A roundup of ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region during the period Monday 11 March to Sunday 17 March 2013.<\/i><\/p>\n
Puerto Rico <\/i>\u2013 In keeping with its commitment to promote the development of Puerto Rico\u2019s video game industry, Microsoft is accepting registration for its Imagine Cup 2013 competition in technology and most prestigious student design worldwide\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 The recent Bahamas bank breach is only the latest to hit the Caribbean. Regional technology writer Michele Marius of ict-pulse.com curated the following list of Caribbean cyber crime stories from 2012 to 2013\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 The Caribbean is not the only region being hit by cybercriminals. Cyber attacks are big business. Norton’s annual cybercrime report<\/a> put the global cost of cybercrime in 2012 at $110 billion\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Guyanese can now transfer funds and pay some bills whether they are in the remote hinterland corners of the country or the densely populated coastland through their cellular phone on the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Holy Trinity High School is on the way to improved academic results, with the assistance of technology, and teachers being able to \u201cwalk\u201d with laptop computers for use in classes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional <\/i>\u2013 The Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) is a relatively new technology in the region which allows fishers to capture more fish with less effort, but in order to reduce the risk of overfishing, sound monitoring and management measures must be put in place\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Trinidad & Tobago <\/i>\u2013 TTconnect Express services are coming to Tobago within the next two to three months, Chief Secretary Orville London disclosed after a meeting with Minister of Science and Technology Dr Rupert Griffith on Monday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/a>Haiti finds solutions to cash transfer payments using Western Union tools<\/h4>\nHaiti <\/i>\u2013 The government of Haiti announced today that it will use certain Western Union tools that will allow thousands of Haitian mothers, university students, the handicapped, and elderly to more easily access government cash payments at more than 600 locations throughout the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Local publishers aren’t shying away from the transition to digital\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam) has signed a two-year contract with United Kingdom publisher Nelson Thornes for the lease of an e-textbook used in preparation for the Caribbean Secondary Education (CSEC) Geography examinations\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Start-up telecommunications company, Noble Wi-Fi, plans to provide wireless Internet access to the north coast\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 A two-man Jamaican delegation, led by National Security Minister Peter Bunting, is now in the United States trying to get a voice in today’s congressional hearing on the lottery scam\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
St. Maarten <\/i>\u2013 One of the goals of the Government of Sint Maarten is to introduce the concept of E\u2013Government\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says the Government is looking at ways to prevent any possible fall-out that lottery scamming may cause in the telemarketing industry\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 This week, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held an important hearing on the recent scourge of phone fraud schemes, which target U.S. seniors\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Jamaican Government has dismissed claims the country is being unfairly targeted as a haven for lottery\u00a0scammers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/a>C@ribNET\u2014 linking the Caribbean through partnerships in research and education<\/h4>\nRegional<\/i> \u2013 Last month\u2019s historic launch of C@ribNET has opened the door for a more modern approach to tertiary education here at home and across the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 \u201cWe\u2019ve been hacked!\u201d \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Regional<\/i> \u2013 Cyber crime has cast an unwelcome shadow over a region long thought to be a sunny paradise. Islands of the Caribbean Sea, renowned for secluded bays and sandy beaches, seem to be harbouring a new breed of digital pirates\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is forecasting a 40 percent “uplift” in data traffic this year after registering an 81 percent explosion in smartphone usage for 2012\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on Friday announced that it was deploying a new billing and customer management system\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 The highly anticipated debate in the Senate on the anti-lottery scam legislation has been delayed until next week Thursday. \u2028It was expected that the bill known as the Law Reform Fraudulent Transactions Special Provisions Act, would have been debated and possibly passed in the Senate on Friday afternoon\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/a>Jamaica way ahead in fight against lotto scam, says US official<\/h4>\nJamaica <\/i>\u2013 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations chief, Vance Callender said Jamaica was way ahead of the United States authorities in addressing the problem of the \u201c876 scam phone fraud\u201d, which targets seniors in the United States\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 TelephoneJamaica.com announces a multiple bonus offer for all recharges to Digicel mobiles in Jamaica. The promotion is available on TelephoneJamaica.com starting March 12th, 2013 and is valid until March 31st\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for fraudsters behind a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that has swindled mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings for years\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says Government has identified the critical need to build proficiency in science and mathematics to transform the economy and create a more sustainable future\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 United States Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater has expressed optimism that the island is on the cusp of realising “some good successes” in the fight against the lottery scam\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Media practitioners and media owners on Saturday heaped scorn on government\u2019s allocation of radio and television licenses to itself and close associates of the ruling Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), saying that the move smothers freedom of expression and leaves little space for other Guyanese and Caricom nationals\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica <\/i>\u2013 The Broadcasting Commission is reminding Jamaicans that they can be imprisoned for hacking data from computers and telephone\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Bahamas <\/i>\u2013 Simplifying government business through offering online payment services would enhance the ease of doing business in The Bahamas\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Barbados<\/i> \u2013 The protection of Caribbean Public and Private Information and Communication Infrastructures is one of the most serious economic and security challenges facing our entire region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 The Guyana Press Association is disturbed over what appears to be the unfair distribution of Frequencies weighed in favour of the Governing party\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Guyana <\/i>\u2013 Revelations that former President Bharrat Jagdeo farmed out radio and television licences to his friends and others close to the government just before the last elections have sparked widespread concerns and a statement of defiance from privately-owned media houses\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
Jamaica<\/i> \u2013 The following is an edited excerpt of the transcript from the March 13, 2013 statement by American citizen Kim Nichols before the US Congressional Special Committee on Aging\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n
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