A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 13 June to Sunday 19 June 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, 13 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Local website providing vacation rental listings and experiences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lively, revealing discussion at JSC on fintech<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, 14 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Digital court recording system in Grand Bahama<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 A new digital court recording system has been installed and is now operational in both the Supreme and Magistrate Courts in Grand Bahama\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promoting positive change through digital access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Youth Inspiring Positive Change JA (YIPCJA) organisation recently benefited from the I Believe Initiative, hosted by the Governor-General\u2019s Programme for Excellence of which the Flow Foundation is a sponsor\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 376 TSTT workers to get new lay-off letters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imbert says ‘no’ to digital cheques for public use<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nationwide disruption caused by TSTT, Digicel interconnection issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Customers of the mobile networks Bmobile and Digicel on Tuesday experienced delays and connectivity problems because of interconnection issues between the networks\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TSTT, CWU reach agreement on retrenchment procedure<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, 15 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Digital event series returns to help empower entrepreneurs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local tech firm partners with Dominica\u2019s Ministry of Health to create National Vaccination Registry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dominica<\/em> \u2013 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\u2019 access to immunization records\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spending a day in metaverse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VM launches PropMan technology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 One Laptop Per Child \u2013 Everybody Gains<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Saint Lucia<\/em> \u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TSTT allows retrenched workers to stay until July 15 as CWU continues to fight restructuring<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, 16 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Techbeach showcase on next week<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 TechBeach, the Caribbean diaspora\u2019s 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 ways digital market research can help your business<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Research and consumer data are one of the key areas in Trinidad and Tobago that businesses from the micro to corporate don\u2019t 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manning: No to crypto mining<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 IN the senate, the Government is not supporting crypto mining in Trinidad and Tobago at this time\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not all digitalisation is bad<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday, 17 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Radio Cayman escapes fire unscorched<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gun violence forces Homestead Primary back online<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From $60 To $50,000 With Digicel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 Mr. Troy Allen from St.Kitts & Nevis emerged as the Grand Prize winner of Digicel\u2019s 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday, 18 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, 19 June 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

C&WJ credit union charting digital future<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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