new technologies, and last month decided to test out a possible future way of work in the metaverse… more
VM launches PropMan technology
Jamaica – Property and community management tool PropMan was yesterday launched by VM Property Services Limited. The innovative full-service digital property management platform was designed to make it easy for property owners to manage their homes and investments… more
One Laptop Per Child – Everybody Gains
Saint Lucia – Scores of secondary school students and their parents were all smiles on Thursday, 10th, June 2022, during the presentation of laptop computers by the Government of Saint Lucia… more
TSTT allows retrenched workers to stay until July 15 as CWU continues to fight restructuring
Trinidad and Tobago – THE Communications Workers Union (CWU) has denied that it has made any agreement with the Telecommunications Services of TT Ltd (TSTT) that would pave the way for the restructuring process and retrenchment of over 400 workers to proceed without disruptions… more
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Techbeach showcase on next week
Caribbean – TechBeach, the Caribbean diaspora’s leading tech entrepreneurial ecosystem and startup accelerator, has announced that it will be hosting its TBR LAB Startup Demo Day on Wednesday, June 22, 2022… more
5 ways digital market research can help your business
Trinidad and Tobago – Research and consumer data are one of the key areas in Trinidad and Tobago that businesses from the micro to corporate don’t take advantage of. For the most part, the larger entities are still doing age-old practices like focus groups to get a sample size of data and then making broad-stroke assumptions about their target audiences… more
Manning: No to crypto mining
Trinidad and Tobago – IN the senate, the Government is not supporting crypto mining in Trinidad and Tobago at this time… more
Not all digitalisation is bad
Trinidad and Tobago – The Government this week clarified its position on various forms of digital money transactions, including the use of digital cheques and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin… more
Friday, 17 June 2022
Radio Cayman escapes fire unscorched
Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) was called to a structure fire at the Radio Cayman building in George Town at about 10:30 Thursday morning… more
Gun violence forces Homestead Primary back online
Jamaica – Three months after relieved students of the Homestead Primary and Infant School were allowed to resume face-to-face classes after COVID-19 restrictions forced them online, they were yet again relegated to the virtual set-up as a recent flare-up of violence near the Spanish Town-based institution threatened their safety… more
From $60 To $50,000 With Digicel
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Mr. Troy Allen from St.Kitts & Nevis emerged as the Grand Prize winner of Digicel’s Regional Prime Plus 50k jackpot. Mr. Allen, a resident from the community of Half Way Tree attained his success by simply activating a 14-Day Prime Plus Bundle… more
Saturday, 18 June 2022
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Sunday, 19 June 2022
C&WJ credit union charting digital future
Jamaica – Community & Workers of Jamaica Cooperative Credit Union, C&WJCCU, is looking towards a digital future and is already transforming some services. At the same time, CEO Joyce West-Johnson is vowing not to close any of the 21 branches… more
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