PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier Michael Misick, who is currently facing a number of corruption related charges, has apparently decided to re-engage in local politics.
Residences in St. Kitts would soon be fitted with Smart Meters.
The St. Kitts Electrical Company (SKELEC) said the new metering project begins next month and all residential meters should be replaced in 2017.
Implement of the new metering project is designed to help consumers to better manage their electrical consumption. Prior to implementation, the utility will pilot the on-stream smart meters on several affordable homes now being constructed in several areas on the island.
The Caribbean’s lead spokesman on HIV/AIDS, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has outlined elements which could form the roadmap for post 2015 development agenda and removing the barriers in policies, laws, values and behaviour that are spoilers in the march toward social justice.
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has launched their Market Intelligence Training Workshop road show across CARIFORUM working in partnership with national Business Support Organisations (BSOs) to build capacity for export within the regions private sector.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - It was labelled a “John Doe” summons and it sought information about American taxpayers with offshore accounts at CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) and across the rest of the Caribbean.
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, APRIL 10TH 2014 (CUOPM) – Former President and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, A.N.R. Robinson was not only committed and determined but also possessed great personal courage.
International Day of Girls in ICT is observed to help inspire girls to consider a future in technology.
Guyana’s observance of Girls in ICT Day 2013 was centred around a symposium and mini job fair which was hosted at the Guyana International Conference Centre on Thursday.
Over 300 female secondary school students were in attendance at the event to listen to mostly female ICT professionals speak about their experiences and expectations working in the ICT sector.
– as NFMU hosts Tech Day Camp
International Girls in ICT Day is an initiative backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member states to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anti-gay laws and cultural attitudes are preventing the most vulnerable people accessing HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes in parts of the Caribbean, UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has said.
With adult HIV prevalence at about one percent of the population, the Caribbean has the second highest infection rate of HIV/AIDS in the world after sub-Saharan Africa, according to UNAIDS. An estimated 250,000 people, including children, are infected with the virus in the Caribbean.
Following the Caribbean Community’s recent agreement to set up national committees on reparations for slavery, Dominica has announced the formation of its own national committee.
The purpose of the national committees is to “establish the moral, ethical and legal case for the payment of reparations by the former colonial European countries, to the native and people of the Caribbean Community, for native genocide, the transatlantic slave trade and a racialized system of chattel slavery,” according to the government.