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Adults are being urged to become acquainted with Information Technology, as the second ICT Hub opened yesterday on the East Coast of Demerara, in the community of Supply. The Hub is the sixty-second to be opened countrywide. Director of the National Data Management Authority Philip Walcott noted that whilst it is important that students have […]
THE government is redesigning the services being offered by post offices to increase its revenue stream. Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes shared how this will be done at the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’ Union 21 Delegates (second Triennial) Conference, East Street headquarters on Sunday. The minister has committed to ensuring there is an […]
As government seeks to develop both our human and infrastructural capabilities, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), under the Ministry of Public Telecommunications, is striving to fulfill its mandate by focusing on using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to achieve these goals. In terms of building capacity to ensure that the eGovernment Network is operated […]
The Ministry of Public Telecommunications is seeking to enhance the local agricultural sector by introducing opportunities for ‘e-agriculture.’ E-agriculture is a contemporary field that focuses on the development of agriculture through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Speaking at the launch of Internet Week 2017, Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, said technology […]
Internet Week 2017, hosted by Guyana, ended on a high note last Friday with a Town Hall styled meeting. More than 200 teenaged students from secondary schools in Georgetown, East and West Berbice, Essequibo Coast and islands, Linden, and East and West Demerara converged on the Guyana Pegasus. They joined numerous groups of young ICT […]
Around the world, the operations of cyber criminals far outstrip the sophistication of national legislative frameworks. Governments are facing constant pressure to assess global cyber threats and formulate appropriate local cyber security strategies. Across the Caribbean, governments are building strategic partnerships with regional actors like the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG) and the Caribbean Telecommunications […]
With the commissioning of the Kitty Post Office, the Minister of Public Telecommunication has said that she is going to turn all Post Offices into ICT Hubs so that they can generate some other source of income in these changing times and technologies. The Minister ,Ms Catherine Hughes, stated, “I want to say that postal […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]