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‘Building the Internet Collectively’ – Internet Week Guyana launched

Experts from the Information Communication Technology Sector (ICT) are gathered in Guyana to participate in the annual high-level Technology Conference to mark International Internet Week 2017. In her address to launch the forum, Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes observed that as her ministry develops the country’s ICT capacity this will, in turn, lead to […]

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E-commerce ready – Kitty Post office rehabilitated and reopened – Over 300,000 to benefit

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) today reopened its Kitty Post Office, with the aim to maximise e-commerce in the country’s postal services. In the feature address, Minister of Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes explained that the GPOC is dedicated to pushing more services online. The GPOC is committed to changing and adapting this role to better […]

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Boosting our capacity: 2017 Seminar on Planning and Construction of Smart City for Developing Countries

The Government of Guyana continues to ensure that members of the Public Service are given the opportunity to expand their skills and knowledge through adequate training. Over the past months, several staff of the National Data Management Authority (eGovernment Programme) seized the opportunity to develop and strengthen their ICT and related skills in the form […]

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UG radio station closer to operation

The University of Guyana (UG) marked a historic moment on Wednesday as Telecommunications Minister Catherine Hughes and Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Chairman Leslie Sobers joined Vice-Chancellor (VC), Professor Ivelaw Griffith and Deputy VC, Dr. Paloma Mohamed-Martin in announcing the re-issuing of the university’s radio station licence. UG’s Communications Studies Division had been granted Radio […]

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Parika added to growing list –of ICT hubs countrywide

RESIDENTS of Parika, Region Three are now the recipients of an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Hub, commissioned by the Ministry of Telecommunications, E-Governance department on Wednesday, at the Parika Community Playground. The hub, outfitted with 20 computers, will afford residents of the community to have free access to computers and to the internet. It […]