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Grenada unveils first mobile app

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ST. GEORGES, Grenada, Thursday, April 26, 2012 – Grenada has launched its first ever locally produced software showcasing Grenada culture.

The “My Grenada - the spice of life" mobile application launched last week features news, current events, local recipes and places of interest in Grenada.

The mobile application was a result of the island’s first national mobile application workshop held earlier this month through a partnership between the Grenada government and BrightPath, an international nonprofit that specialises in programmes to help countries in emerging markets use technology to develop new opportunities, such as the growing global market for mobile apps.

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St. Kitts farmers turn to ICT to streamline marketing

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Telojo ‘Telly’ Onu of ICT4ECD (left) talking to the executive of the St. Kitts Farmers’ Cooperative Limited. Appearing on front row are from right, Shiue Mars, Simon Samuel, Arabella Nisbett, Deslyn Richard and Joseph O’Flaherty

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Ministry/LIME conclude training for teachers

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Ministry/LIME conclude training for teachers

By Brenton Henry - Saturday, May 5th, 2012.

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Teachers receive instruction in the use of their laptops

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Antigua and Barbuda
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Government of Antigua & Barbuda Portal

Jamaica looking to make greater use of social media

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amaica looking to make greater use of social media
Published on May 8, 2012

By Allan Brooks

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The government of Jamaica is looking to implement an appropriate social media policy to more effectively engage ordinary Jamaicans in decision making.

Minister with Responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Sandrea Falconer, made the disclosure as she addressed a special breakfast in observance of World Press Freedom Day held last Thursday.
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Government of Jamaica : Office of the Prime Minister

Jobs website goes mobile

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The first mobile website for Jamaican jobseekers has been launched, enabling people to search and apply for jobs on the go.

Caribbeanjobs.com has run a recruitment website for the past seven years, aiming to connect jobseekers to more than 900 companies.

 

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Connect2Government Web Application

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The Information and Communication Technology Unit (ICTU) of the Establishment, Personnel and Training Department (EPTD) announced the launch of a web application dubbed "Connect2Government" on Friday, April 20, 2012.

Connect2Government can be described as a web based help desk system developed by the ICTU which will allow an Operator to query clients' questions/inquiries using a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Database. The system offers two special features: a database of over hundred questions on government services and an administrator search engine.

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Dominica
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Effective Governance Key to Caribbean ICT Development

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago jumped three spots to place 60th overall out of 142 countries in the 2012 Global Information Technology Report, published earlier this month by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Even with its slightly improved ranking, Trinidad and Tobago lagged behind other Latin American and Caribbean countries such as Barbados (35th) and Puerto Rico (36th), although it outperformed several larger territories in the region, including Brazil (65th), Jamaica (74th) and neighbouring Venezuela (107th).

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